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The stag is awesome but it could be improved further with the addition of some cover pins and changing the angle of the nail nick to lie parallel to the clip. Love the blade profile.
Will Power
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Strong individuals with very good potential and identity.
The wooden one I like very much, apart from the inlays but that's just a personal aesthetic. Might look better with ivory colour inlays, matches wood better.
The Stag has a lot of presence but I question the citing of the nail-nick, when mated to a strong spring this could be a very tough one to open.
My belief is that you should stick at this as you've got interesting innovative talent. It's appreciated!
Thanks, Will
The wooden one I like very much, apart from the inlays but that's just a personal aesthetic. Might look better with ivory colour inlays, matches wood better.
The Stag has a lot of presence but I question the citing of the nail-nick, when mated to a strong spring this could be a very tough one to open.
My belief is that you should stick at this as you've got interesting innovative talent. It's appreciated!
Thanks, Will
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I really like them both. My only comment, like Jamie mentioned, is the lack of pins on the stag. I see some nice customs with this feature, but IMO, I always equated that look with cheaper made knives. My own personal phobia, I would have concern about the covers coming off under the proper conditions, even though I am sure they are glued/epoxied on well.
Nice work regardless!
Nice work regardless!
lambertiana
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I like the design of the first one. The shape of the blade on the second one is not really my cup of tea.
thanks all for the comments and suggestions, it's certainly encouraging.
the basis for the design influence is a fixed blade slim hunter I own from Howard Hitchmough (designed by Bob Loveless)
the last refined one I made is here, made last April as I recall - https://www.instagram.com/p/BVBajCSFota/?hl=en&taken-by=hsc3.knives
the nice thing about this design is that either blade shape works in the handle so I can offer options of either blade and it's the same knife but different.
yes I can/need to add that, and appreciate that you see them as a distinctive style.
The nail nick is totally wrong and I'm learning better how to place them,
I will likely add two small screws to each scale to secure the stag.
the inlays are my first time trying out a turquoise inlay, I just carved out the wood...
you are correct , it is tough to open and agree the nail nick is in the wrong place
the basis for the design influence is a fixed blade slim hunter I own from Howard Hitchmough (designed by Bob Loveless)
the last refined one I made is here, made last April as I recall - https://www.instagram.com/p/BVBajCSFota/?hl=en&taken-by=hsc3.knives
the nice thing about this design is that either blade shape works in the handle so I can offer options of either blade and it's the same knife but different.
yes I can/need to add that, and appreciate that you see them as a distinctive style.
The nail nick is totally wrong and I'm learning better how to place them,
I will likely add two small screws to each scale to secure the stag.
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the inlays are my first time trying out a turquoise inlay, I just carved out the wood...
you are correct , it is tough to open and agree the nail nick is in the wrong place
. thank you, I'm not happy with the way my pins finish in stag and I'll likely use two screws as I mentioned earlier. For this kind of work I used Loctite 324 (2 part with activator)
I got very busy in late Aug and early Sept making kitchen knives for the Paris show, then two weeks in France.
Finally back into the shop and I'm going to spend most of October refining my skills with slip joints and improving the profile and dialing in the action, as well as working on raised domed pins.
Here's my first that I just completed. This one was just to get my hands dirty and back into the slip joint game.
comments and criticism welcome
Finally back into the shop and I'm going to spend most of October refining my skills with slip joints and improving the profile and dialing in the action, as well as working on raised domed pins.
Here's my first that I just completed. This one was just to get my hands dirty and back into the slip joint game.
comments and criticism welcome
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I see nothing I can criticize, another great piece
One thing I think would look cool, at least to me personally, would be a swedge with a long pull running along just under the swedge. Can't recall ever seeing a long pull running parallel to the swedge instead of parallel to the spine between the swedge and tang. But from what I can see your work is great!
One thing I think would look cool, at least to me personally, would be a swedge with a long pull running along just under the swedge. Can't recall ever seeing a long pull running parallel to the swedge instead of parallel to the spine between the swedge and tang. But from what I can see your work is great!
eisman
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I like both blade shapes. A sharpening choil would be a good addition. I'd like to see the second one closed, because I think you can do better with the position of the nail pull. I'd add a bolster to the first knife, and make the one on the second slightly shorter. The scales on the first knife should probably be a bit more rounded on the edges; it looks like it would be too "square" to be pocket friendly. I agree that fit and finish could be improved, but the shapes are good. Things I'd look at:
It would be a nice touch to have those stag scales dovetailed into the bolsters. A red liner (a la Loveless) would make them "pop".
The blade on the second one is still a little proud when open.
The chips around the pin holes, like cracked scales, would see me passing.
I prefer grinds to be square to the bolster.
About 10 years ago I was at Blade and a new guy named John Lloyd had a table. He poured a whole bag of his "tries" out on the table and then sold some and gave some to kids. This was 200 (more or less) knives. John makes a pretty good knife.
It would be a nice touch to have those stag scales dovetailed into the bolsters. A red liner (a la Loveless) would make them "pop".
The blade on the second one is still a little proud when open.
The chips around the pin holes, like cracked scales, would see me passing.
I prefer grinds to be square to the bolster.
About 10 years ago I was at Blade and a new guy named John Lloyd had a table. He poured a whole bag of his "tries" out on the table and then sold some and gave some to kids. This was 200 (more or less) knives. John makes a pretty good knife.
thanks for the comments
here's another "try"
I moved to using a pivot barrel and screws instead of pinning the blade.
It's not pinned tight yet, hence the slight gap between the liners and spring.
and just finishing up my first wharncliff blade in the same dandle design
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