1: Tomahawk production progress:2: Kodiak sword redesign and production plan
3:\n Filipino swords: Ginunting “Binturong” and really big Itak Tagalog \nsword ” Aso ng gubat” or Tiger Dog or 1 Witch Dog” (I’d love to know \nmore about this species of filipino dog, so if you have any info, please\n share)4: War hammer project5: Tanuki series and Corvidae series full tang and hidden tang projects6: Old work that needs to be finished, Lots of inventory in drawers and hanging on the wall7: new design, new projects8: Yes I know the website is screwy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction:<\/strong> Learning CNC and applying \nskills in reality is a matter of both intellectual study, trial and \nerror, and frequent re-evaluation of strategy. Because my shop is not \nclimate controlled, the weather also plays a major role in the type of \nwork I can do on a given day. Heat and cold can cause major problems \nwith precision machinery, and North Carolina summers have a propensity \nto be very hot and humid,j so running the CNC mill on any but the \nmildest days could be a recipe for overheating or dimensional error. I \nhave decided to eliminate the possibility of those kinds of snafus, and \nwill start the production run of tomahawks on the CNC mill when it is \ntemperature weather appropriate. Probably the first of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1: Tomahawk production progress<\/strong> Operating a \nCNC mill in a non-climate controlled shop is not a viable enterprise \nbecause of potential overheating and operator discomfort, so I have been\n focusing on other things which leads to item two on the list: As\n I make and finish first quality tomahawks, I’ll be going back through \nmy verbal order list, making phone calls to see who’s ready to take \nownership, and who has lost interest, and then if I run out, how many \nmore I need to make next go round. 3. filipino inspired blades<\/strong> Tiger Dog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The “ulupong” karambit is already available and in stock4: War Hammer project<\/strong> 5: Tanuki series (Japanese swords and tanto)<\/strong> Waki\n sheath works, but is intended for a backpack mount more than \ntraditional carry. Since these are full tang, americanized versions, I \nthink that we must consider more practical methods for toting our \ncutting tools than to basically stuff them down our pants. The Katana \nsheath and waki will piggyback together and be Molle compatible. This \nsystem I will demonstrate in the next youtube video this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\n plan to make more Katana from 1095 with distal tapers to match the \nwaki’s and tantos I already made. I also plan to make a more \ntraditional version of all three blades with hidden tangs and machined \ntsuba for those that need the feel of that type of grip in order to be \nmost effective in use.6: Old work<\/strong> 7: New designs and the never ending list of projects<\/strong> 8: website<\/strong> In closing,<\/strong>\n Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope that you are \nhealthy and keeping a perfect attitude as we grow closer as a nation to \nextreme craziness and uncertainty. Our self reliance and ability to \nhelp ourselves as well as our neighbors may be put to the test even \nmoreso than it has been since the mandated quarantines and such \nsurrounding the Covid 19 virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There has\n been quite a lot of gardening and canning and freezing of food going on\n around my house this summer, and it seems that a lot of people have \nbeen buying ALL the ammunition that seems to be available as quick as \nthey can as all the stores I visit seem to have empty shelves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Be prepared for the worst, and expect the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That is all, \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greetings and Salutations! It’s time for the Omnivore Bladeworks newsletter blog.I have fallen behind on newsletters and videos for a variety of reasons. Too many irons in the fire being the first reason, and laziness being the last. 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This\n year has certainly been one for growth of knowledge, skill and \npatience. The mandate to stay at home didn’t affect much in my world, \nand actually provided more focus on important things due to gym closures\n and lack of socializing opportunities. You would think that more time \non task this summer would have meant more progress on all fronts, but \ndue to technical and design challenges, everything has been slow but \nrelatively steady. My liberal estimates of completion time of all kinds\n of projects have been very wrong, so moving forward, I will not be \noffering to do any work that I can’t actually get done in a reasonable \namount of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having\n made about 10 almost perfect tomahawks with the CNC mill, and figuring \nout the new sheath, and discovering some needs in the tool departement \nfor making handle scales effectively, I think that once I actually get \nthe programming finalized with a slightly different strategy, I’ll be \nable to do the finish grinding work pretty quick and get a lot of \ntomahawks done and shipped this fall. Hopefully all 70 in the upcoming \nbatch will be totally finished. That means those on the waiting list \nwill be contacted individually when their number comes up so they can \npurchase or pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\n have some of the first tomahawks off the mill finished and I will offer\n them for sale soon. They aren’t first quality, so I’m going to figure a\n way that will be fair to get one if you are interested. Like a raffle \nselection process if there is a lot of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2: \nKodiak sword redesign and production plan <\/strong>
The\n Kodiak is an awesome sword and has had 3 and a half different \nvariations over the years already. The original which had a straight \nhandle and welded on hilt\/pommel (I think I made 3 or 4 of them); The \nsecond was basically the version you know about that shared its handle \nwith the Jackal tomahawk. The third was an update with basically the \nsame handle and an option to have a “Hooker” spine, 3rd was the “fancy” \nvariant, and half a major revision that I accidently made from the wrong\n steel and it never came to market (thank goodness because it had some \nserious issues) It is on the back of the T shirts we printed, which is \nironic.
The 4th and current (hopefully last) \nKodiak revision other than a hidden tang version of the same sword is \nabout perfect I think, and I believe it will do \neverything it was designed to do. I will be making a few from 3V, and a\n small batch from 1095 along with the upcoming tomahawks before I figure\n out how to make them in mass on the CNC mill.
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A\n few customers have expressed major interest in my take on a Ginunting, \nso I put some time into them and will be making the swords after the \ntomahawks are done. During my research, I discovered the Itak Tagalong,\n so I designed one that is American sized. See picturesBinturong:
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This\n is going to be a long term project, but I already have what I think is a\n really cool concept. It’s going to be a first responder’s or combat \nbreacher’s tool with an attitude. It will be a lot less snuggly than \nRMJ’s Snuggle’s hammer. Also a project to happen after tomahawks are \nmade and shipped. I’d like to know who’s interested though, so I can \npeck away at it with more powerful mojo and excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n bottleneck here has been the sheath system because I am a perfectionist\n and like to deliver a system that actually works instead of a cobbled \ntogether mess. The sheath for the tanto is done and I think inarguably \nperfect aside from the fact that it is difficult to make quickly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\n have many small blades in stock that need homes. I will do a bladeshow\n video on the next cool\/dry evening to show everything.
Many prehensile bladesfull tang Raven daggersbaby crow daggersTantos<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\n have blanks that I haven’t had time to work on yet and the entire \nseries of hidden tang Corvidae blades that need to have guards and \npommels machined for them after the tomahawk fixture is pulled out of \nthe vises on the CNC machine table. I hope this will happen before it \ngets cold this fall.
Manual grinding is a good thing to \ndo during the winter, as is forging and hand sanding. I expect I can \nrun the milling machine too if I keep a heater aimed at it to keep it at\n a stable temperature over the winter months.
When\n I run out of production tasks to do, I’ll start messing with custom \nblades and also tackle some other inventions I’ve been dreaming about \nfor a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know it has problems but I haven’t made time to deal with it. Perhaps I need some sick days for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n