Challenge Cokebottle Challenge

Greg Obach said:
you could use a parser

http://www.watchman.dsl.pipex.com/two-legged parser/parser.html
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"All the knifemakers I knew could fit a shield to a knife handle in a matter of seconds - probably less time than it would take to secure the work in place on a modern machine - and they call that progress!!! "

I'm not sure I'm 100% clear on how the device works. You spin it, and the pointy legs cut out the irregular shape of the inlay? :confused: :confused: :confused:

I'd LOVE to see one of these in action. Anybody?

Mike
 
I love the slipjoint folders, but I never thought I'd try one because they look to complicated. With the template that you posted, it looks more simplified, but still scary. What the heck, I think I'll give it a shot. The end product will probably be laughable, but if you can't laugh at yourself...:D -Matt-
 
Thanks for that link on the parser. That's super cool. I saw a picture of one in use years ago in Blade, in an article about the last little mester in Sheffield. I didn't know what he was doing, or what that tool was. Sounds like it can get in sharp corners better than a dremel- would love to see one in action. ('course, it looks so dang simple maybe I'll make one just to satisfy my curiosity.) Pretty much all my pieces are one of a kind, so I'm not sure I could justify making a template, but still... Good info to know.

Kerry-

I just may take you up on this challenge. It just so happens I've been wanting to do a Coke bottle pattern lately anyhow; even have the drawing layin' on my workbench. I was flipping through my Dad's old Shapleigh Hardware catalog (from 1929, I believe) for inspiration, and made up a design based on a couple models in it.
 
Kerry Hampton said:
Jigs!! Oh now I will just forget you ever said that. :D I personally havent made one of these yet but I can tell you that Tony does this shaping all by hand on his Burr King grinders.
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Sorry, I need to quote this again.

I wanted to point out that you can do amazing work with symetry(no, that's not were dead people go) of grinds with the slack area on a belt grinder. It looks daunting but it isn't as difficult as it looks to get the basic shapes. The difficulty comes in the final finishing and it's where the pro's and alsorans part ways.
 
Kerry Hampton said:
...... symetry(no, that's not were dead people go).......
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First *abalone* and now *symmetry* on successive days? Yer cracking me up! Thanks!

Kerry Hampton said:
...... The difficulty comes in the final finishing and it's where the pro's and alsorans part ways.
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Artisans and alsorans
The finish tells the difference
Symmetries soothe, lines so smooth
Poor detail speaks cacaphony
Obvious, the preference..................Burma Shave:)
 
I might be willing to give this a shot if somebody could be convinced to surface grind some pieces for me inexpensively (I'd HAVE to forge it after all :D), and if Butch would give me a little help with the precision drilling... ;)

-d
 
bumped due to additional info on steel size used in the Bose cokebottle. See post #1.

I have to add, I'm impressed by the number of folks that are interested in trying this out. Even if you don't plan on doing it any time soon, print out the template and images and put it in your future projects file.
 
Thansk for posting the template drawing Kerry. I just got my tax return back and I will have some play money comming this year. So far I have only made friction folders but with a new milling machine I will be tackling some more complex folders. Slipjoints seem like the next logical step up.
 
I was looking at this thread last night and I thought to myself, "How hard can it be to make a coke bottle folder?"

So I decided to make one today at work,while it was a bit slow this afternoon.
The shape was easy - a coke bottle shape.
The liners should be nice - 14 karat yellow gold should do.
Rivets - why not gold ,too?
The blade would be neat in 14 karat spring hardened white gold, now wouldn't it? Might as well make the back spring from the same stuff.
For the scales ???? Oh yeah, I have that presentation grade black lip MOP.
Hey, what the heck, instead of an escutcheon, how about some diamonds set in the scales?

About an hour later, this is what I had.
So, what do you think?
 

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And here are a couple of other photos.
She walks and talks with a nice snap. Blade is hollow ground. Edge length is .273".Blade total is .429". OL open is .772,closed is .516.
Blade is .030 thick at the spine,liners are .016, scales are .025. The six diamonds total .025 carats, 2=.0075 each(1mm) and 4= .0025 each (.60mm)
 

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OMG! That is a cute little booger. You took the challenge to the other end of the spectrum. Very impressive. :thumbup: :cool:
 
Stacy, I'm sitting here with my mouth hanging open and the only thing I can say is...way too cool!! You were certainly blessed with a great talent! -Matt-
 
Never thought about it, but I have a bunch of table cloth weights that are giant coins. They could be used in making some really interesting photos.
 
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