A couple of Ulu's

[walksbyhimself]

I just built these as a wedding gift for a good friend of mine (built, not made, since I bought the blades. I merely assembled and finished the knives). They are Alaskan-style Ulu's, Black and Ivory micarta handles w/ vulcanised liners and mosaic pins. Enjoy and critique!

Goofs: One of the mosaic pins on the black one is crooked. I fixed it and somehow it got crooked again. Oh well.
There is a small gap between the metal and the micarta, as my liners ended up a little too thick
Others?

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Nice I can see they could do some serious damage!

 

[KodiakBeer]

You might find these interesting.

I found the slate stone blade in a river bed here in Alaska. It was cracked in half, so I glued it back together and made the crude handle for display. I don't know how old it is, but it pre-dates the Russian contact in the 1700's since it's made of stone rather than metal. It's very large for an ulu, perhaps 10" wide, which makes sense since it was found in a river that hosts a king salmon run.

The second blade is much later, almost certainly 20th century. The metal is excellent and I'm told they often used broken saw blades they got from loggers, as this one appears to be. The construction is excellent, with the blade hand riveted into steel bars that go into a piece of caribou antler for a handle. This one might be a good model for a knife making project if you want authenticity.

 

[FirearmsEnthusiast]

Some scum kid at my school had one of those, but it had two blades.

 

[KodiakBeer]

They aren't fighting knives, they are designed to filet fish and have been use for thousands of years.