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- May 11, 2002
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The Deer knife on top was made for my brother's father in law, still need to contour the thickish squarish handle.
Under that is a big ol' knife im making for a dude at work. Both of 5/32" 0-1. I hated the gut hook idea on the deer knife but he insisted on it. As for the reasoning behind the hollow pins in the front and the one solid one in the rear...i would like to say that is a design element, but in fact i realized i was one short after i had all the s glued up so i just grabbed a solid pin and stuck it in there before the glue got stiff! Ill tell him i did it so the weight is more balanced! *cough* bull Sh!t *cough*
I keep getting the sequencing of things out of whack too like drilling the holes in the scales before putting the liners on...stupid! I swear im going to put a big step by step chart on the wall by my grinder one of these days to help cope with my scatter brained-ness. Although i do have to admit, it is more exhilerating trying to figure out ways to fix major f ups while glue is setting up and the time is a tickin!
Small knife for another dude at work, 0-1 little over 7" oal still have to wittle a bunch of thickness off the walnut scales and shape and finish handle. Has red liners.
A few stabilized burl scales i just recieved in the mail: afzelia burl, gmelina burl, ambroyna burl and maple burl.
File/grinder guide with tungsten carbide scraper blades epoxied to a couple pieces of aluminum...works nice! Shown clamped onto the knife im making for myself.
First grind with even plunge lines using grinder guide.
Under that is a big ol' knife im making for a dude at work. Both of 5/32" 0-1. I hated the gut hook idea on the deer knife but he insisted on it. As for the reasoning behind the hollow pins in the front and the one solid one in the rear...i would like to say that is a design element, but in fact i realized i was one short after i had all the s glued up so i just grabbed a solid pin and stuck it in there before the glue got stiff! Ill tell him i did it so the weight is more balanced! *cough* bull Sh!t *cough*
I keep getting the sequencing of things out of whack too like drilling the holes in the scales before putting the liners on...stupid! I swear im going to put a big step by step chart on the wall by my grinder one of these days to help cope with my scatter brained-ness. Although i do have to admit, it is more exhilerating trying to figure out ways to fix major f ups while glue is setting up and the time is a tickin!
Small knife for another dude at work, 0-1 little over 7" oal still have to wittle a bunch of thickness off the walnut scales and shape and finish handle. Has red liners.
A few stabilized burl scales i just recieved in the mail: afzelia burl, gmelina burl, ambroyna burl and maple burl.
File/grinder guide with tungsten carbide scraper blades epoxied to a couple pieces of aluminum...works nice! Shown clamped onto the knife im making for myself.
First grind with even plunge lines using grinder guide.
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