Behind the Scenes @ Fiddleback Forge 1/20/2015-

[VANCE]

Phillip, awesome post & thanks for all of the great sanding info, both here and via email! As an aside, I was curious if you guys have any custom shop camp knives coming up? Those things were epic and I'm bummed I missed out on the last run!

email me tomorrow..we have a few here...... or there....not at my house
ill send pics

 

[VANCE]

Phillip, that Duke is going to be heading up north to Canada. You might as well box it now, sharking it Friday will just be a formality.

now dedery....that would not be fair
if you score it....
i'll have to live vicariously through you...i hope to get a production Duke in the meantime

 

[FeralGentleman]

Cool stuff, the sanding info was a good read. Thanks for taking the time with the photos.

Anyone know if the specs on the new models have been posted up somewhere?

 

[VANCE]

Cool stuff, the sanding info was a good read. Thanks for taking the time with the photos.

Anyone know if the specs on the new models have been posted up somewhere?

nothing yet.. i was hoping to get some finished up so i can get some pics as they will look in the final form. no names either outside of "the new models"

 

[crazyfingers]

if im looking at the right photo....it appears to be a tangerine scandiman

Thanks

 

[Gusbuster]

Hey Phillip, is the Duke 5/32 TT?

 

[ncrockclimb]

Another great thread! Thank you for giving us a glimpse behind the curtain at Fiddleback!

 

[hasco]

Great thread!! Thanks for all the sanding pointers!!!

Some great looking knives!

 

[VANCE]

The mini knife inspired the Magna-Karda

For comparison of familiar models
Pocket Kephart
Runt
Mini knife....I don't know the real name

The bottom is slightly different due to thicker stock.

 

[Hulk2e]

Why are the tips colored blue in the photos? I'm curious.

 

[thurin]

Why are the tips colored blue in the photos? I'm curious.

Some quotes that explain:

Blue Dykem is used on 01 Red is used on A2 Also A2 is also identified by an extra hole in the tang. Because after heat treat they all look the same. The dyed tip is Andy's way of telling he left off on 120 grit and still needs to take it up to the A100.

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The Blue tip means the bevels are at 120 grit.

 

[Hulk2e]

Thanks, Thurin. I was thinking it was some sort of identifier of sorts.

 

[BushBarb]

Great preview. And thanks for the information.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

What are the specs on those macheyes? Steel, hardness, handle, longth of blade and overall?

 

[thurin]

What are the specs on those macheyes? Steel, hardness, handle, longth of blade and overall?

Looks like a batch of 12" and 16".

They're 1075. 12" are 3mm thick, 16" are 2.2mm thick.

These are real machetes made from 1075 steel with proper and traditional machete heat treat.

 

[thurin]

Thanks for the pics and sanding info Phillip.

I like the tubes better than the screws on the machetes. I just noticed the new Year stamp.

 

[ncrockclimb]

Thanks for the machete pics. Can you explain how the flared tubing works and why you chose that method / changed what you were doing.

 

[3let]

Flared tubing works essentially like a rivet. In this case we are using 1/4"-diameter stainless steel tubing. A length of tubing is inserted through each chamfered hole in the scale/blade set, and both ends of the tube are flared simultaneously by pressing between two dies in an arbor press. It gives a solid, tight, and permanent mechanical joint.

The new batch of machetes uses machined micarta scales similar to those of our production knives. We initially experimented with three machine screws, plus a single flared tube on the lanyard hole of the machete. Based on initial feedback on the photos of that configuration, we have switched to four flared tubes to attach the scales.

 

[ncrockclimb]

Thanks for the explanation! I like the looks of the handle attachment method.

 

[VANCE]

Here are some of Allen's stuff i found laying around today....that is very typical....wherever he is standing when he is done with something that is where you will find it next. he misplaces his mask approx. 4x a day.