More adventures in knife making. An ongoing thread where I'll post about what I'm messing with (Page 4 of 26)
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Originally Posted By DFARM: It happened fast, and I didn't have a clearly defined plan but I think I like where it ended up. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78442/KIMG7486_JPG-3310174.JPG Too big for a kiridashi. It's 7¾" overall and 3½" sharpened. Oh yeah that’s killer. I like it. What kind of handle are you thinking about? |
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I got an order from the UK last week and he wants some of the rag micarta I used on a previous knife. I was able to rough out his blade and spring today, silver solder the bolster to the liner, and drill the two locating holes that will hold locate the handles on one of my jigs later. One of those holes is sacrificial, the other becomes the pivot hole. Tomrrow I’ll cut the nail nick, epoxy the scales to the liners, and heat treat the steel if time permits. A fun afternoon in the shop. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Reubjames: Oh yeah that’s killer. I like it. What kind of handle are you thinking about? Thanks! I'm not sure about handles yet. Originally Posted By Reubjames: I got an order from the UK last week and he wants some of the rag micarta I used on a previous knife. I was able to rough out his blade and spring today, silver solder the bolster to the liner, and drill the two locating holes that will hold locate the handles on one of my jigs later. One of those holes is sacrificial, the other becomes the pivot hole. Tomrrow I’ll cut the nail nick, epoxy the scales to the liners, and heat treat the steel if time permits. A fun afternoon in the shop. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/59685/IMG_2883_jpeg-3310224.JPG That's awesome. I might have some questions about the bolsters. I messed with the folder that I have been poking at here and there today and I think it's time to start figuring out what I want to do for covers. Part of me wants to try antler (I have deer and elk) or cow bone but micarta will probably be easier. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By Reubjames: I got an order from the UK last week and he wants some of the rag micarta I used on a previous knife. I was able to rough out his blade and spring today, silver solder the bolster to the liner, and drill the two locating holes that will hold locate the handles on one of my jigs later. One of those holes is sacrificial, the other becomes the pivot hole. Tomrrow I’ll cut the nail nick, epoxy the scales to the liners, and heat treat the steel if time permits. A fun afternoon in the shop. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/59685/IMG_2883_jpeg-3310224.JPG what steel? |
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Originally Posted By WIC: less stinky than the other options for sure. Once you get bone or antler dust in your nose, it's there for at least the rest of the day. Lol |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By DFARM: Thanks! I'm not sure about handles yet. That's awesome. I might have some questions about the bolsters. I messed with the folder that I have been poking at here and there today and I think it's time to start figuring out what I want to do for covers. Part of me wants to try antler (I have deer and elk) or cow bone but micarta will probably be easier. That’ll be fun. Micarta would be easier simply because it’s generally flat from the supplier. Glad to answer any questions. Lots of ways to skin that cat. |
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Silly day fighting issues that ended up being my own fault for using belts too long. Normally I don't hand sand blades. I get a good belt finish on the flats by running the blades lengthwise on the flat platen. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the middle of the blades to clean up. I was using a straight edge to make sure the platen wasn't dished out and making sure I didn't have anything weird with the belt tension and I decided to try a new 120 grit belt and everything cleaned up fine after that.  what an idiot. I don't know how many times I'll have to learn to try a new belt first when I start having any kind of trouble with grinding. Attached File The bottom two are hand sanded to 400 grit because I need to get some new trizact "gator" belts because I apparently managed to kill the center of those as well. Maybe I'll look into one of those diamond dressing things to try and even then back up. Those belts are $$ but I love the finish you can get from them. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By DFARM: Silly day fighting issues that ended up being my own fault for using belts too long. Normally I don't hand sand blades. I get a good belt finish on the flats by running the blades lengthwise on the flat platen. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the middle of the blades to clean up. I was using a straight edge to make sure the platen wasn't dished out and making sure I didn't have anything weird with the belt tension and I decided to try a new 120 grit belt and everything cleaned up fine after that. what an idiot. I don't know how many times I'll have to learn to try a new belt first when I start having any kind of trouble with grinding. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78442/KIMG7502_JPG-3312798.JPG The bottom two are hand sanded to 400 grit because I need to get some new trizact "gator" belts because I apparently managed to kill the center of those as well. Maybe I'll look into one of those diamond dressing things to try and even then back up. Those belts are $$ but I love the finish you can get from them. A fresh belt sure is nice. I am guilty of using them way too long too. |
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Made a little progress today. I got grinds laid out on the hotdog slayer and the prep knife. Attached File I got the rough grinds pretty close to finished on the prep knife. They're at 60 grit. From here I'll even them up with a (fresh! )120 grit belt, then switch to structured abrasive belts and work to an A65 which is ~280 grit-ish and see how it looks. I'm a little bit torn on how to grind the hotdog slayer. It's thin at ~1/16" and I'm only planning on grinding it up to the line that you can barely see that's the height of the corner at the tip of the spine. Since it's thin, I can't get a hollow grind that high with the wheel I have so I want to either grind it flat or convex up to that line. Anyone have opinions on either way? @80085 |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By DFARM: Putting a fork in this pair. Aside from the headache of dealing with this blue micarta, things went pretty smoothly. There was definitely some things that I'm a bit rusty on but I think it's just because I haven't made any of these for a while. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78442/KIMG6811_JPG-3164829.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/78442/KIMG6808_JPG-3164830.JPG Heeey! That looks familiar! 
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Originally Posted By WIC: i wanna see ffg I don't think I want to do a full height grind on this one. It's already thin so I want to keep the spine thick for rigidity. My 1/16" thick chef's knife has a pretty crazy grind and it wants to flex and wander in thicker, firm foods like cabbage. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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This weekends progress: The hotdog slayer is currently getting tested in the kitchen. It's ok but it's not blowing my skirt up too much. I think it needs to get thinned down or hollow ground on a big wheel or radius platen. I've been talking myself into buying a 36" radius platen for a while. Maybe this is what pushes me over the edge. Lol The prep knife in linen micarta is at the point where it can get marked, then the handles glued on. Attached File |
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I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Attached File Finished this prep knife up today. I'm going to clean up the shop a little and then get started on one of my 5" belt knives in AEB-L |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By WIC: Is that the wiener cleaver? No, this is one of my prep knives. The hodog slayer is still in development. I'm probably going to thin the edge some more. It still needs handles. Lol |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Got a little bit of cleaning done, the last knife packaged up and got started on the belt knife. Here's a sneak peek: Attached File (Those aren't the scales that are going on it) |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Attached File Primary grinds are done, tang is tapered and flats are finished. Next it will get marked, handles done and then a sheath. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By DFARM: Maybe I'll look into one of those diamond dressing things to try and even then back up. Those belts are $$ but I love the finish you can get from them. I'll quote myself here for anyone curious, the diamond dressing thing works awesome on the trizact structured abrasive belts. It flattens them right back out, which is nice because they're like $20 per belt. It didn't work too well on ceramic belts though. I was hoping it'd work to break up and expose more of the grit on worn belts but it doesn't seem to, it just knocks everything flat. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By WIC: information people need thank you You might buy a grinder some day. Lol A link might be helpful to people who might stumble through here and actually be interested though.  
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"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By WIC: I was being serious. We try to share practical knowledge with our employees everyday. Let them learn from our trial and error instead of their own. I try that with my kids. They still want to be stubborn and make the mistakes. Lol |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Making progress on this one. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Attached File These two got hardened today, now I wait for the oven to cool down so I can get them tempered. The ringed one is the first one I've made of this design. I'm going to get this one finished and if I like it, I have a bar of CPM154 to make a couple more out of. The one in a2 is the first blade I've made from a2. The one with tape on the bevels is the same pattern as the one in a2 but it's in AEB-L. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By WIC: You tease Grind that A2 It's just now in the oven to temper for the first time. It'll probably see #2 tomorrow, then maybe some grinding. Attached File I was almost done grinding this one, until I took the file guide Off and realized that I needed to push the bottom of the plunge grinds back, then I had to move the grind up because I accidentally pushed one plunge up higher. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to fix things until I ruin them. Lol ETA: it cleaned up pretty well. Attached File |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Attached File Got these both tempered. The ringed one is ready to get marked and handles made. The one in a2 has the rough grinding done. |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Originally Posted By WIC: What oal’s we looking at? Attached File |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
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Very rough handle scales. A lot of meat has to come off of the handle scales still. They are also going to have to be pretty much finished before I glue them on. There's a lot of surface that I won't be able to get at after they're attached. Attached File |
"Freedom is a messy business." - LaRue_Tactical
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
I am a sack of blood, held together by un-tanned leather. . .
