A couple of small Knives

Big Smitty

Big Smitty

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here are pics of 2 small knives I made.

Blades are 2 7/8" and 6 1/2" OAL, 1" wide D2, one has green canvas micarta with nickle silver pins and stainless lanyard tube, the other is rosewood with mosaic pins and stainless lanyard tube, lanyards and sheaths are handmade by me.

Edit to add-Sorry for the large pics, I am just learning to post pics and need to know how to size them appropriatley. I am using photobucket if anyone can help.


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Nice little knives, overall, but it looks like you need to work on your finish (consistently "bad", ie Scotchbrite or bead blast, is fine, as is mirrored... but you gotta be consistent)
 
really nice design. Excellent!

For the finish, it just looks like a case of "half hour-itis" - a half hour with 320 and 400 would fix it all up fine. Then you buff and the owner proceeds to scratch them to hell and gone afterwards!
 
Big Smitty said:
Yes, I need to remove the scratches. The photos make them quite obvious :grumpy:.
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You might try reading this thread, be sure and go to the razor forum link contained in post. You can drop blade in medium and get mirror finish without all the work. And no evidence of any scratches what so ever. It is a long thread, but I have seen what this method has done to some of my really old knives that I wanted to clean, BRL would kill me, but I wanted them back to mirror and got it. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5509783&postcount=4
 
Thanks JT-I have not heard of this method of polishing. Seems to be pretty simple, just drop it in and it comes out mirror finished. Is any one using this method on new knives?
 
Big Smitty said:
Thanks JT-I have not heard of this method of polishing. Seems to be pretty simple, just drop it in and it comes out mirror finished. Is any one using this method on new knives?
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My son had read somewhere that it is the method Chris Reeves uses for mirror polishing. You still need to get it up to 320 I think before it really does the job. He posted that in the razor forum and they took up the challenge and did it. Now if you are in a BIG hurry the old hand way is quicker, but if you have the time to be working on something else. The blade will polish out in 72 hours or less. He uses a crushed walnut medium and ordinary Turtle Wax liquid polishing compound. But if you read the thread, other mediums and methods are now being used by the razor makers (custom) and restoration guys. What is odd about it, it does not affect etching on the blade. Still polishes it out. From what I understand from the razor thread the setup and medium is cheap.
Good Luck, I have a new "Kentucky Mint" Klien electrician knife now. Was a pitted rust bucket but plenty of metal left, yet it appears new.

James

BTW, if you have already installed handles or grips, they can be wrapped in painters blue tape (3 or 4 layers) and then the medium only polishes metal.
 
I have a tumbler and about 2 weeks ago thought about asking to see if it might help with knifemaking...then I forgot! Thanks for the post.

Great job on the blades and sheaths, BigSmitty. How long have you been at this?
 
Nice knives. If you take the photos in day light instead of flash they will show your knives better. Hand sanding is a pain but worth the effort to get the extra scratches out. Either that or start using it fast and put some work scars.
 
The knives have been talked about a good bit already, and I can't add anything to what has been said about them. The leather work however, is excellent IMHO. The lanyards are very good, and the sheaths look simple yet elegant, and VERY usable. And I also appreciate how much work goes into working leather, stamping/carving even a small area can take a very long time in some cases. Keep up the good work,
Jeff W.
 
Thanks for all the comments everyone. It is obvious that I am still learning. I admit that I am not patient on the sanding tasks and I guess it shows. I guess if I am going to take the time to make a knife it ought to have a fine finish, or at least one that passes muster with you guys.
 
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