How to make a Survival Knife from a chain and hand pruners (welding)

How to make a Survival Knife from a chain and hand pruners

1. fix with nail
2. welding (danger!!! caught fire on board!!!)

plans:

- grinding
- corrosion protection (acid?)
- Draining the handle (resin?)
- paracord cover

150

l8nite says: May 13, 2012. 10:34 PM

cool looking knife

embochner says: May 13, 2012. 2:34 PM

is the chain welded into a solid handle? or does it move like a chain?

Vitizop (author) in reply to embochnerMay 13, 2012. 10:01 PM

solid,stable

ironsmiter in reply to embochnerMay 13, 2012. 3:43 PM

definitely welded, in this example.

You could gt away with brazing or PROBABLY silver soldering.
Plumbing solder wouldn't work.

If it's still chain like, it becomes a form of kusari-fundo instead of a survival knife.
though attachment would be easier, as you could bolt through the hole that already exsists.

Vitizop (author) in reply to ironsmiterMay 14, 2012. 1:16 AM

how its made s8 ep1- welding electrodes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r0s23HLnQg

Vitizop (author) in reply to ironsmiterMay 13, 2012. 10:08 PM

Shielded metal arc welding(Fe)
chain is solid