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CuSmith — Black Atheme
Published: 2011-01-25 04:15:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 2085; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 17
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A forged steel atheme (athame? athamay? Not too sure how to spell this) with a blackened blade. Approx. 9 inches total, and a nice weight to it.Related content
Comments: 10
I wish I had an anvil so I could put detail in my knives like this lol
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Well, technically you could do everything on this piece without one, but where's the fun in that?
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All hammered over an anvil, the only other tool I used was an angle grinder to smooth out the surface of the blade... and thanks, btw.
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Amazing. Simple, from a single wrought iron bar? Yet highly decorative look to it, considering it doesn't have a single engraving to it.
Is it actually open at the, er, hilt end? As a way to attach a rope or cord?
Also, wiki says athame. It also looks like a kunai/ninja throwing dagger from the Naruto anime series.
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It's made from mild steel, "mild" being a modern term referring to steel with a low carbon content. The long and short of steel is that the more carbon it contains, the harder it becomes.
And this piece was a cheater, I made this before I was good enough to forge out that type of blade from a single piece so I actually made the blade separately from the handle and welded them together after the forging was done.
A few friends of mine did point out that it looks like a kunai, which I think is pretty neat. Maybe next time I make one like this I'll try to balance it out so it can be thrown easily.
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