Fred Bear knife project

[Jason Fry]

I've been into archery much longer than knifemaking, but have never yet tried to combine the two. For a year now I've been gathering materials to do a Fred Bear knife project. This thread will document things as they go. I'm doing most of the documentation on social media reels and shorts which this board doesn't embed well, so there will be more links than I like. I'll try to put some pictures in as well, but the video links will tell the story better.

https://youtube.com/shorts/i2GH_5gPbmc?feature=share

First video is a teaser. I'm going to put a 15n20 "arrow" in a canister, then fill the outside of the can with vintage Razorheads and 1095 powder.

[Jason Fry]

Here's a glimpse of the arrow in the canister at the top of the pic, and of the type of broadheads I'm using. I burned off the paint and then scotchbrited the heads prior to putting them in the canister. I almost made a critical error at the very beginning, or two. First, I used every single last bit of 1095 powder. I almost didn't have enough to fill the can. Second, the can BARELY fits in my forge opening, scraping the sides. The can is 2x2x6. I'll work it mostly in the direction where things compress onto the sides of the arrow, so it'll fit plenty better after the first pass.

[Shane]

This will be cool.

[Jason Fry]

A little more about the arrowheads and what all goes into the canister
Likely weld it all on Friday.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XSzCC8f8kos?feature=share

[BlessedVeteran0305]

In for this one

[Hardware]

Going to be interesting seeing the final product.

[Hoggslayer]

I'll tag along.

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[TxHamJello]

This should be a cool looking knife! Following along

[Jason Fry]

https://youtube.com/shorts/SB0vMewqhl4?feature=share

Stuck the billets before lunch. Was working on the meteorite billet and a couple of other random pattern component billets. Also had to disassemble and rebuild the spring pack on the power hammer. Doing that gave the canisters a good long soak.

Meteorite billet is at 25 layers ready for a restack. Probably do 100 layer on the restack, then do one more time to get it to 400.

I have a billet of random at 90 layers that I'll probably restack to 360.

AAAAAND then I f'ed up the Fred Bear. Lost track of my billet orientation and sliced the loaf the wrong direction.

All is not lost, however. The inside of the loaf we'll be able to clearly see the broadheads. Cleaned up the cut joint and I'll weld it back together and slice it the other way. I wonder if I'll ever get to a point where ****e just goes together right. In the mean time, I'm learning how to fix stuff.

[Texas Grown]

Hammer on!

[Jason Fry]

Nailed it. Video tomorrow.

Next I’ll shape this billet into kind of a knife shape, and put edges of twist damascus in kind of a “picture window” format.

It’ll be two more weekends, at least before I get another chance to dive in hard.


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[Jason Fry]

Arrow in a knife blade? Custom damascus!

https://youtube.com/shorts/HFAhoBuR20k?feature=share

The arrow came out good, and the little black squiggle to the left of the arrowhead is with a broadhead steel will look like.


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[sierracharlie338]

Nice work Jason. Looking forward to the final product!


Sierracharlie out....

[Jason Fry]

Got an unexpected work day today after yesterday’s fence building went faster than expected. I formed and got the twist bars into what will be the final billet. Next forge welding day, this one will get welded.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CSLaRcNeCps?feature=share

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[Jason Fry]

Billet is all welded up. Video has the pattern reveal!

Damascus from arrow heads part 6

https://youtube.com/shorts/RKGJmTkqBUk?feature=share

Lots of grinding to do next.


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