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Egyptian Knife

This is a knife i made using Basta's How to Build a Knife I made it as a project for History, cause i knew everyone else was just gonna do pyramids or mummies and all that boring crap. it has a false edge of course because my teacher didn't want me to bring a sharp knife to school, so after i get graded on it I'll take it home and sharpen it. this was my first attempt EVER at making something like this and if I'm honest i am actually quite pleased with myself. tell me what you think! oh and yes i do realize that this doesn't really count as an instructable. i hope to post some actual instructables in the future!

35 comments

Feb 25, 2012. 10:31 PMtinker234 says:

wow i like this i will make a rubber verison for a prop for hawollen

Oct 11, 2009. 10:00 PMJaCkAsS$ says:

where did you find the desighn

Sep 13, 2009. 2:41 AMskimmo says:

crude but effective very nice

Aug 24, 2009. 10:04 AMtallfuzzyone says:

wow, this is the first knife i ever forged, identical actually. i just went with the flow too, i had no idea it was egyptian style.

Sep 10, 2009. 8:43 AMweaponscollector94 says:

yeah i have been making knives and knuckledusters and stuff like this for years i will make something like this, because i really like the design, looks pretty cool although mine will have a carbon steel blade, that i will polish to a mirror finish, then i will add a good solid twine handle and maby add some lead on the handle under the grip to balance things out, i am kind of a perfectionist when it comes to knife making, but after all i do enjoy forging stuff and playing with hot metal and oil! lol

Aug 28, 2009. 8:05 PMweaponscollector94 says:

nice work man that looks really cool can you make me an instructable on how to make one?

Sep 9, 2009. 10:17 PMThundertydus says:

He said in the description where he learned how to

Aug 26, 2009. 10:24 PMweaponscollector94 says:

i am so going to make this!!!!

Aug 5, 2009. 2:25 PMandi456 says:

Thats awesome.

Mar 13, 2009. 3:58 PMluckyone says:

you could use that as a history project on egyptians to lol

Jun 16, 2009. 8:06 AMFrozenFlameInstructables says:

Absolutely beautiful

Apr 3, 2009. 5:50 PMThelonelysandwitch says:

That is hot _{nice work}

Feb 7, 2009. 8:41 PMmayan guitarist says:

how did you secure the twine i am making a sickle knife and i want to use that as a handle

Nov 21, 2008. 11:41 AMComicbookguy says:

What is the historical aspect of the knife?

Nov 21, 2008. 9:36 PMknifebringer (author) says:

well an iron knife that was i think about 93% iron and 7% nickel was found in king Tutankhamen's mummy wrappings and at the time, such pure iron, and the fact that it was iron made it a great find.

Jan 13, 2009. 8:03 PMpopperhopper says:

is it a good wilderness knife

Nov 22, 2008. 8:35 AMComicbookguy says:

cool.

Nov 21, 2008. 9:44 AMBasta says:

That looks great! Very clean and simple design; things like that are my favorite. I'm glad you liked my instructable, and you did an awesome job on your project.

Nov 21, 2008. 9:36 PMknifebringer (author) says:

thanks a bunch man that means a lot coming from you.

Jan 13, 2009. 8:02 PMpopperhopper says:

did you make the handle by cutting some iron away then wraping a whole bunch of twin around it.

Dec 31, 2008. 1:45 PMvolquete says:

great knife!

Dec 21, 2008. 7:27 AMscafool says:

It looks really good and you did a nice job. I think from looking at the pictures you used a normal flat bar of mild steel to make it. If you did you will be unable to harden it and it will be too soft to ever hold a good edge. (sorry) Your best use for it would be to frame it with a note about it being a copy of Tut's and why the one Tut had is so rare and historically important. Tut's iron knife is considered so precious the museum did not allow it to go on tour, but they let the gold and precious stones one go on tour. There were six small iron chisels found in Tut's tomb too.

Nov 21, 2008. 6:31 PMantagonizer says:

My compliments. You got the styling perfectly, but if you were looking for authenticity, you should have used copper, not iron. There's about 1000 years difference between the pyramids and the invention of iron.

Nov 21, 2008. 9:33 PMknifebringer (author) says:

actually i made it out of iron because we were studying the Assyrians and how they were a great fighting force due to tactics and iron weaponry. well i read up on it, and a knife with a similar shape to this one was found in the wrappings of king Tutankhamen's mummy, the knife as it turns out, was a gift from an Assyrian king. and thats where i got the idea to make it of iron lol.

Nov 21, 2008. 10:52 PMantagonizer says:

Again, Tutankhamen's knife was bronze, not iron. It's still off by 150 years. Still, a great knife tho. Get an instructable up.

Dec 21, 2008. 7:16 AMscafool says:

Nope, he is right, it was an iron dagger.
http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/~GEL115/115CH5.html

Nov 21, 2008. 9:05 PMWard_Nox says:

could have been a supply issue

Dec 6, 2008. 11:51 AMsomecreativename14 says:

kudos.

Nov 21, 2008. 3:46 AMLftndbt says:

WoW!! That looks great! Any chance that when you sharpen it, you could remove that synthetic wrap and add a natural sisal handle? Would look much more authentic. Great job!!

Nov 21, 2008. 9:39 PMknifebringer (author) says:

yeah actually i had wanted a natural handle but i trusted my mom to buy the twine while i was at school and she bought synthetic :( it was too thick too and i had to pull it apart to get the right thickness lol

Nov 22, 2008. 3:22 AMLftndbt says:

Eh!! Mums, what can you do? Can live with them, can't throw rocks at 'em!!

Nov 21, 2008. 5:29 AMcodester says:

That is amazing! Please do an instructable on it.

Nov 21, 2008. 9:40 PMknifebringer (author) says:

actually i'm about to make another knife right now. i'll do an instructable on it just for you lol.