Broken Durba @ Shop

Thanks Yall, but can yall post some sights that I can go to? I have no idea where to get micarta. I think Crazy Crow sells some, but I will have to find the magazine.

I too am sorta digging the pink grips. If anyone runs across anything, please post it.

Also, how does one go about making a bolster? The handle and bolster are in cahoots together and went into hiding, I guess for fear of being abused. :confused: :rolleyes:

Thanks again yall :)
 
Most of the Micarta I've seen in knife supply stocks is slabs for scales. You might try your local electrical or machine supply houses for blocks. A.G. Russell sold kits at one time which had pre-drilled blocks for hidden-tang handles. I can't remember any that would have been large enough for a Khuk,but he might respond to an inquiry about finding a source. Making bolsters sounds like Yvsa or Terry. When you get one, and if your welder is cool, ask him about silver soldering it to the blade for you. I had a good one in the next town who did several bronze and brass guards on some knives I put together - used kid's modeling clay ahead of the guard, to hold the solder and act as a heat sink to keep the temper from being ruined.
 
That's It!!!! Pink Ivory, and yes, sometimes the woods can be as bad as the plastics.:eek:

You can probably get some 1/8" to 3/16" flat brass or copper stock to make a bolster and butt cap from.
K&G or other knife shops online oughta have it. My as forged Chainpuri blade has a flat 3/16" or so bolster. It's just a tad difficult to get the handle lined up with it so there are no gaps, but careful use of a coarse sandpaper and a flat surface will fix it up in no time.
I used JB Weld to anchor the bolster plate in place and to seal the handle from moisture. I don't think anything could hurt the African Knobthorn that the handle is made from though.

If you leave the tang pretty straight one of the blocks of Micarta might fit it. I think they're somewhere's around 1 3/8" square. You won't get as big a butt on it unless you cut another piece or two and blend them in sideways to the first one.
It will take some pretty fancy fitting, but you can do it with care and patience if you're dead set on plastic.
I don't know about pink in Micarta though, I don't recall ever seeing it in that color, doesn't mean it's not made though.
 
Dave,

Let me surf around tonight and see what's out there. I've stumbled across a bunch of different site with goodies of various use... I just forget to bookmark them. I'll post what I can find tonight...

Alan
 
Dave,

I must apologize... for I got sidetracked on the net looking for used tools and stuff :rolleyes:

I'll go out searching tomorrow (heck no... tonight) after work. I just noticed it is 6:10 a.m. and I should probably get some sleep before going in for work... they frown on sleeping at the computers...

Good news is I found wood rasps/files pretty darn cheap on Ebay. I also could get a band saw pretty cheap too... but I'm not sure I would need one right away. So as soon as I clear up some stuff, I'll collect what I need and tear into a making a new sheath...

Later,

Alan
 
Go for it Alan if you've got the time. I'd like to see Sarki shop #2 come into being. Then you can join the ranks of the overworked and underpaid -- like me and Terry.
 
While out to lunch I found this stuff on a sight someone in the Shoptalk forum suggested...whaddya think???


Woodturners Catalog

Try the "colorwood" link...not pink, but distinct and loud enough...maybe something other than pink...hmmm
 
Hey Dave,

Great site... you did better on lunch than I did all in three hours (felt guilty and stayed up searching)...

Take a look at the Honduras Redheart. They say it is pink to darker red with streaks... you might be able to get them to dig out a pink one...

Also, if you are brave, they have PINK IVORY... just get a respirator and some kevlar gloves to work in :D. I still want to try working it... even though I've been warned by Wal. Sometimes I just don't know how to give up I guess. Wal says I get it from my Granddad :p

I also sent an e-mail off to Chris Reeves to see if buying blanks from him would be a possibility. Besides the Pink Ivory, he has a ton of cool wood options available for his canes. I got a response back this a.m. saying he was out of town until Mon/Tues and he'd reply then.
 
Well Boys...last night I was pinging the last 2" of the tang straight..it was a little bent, so I figured I'd just make the tang perfect.

Bad Idea...Durba tempered the entire tang and the last 2" snapped off, but it is a clean break and should be welded easily.

It is a less critical area of the tang so I am not too worried about it. You have less stress 2" from the buttcap than 1/4" from the bolster (the first weld) so if this sucker is going to fail, it will be with the first, and not the second break.

I guess I should learn to leave well enough alone...but I dont like well enough. I like better than well enough. Besides, without mistakes how are we to learn.

Besides it was funny how it barely missed my face and stuck into the wall a second before falling. :o :D
 
Dang, that's too bad. At least it didn't embed itself in your forehead.

Good luck...

By the way... How's Jewel these days?

Alan
 
AC,
Jewel,don't tell her sister that I said this, but she is being rather tempermental, always wanting something...karma sutra choji oil, lexol on her furry scabbard, a rub down with Corona.

I cant complain though...she is as beautiful as ever.

Also, I just got back from the welder, another $10, and my BAS is fixed again...I am going to leave it alone for now. Figure everything out later.
 
Dave,

It appears as if you got the higher maintenance sister of the two. Ashely is very content to sit by my side during my travels on the net... only asking to be held and attention paid to her when I do so. Plus, she like to watch movies... action type, horror, anything with swords, knives and such. :D

I must find the receipt of kama sutra cho oil and make some up... she'd like that!

Alan
 
"Bad Idea...Durba tempered the entire tang and the last 2" snapped off..."

Hmmmm, I would think that the welding would further aneal the tempering in that area of the blade (which is left soft by the kamis anyhow?) Maybe the welder quenched the blade immediately after doing the weld, creating the brittleness? Anyway, if another part of this blade fails in the future, you may wish to consider this theory...
 
...jus stop banging on it with a hammer:eek: I'm beginning to wonder if I was'nt a bit harsh on your ex-roomates - hammering, holes in the wall..:D
 
Instruct the welder NOT to quench the tang after welding. Explain to him you want it soft. I doubt seriously that Durba hardened the tang. If he did it was not on purpose and Bill is right with his theory.
 
AC,

Here is the quote that I downloaded from one of Rusty's posts when I wanted the recipe,

"Add a very very small about to clove oil to 6 ounces of Kama Sutra Oil, and shake. You'll probably fine between 1/8 and 1/2 ounce (ov clove oil) about right."

Mr. Paxton,

They used a "quick weld" machine, I was there the first time, and they said "I should have no problem with the temper." even still we wrapped the blade in a wet t-shirt.

The second break was 3" further back on the tang where it is 3/16" wide and a tiny bit less than 3/16" thick. I am sure that the welding anealed the steel around the welds, but I am not so sure that far back on the tang.

The second weld should assure this from happening again. If it does snap again it is gonna stay that way and become like some of the villigers out there and have a 1/2 tang in the handle with a brass pin as well as epoxy to hold it in place.

But you gotta admit, for the $30 I have spent on a "broken" knife it is an interesting project.

Too bad school starts monday. :( Thats gonna slow me down.
 
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