Bead Carving with the BK5 *UPDATE*

thrillbilly

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FAL'er sent along some fatwood with my package....I had it sitting on my desk and happened to read OLJ's post in this thread, post #19
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-the-Knowledge-*WINNER*-BPrepared304-*WINNER*

that got me thinking and I decided a bead on the 5 lanyard made from the Oregon fatwood would be cool along with the FAL'er scales...so the whittling commenced

I decided to try out the new SAK's saw as well

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The 5 is amazingly nimble, It is a large knife but I was able to do this tiny job with ease.

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I carved it out....and I decided to be a real Jeremiah Johnson and use the SAK awl to drill the hole, well, I Ogreized it and snapped the bead in half. After a few moments of cussin & grumblin under my breath I carved another bead.
On this one I decided I was indeed NOT Jeremiah Johnson (or OLJ) and used a drill....and snapped it again. At this point I cussed & grumbled at a much higher volume then before...and carved another D*** bead.

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I started drilling this one with the smallest bit I had and worked my way up thru about 5 sizes of bits until I had a cordage hole large enough. Finally, success!

I used a length of leather cord I took off my new boonie hat when I bought it (I cant stand chinstraps) and made myself a nifty old school cool lanyard complete with HIGHLY flammable bead. I love taking old stuff and finding a new use for them.

It only took me about 10 times longer then anticipated, ahead of the curve for me. I also ended up with a small pillbottle full of nice fatwood shavings and slivers.

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Lookin good so far, I love the idea of fatwood beads since I've been seeing them, highly functional emergency decorations!
 
Nice I like the idea of a fatwood bead. I keep meaning to look for some around here but never remember to.
 
i know you just had smaller wood chunks this time, but I have drilled my hole first in a larger piece of wood, then carved around it.... gave me more strength to drill, and more wood to hold onto while drilling...
 
Nsvens89 said:
Nice I like the idea of a fatwood bead. I keep meaning to look for some around here but never remember to.
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shoot me your addy Svens. I acquired a few bundles at the Gathering.

Greybush said:
i know you just had smaller wood chunks this time, but I have drilled my hole first in a larger piece of wood, then carved around it.... gave me more strength to drill, and more wood to hold onto while drilling...
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yeah...well fatwood is very frangible, not like normal pine at all, almost like working with soap.
 
thrillbilly said:
shoot me your addy Svens. I acquired a few bundles at the Gathering.


yeah...well fatwood is very frangible, not like normal pine at all, almost like working with soap.
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You speak of soap as you know what it is.... ;). Final product looks awesome man...digging the leather with it.
 
Looks like it turned out really well once you got it to work. I've found that fatwood drills cross-grain pretty well, but that would probably make the carving more difficult.
 
Thanks guys, I like it myself!



mrn8 said:
Looks like it turned out really well once you got it to work. I've found that fatwood drills cross-grain pretty well, but that would probably make the carving more difficult.
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cross-grain! facepalm. That WOULD have been way easier probably, I didnt even think about it. Im a duh duh duh dumba**
 
Good looking bead. Do not use that blade over the fire unless you want to be a juggler. haha.
 
Great work. I really like it with those handles and leather lanyard.
 
I think it's time I ordered some leather and tools and tried that stuff out. Some knives need leather sheaths...
 
That 5 is looking good, Thrill. It's amazing how useful that knife is, isn't it. I never would have thought it was such a good design until I actually got one in hand and began whittling away at stuff.
 
That 5 is gorgeous. Those are the scales that should have been on the famous Snakeskin-5.
The fatwood bead is cool, I have to go looking for some of that stuff just for kicks.

-Daizee
 
Nice work on that TB.

I like how you originally tried to keep all Jeremiah-Johnson even if it did not work out. The final product looks great!
 
Thanks guys, It is a nice rig. I swapped the wood scales to my 2 for awhile....but I dunno, I love them on both knives....I may have to get me another set of nice wood scales.
 
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