Skiajati

[vodkacomrade]

 

And with my Powerful Kavat

Edited July 27, 2018 by vodkacomrade

[Loza03]

Just don't get turned into an edgy rage monster and you'll be fine.

[(PSN)ChiefDevilEggs]

“Mouthing off?...... That’s a paddlin’”

[vodkacomrade]

But i don't know how to make the blade a bit curved. Any ideas?

[(PSN)vl_Monarch_lv]

That's not a kavat.

I'm sure that thing has uses...

-_-

[AJ5511]

Put on scarf, start screaming and charging at people on the street *cosplay*

[rastaban75]

OK, now take a whole potato from the pantry, paint it blue and get a picture of your Skiajati next to it.

Then try to squeeze them together. I'm curious to see what happens.🥔

[midtarget]

Is the blade PVC? You may be able to bend it by heating it, otherwise unless it's metal you can't bend it.

[vodkacomrade]

3 hours ago, midtarget said:

Is the blade PVC? You may be able to bend it by heating it, otherwise unless it's metal you can't bend it.

The blade is wooden. I heated it for a while and just got it burned black, cannot bend.

[midtarget]

6 minutes ago, vodkacomrade said:

The blade is wooden. I heated it for a while and just got it burned black, cannot bend.

You can't bend wood in any way, it's mostly carbon and brittle, maybe if you soaked it in water you could bend it? But so far I've only ever used it on small bamboo sticks, I'm not sure if it would bend a lot with that much material.

[(PSN)robotwars7]

Howl all you want, it won't bring those coat hangers back. (that's what the metal bits look like to me, bits of a wire Coat hanger.

[vodkacomrade]

1 hour ago, (PS4)robotwars7 said:

Howl all you want, it won't bring those coat hangers back. (that's what the metal bits look like to me, bits of a wire Coat hanger.

That comes from several paper clips, I twisted 4 of them together.

[Chipboard]

Would can be bent, think you steam it and slowly apply pressure. Sure there will be a video somewhere.

That or consider this your mkI prototype and start again 😜

Get some mdf cut it shape.

[Rakosta_Kai]

10 hours ago, vodkacomrade said:

But i don't know how to make the blade a bit curved. Any ideas?

not sure if this has been posted but you could either soak and brace a curve into it... Or simply sand a curve in (which is what I would do).

I don't know if you could do it with that piece of wood though as there may not be enough to work with.

[aswitz87]

To curve it you need to soak it.  Then gradually apply pressure.  Depending on the wood type (harder woods better for strength and not snapping, but take more work) it could take many weeks of pressure to get the curve you want.  But it is doable.

You might be able to find a guide somewhere online.

Edit: though if you already applied heat it may not be doable on this piece.

Edited July 28, 2018 by aswitz87

[vodkacomrade]

Sadly it was broken, after soaked for one night, when heating and bending, it got some crack on the surface. Then I insert and pull out from the scabbard it broke into 2 pieces

[fiendishrabbit]

The easiest way to make a new bent blade is to use thin strips of wood (3mm thick, or about 1/8th of an inch) and then glueing them together with slow drying lamination glue, then bend them to shape using an improvsed bending mold, clamping 'em, letting them set and after that sandpapering the item to the shape you want. You'll need thin strips, slow drying lamination glue, A couple of clamps, a big board that has enough surface that it can hold the shape you want the strips to take once done and maybe 10 really big nails.

1. Draw the curve you want on the plank. Hammer down maybe 4 nails on that inner curve. Hammer down one nail on the outer curve near the bottom of the shape.

2. Soft Glue the laminates together. This has to be done quickly so that none of the glue hardens before you start bending.

3. Put the laminates against the inner curve, clamp the starting end and slowly bend them to conform with the desired shape. As each part of the laminate bends to the desired shape, put down a nail to lock them in place until the entire thing is shaped to your desire. put down a few clamps to keep them sealed.

4. Leave it to dry for several days.

5. Use large grain sandpaper (optionally you can wittle away undesired parts of the shape to speed up the process) to get roughly the shape you want. Then as you've achieved roughly the final shape you start to use finer and finer grain sandpaper to get a nice finished surface.

6. Put on whatever surface finish you want. Ie, Paint, oil or varnish it.