{"id":2852,"date":"2018-12-01T19:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:45:06","slug":"forging-a-skrama-clone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/?p=2852","title":{"rendered":"Forging a Skrama clone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a long time I wanted to have a skrama, but the handle material is what always stopped me from buying it.<br>\nSo last week I decided to forge one from an old rasp.<br>\nThe rasp was 7mm thick so with lots of hammering I got it down to an average of 5mm.<br>\nAlso I wanted to shape it as much as possible with forging, and use the angle grinder as less as possible.<br>\nThis worked out quite good.<br>\nMy knife jig for making bevels didn&#8217;t work for this shape of knife, so I had to make the bevels free handed.<br>\nThat was new to me, but after a couple of passes I got the hang of it and it turned out quite good.<br>\nFor the handle I used a piece of ash from an axe handle, have it a light burn, and oiled it up.<br>\nI like the shape, the rough look, and the new things I learned while making this one.<br>\nTastes like more \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2853\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/46631315_10216187734513756_999278760513503232_n-655x491.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/?attachment_id=2854\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dabberty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/47091845_10216187734473755_8918085387792941056_n-655x491.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time I wanted to have a skrama, but the handle material is what always stopped me from buying it. 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