Bird and trout knife

Robert Mayo · Jul 3, 2009

I have not posted much lately so i thought i would show this knife.
It is stock removal from 1080 this knife was made to fit the scales from a Joseph Rodgers pruning knife.
These sambar scales are at least 119 years old and were looking for a new home.
The o.a.l. is 8" with a 4" blade one piece guard and bolsters where cast in place using lead free solder.

Bob

Keith_H · Jul 3, 2009

That looks great!

Phil Dwyer · Jul 3, 2009

Sweet!!! My favorite size knife.

Patrice Lemée · Jul 4, 2009

That's a beautiful knife Bob.

Patrice

ddavelarsen · Jul 4, 2009

That's fantastic, trips all my triggers. What are its dimensions?

birdog4 · Jul 4, 2009

Nice trim lil piece Robert! See ya got some hamon action there too!. Nice job.

Robert Mayo · Jul 4, 2009

ddavelarsen said:
That's fantastic, trips all my triggers. What are its dimensions?

Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dave the blade is 4" to the guard by 11/16" and the oal is 8"

Bob

jrhart50 · Jul 4, 2009

That is real nice and i love the handle.

Robert Mayo · Jul 4, 2009

jrhart50 said:
That is real nice and i love the handle.

Thanks i love the scales as well it took a lot of years to get that aged worn look. The blade on the old folder that they came off was pretty well worn out.

Bob

jll346 · Jul 4, 2009

Farmer Phil said:
Sweet!!! My favorite size knife.

Me too. Great job!:thumbup:

ddavelarsen · Jul 4, 2009

Robert Mayo said:
Thanks for the kind words guys.
Dave the blade is 4" to the guard by 11/16" and the oal is 8"

Bob

Thanks. I made one recently that I think was a bit too small, but the customer claimed it was just right. This is more along the lines of what I'd expect. I love it, a wonderful knife.

So - How'd you cast the solder guard?

Robert Mayo · Jul 4, 2009

ddavelarsen said:
Thanks. I made one recently that I think was a bit too small, but the customer claimed it was just right. This is more along the lines of what I'd expect. I love it, a wonderful knife.

So - How'd you cast the solder guard?

I used a cerial box to make a rough mold taped to the scales and blade.
Then melted the lead free solder in an old stainless soup ladle modified with a nice fine spout and poured it in as fast as i could.After taking off the mold which was bigger than i needed there were a couple of voids. I was going to chisel it off and try again when my wife suggested using my Weller soldering gun to try and fill the holes. Well she hit it right on it worked great.
I then sanded and filed to shape rubbed on some Fc. to age it and the pins.
And that is all there is to it. I have another one i'm going to do in a couple of weeks and will make up a tutorial on it with lots of pics.

Bob
ps there are 2 holes under the casting for the solder to flow through to keep it tight.

ddavelarsen · Jul 4, 2009

Great, thanks! I'll look forward to the tutorial too. :thumbup:

defaultuser · Jul 4, 2009

VERY nice my friend! The stag is even more stunning when you see it in person; I remember

You nailed it Bob...amazing.

Dixieblade57 · Jul 4, 2009

Hey that turned out great. What did you use for pins? It complements the knife well!

WadeH · Jul 4, 2009

Bob that looks wonderful. I love little knives like that. That would make a great EDC.

Robert Mayo · Jul 4, 2009

Thanks again folks.
Dixie i used some small finishing nails epoxied and piened in place.

Bob