BingaLor

Here is a special note from Bing;



Lorien, Please mention Fire safety on this segment. I have never worked with Zirc before today. Have had others with experience warn me about fire with this shit. I was going slow with grinding this. I was expecting it to happen some time and it did. All was well until I had a small pile of swarf on my tool rest I caught on fire. I brushed it to the concrete floor were it burned until out. Very hot I might add…….



A photo of the materials;




Bing's scribed the rough outline of the bolsters. The material is coated with layout ink.




The roughed out bolsters are Gorilla glued to one another;




The dovetail is ground on both bolsters at 30 degrees on Bing's 6" disk grinder;




The glued together bolsters are now glued to a liner.




The fastener and pivot holes are now back drilled through both bolsters for perfect alignment;




The bolsters are seperated, and the counter bored recesses for the pivot fasteners are milled out. The pivot fasteners are zirconium, and the other fasteners are of the 2-56 titanium socket head variety.




Now, the bolsters are fixed to the liners and the profile is refined. Abrupt corners and edges are broken, and a consistent radius applied, for a comfortable, hot-spot free grip!




Heat is applied to the zirconium bolsters and pivot fasteners, leaving the lustrous black finish that zirconium is known for.

 
tomorrow, we'll be on to grinding and finishing the blade.
then, a couple more picture posts and she's done!

I will tell you now, that there is a surprise coming that Bing and I both think you will enjoy :)
 
This stuff is pretty standard.

Here, Bing sets the bevels. He's looking to develop an edge geometry that is fine and keen.




In order to test the durability, Bing uses a dried antler. This material is hard and will quickly damage an edge that is not properly hardened.




After the antler test, 10oz leather is employed. This material will expose chips and dings in the edge. Of course, slicing through it was no problem.




Once the blade is ground and finished, it needs to be etched. Bing masks off the areas that need to stay smooth with nail polish, which is removed post-etch with acetone.




I'll try and post up some more this afternoon :)
 
Bing and I had some good conversations regarding materials, colouring etc. We settled on gold anodized liners and fasteners.
The colour doesn't show up great here, but you get the idea;




Now that the anodizing has been applied, the knife is ready for assembly;




All assembled, ready for bolsters;




Bolsters mounted, next step is to prepare the scale material. And therein lies the surprise...




What do you think the scales will look like? What material would you like to see on this knife?
Answers are coming, tomorrow....
 
That is a great looking folder. From concept to execution, great job you two!

Looking forward to the finish of this one.
 
Man! This is going to be a 'Sunday, go to Church then to a BBQ' kinda folder.....fine Mammoth Ivory right there! :D
 














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On behalf of Bruce and myself, thank you all so much for your interest in this thread and for following along and adding your thoughts, comments and appreciation.

This was a really great experience for me personally. I got so much out of it, and would like to thank Bruce for trusting me and my pattern and putting so much time in to make it a reality. What you saw here was not simply the creation of a single knife, but the creation of a friendship that will live on in both of us.

I'd also like to acknowledge Spark and the other people who make Bladeforums function, and thank them for providing us all with this incredible social platform. Bladeforums has affected my life directly in so many positive ways, and I'm so grateful that it exists and thrives.

I hope that some time in the near future I am able to share with you all some of the other outstanding projects that I am honoured to be a part of.
Stay tuned :)
 
That is totally AWSOME!!! I want one...maybe I can get Bing to do me one in carbon fiber;) This is a very cool knife and silky smooth. That mammoth ivory is killer too!
 
Very nice, very clean. Perfection! Thank you for this great thread. Mike
 
Wonderful stuff, from the perfectly-dimensioned drawing to the magnetic-sounding 'click' as the finished knife is locked open. Thanks for showing the making of this great knife!
 
This new folder design is outstanding and the finished product is exceptional. like others, i would love to own one. I'm sure there would be a long list should you guys decide to make more. Thank you for sharing the process. It stuff like this that makes BF my go to knife forum, more like a community.
 
I just spent a very enjoyable hour slowly reading the text, and studying the photos.. It was time well spent and I learned a ton... Thank you Lorien, and Bing...

Best Regards, Rich Slaughter
 
Beautiful work and thanks so much for bringing us along for the ride. Lorien, I can hear the "proud papa" in your words and you should be, Bing brought a smooth design to a very classy finish.
 
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