Damascus integral tag-along

Thanks for taking the time and effort to post this Nick, it is much appreciated.

Incredible work!

Just grinding the scale off the 1084 would take half the day! You go to great effort and it shows.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Yep, three thumbs up!
 
Thanks for the progress pics and videos Nick. I always get a few more tips and gizmos/tools to make from watching them.

On a side note, I thought that the tru-oil had to be completely dry before buffing it, not tacky.:confused:
 
I just took a little time to go back and watch the videos a couple times.
Thank you for going into detail with how you do things.
The extra work you put into your handles really shows in the finished knife.
 
Sorry for the delay on this guys, we've been really busy this week-end with family stuff... most importantly, celebrating my Grandma's 89th birthday yesterday (Saturday).

I've got more stuff to upload, just haven't gotten a chance to do it. Heck, I haven't even had enough time to email them to Bill yet! :o

Patrice- You're right, I can see where I worded that poorly. The oil does need to be dry or it can pull out. I meant that I let it tack up well, then I rub it down with a cloth. There's a waiting period between that and buffing (more if using an 1800rpm buffer than if by hand).

We've gotta' run again, but I'm going to really try to get the rest of the stuff uploaded soon. (no worries about this dragging out for years, the knife is already done ;) :foot: :) ).

Thanks guys :)
 
You've been a busy boy, buddy. Good stuff! Sorry to hear about the crack in the first, but number two is shaping up nicely:thumbup:
 
Thanks again! The stuff you are giving back to the knife making community is priceless. I almost feel indebted for how much I've learned from a lot of your posts.
 
Hey guys :)

It's easy to eat up a couple/few hours sitting at the computer uploading videos and photos--- and I just haven't had that kind of time lately. Lots of family stuff going on, along with working on other knives. I had a little bit of time last night, but I uploaded the videos without rotating them first. So I had to go back and fix that. :grumpy: :foot:

So I'm just going to add a little bit of the rest of the stuff as I can find time.

Thanks :)

The next step, after completing the work on the handle, was fluting the bolster- (FWIW- I know this should have been zoomed in closer, but my little point and shoot wouldn't focus with the zoom any closer than this.)

[video=youtube;pJYqbWq2zoA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJYqbWq2zoA&feature=youtu.be[/video]

A little more clean up-
[video=youtube;q_rL4x06B8Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_rL4x06B8Q&feature=plcp[/video]

Here's the end result of the stuff in the videos-

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For Phil--- :D

Gramma Sanny's 89th B-day party. The whole fam-damily was there, but in this photo it's just my folks, my sister (her hubby couldn't make it), Angi, Grandma, and me. :)


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Hey Nick, thanks for the thread....lots to learn here.

And I'm getting ahead, it would seem, but something I'd like to know if you don't mind:

The bolster fluting video's start with the guide lines in the bolster already cut. Are these lines cut with a triangle (or square) file? Or is there a trick to making them straight?

Edit: Ooops....I was posting this while you were posting the bolster video's.....sorry!
 
Hey Adam- :)

They are cut with a section of hacksaw blade (fine tooth, like 24TPI) that was surface ground down to about 0.020"

I've gotta get back to work, but there was a thread on another integral I did back in January that shows how I cut those. :)

THANKS :)
 
Nick,
I appreciate that posting photos and videos like this takes a lot of time away from your paying work... and would just like to say Thanks. WIP threads like this -- threads that not only show HOW but also talk about WHY -- really add substantial value to these forums.
:thumbup::thumbup:

Erin
 
Love the videos:thumbup:. Thanks for doing this. By the way, your hand work is better than any machine could hope to be.
 
Glad you had fun with the family Nick :thumbup:

Really looking forward to this knife....the WIP is like an appetizer before the main course

Bill Flynn

Off topic, but I was in Istanbul the last couple of days, and the Tokapi palace had a truly awesome collection of yatagans, daggers and related weapons ! No pictures allowed...but I did sneak a couple with the phone :thumbup:
 
NickWheeler said:
Gramma Sanny's 89th B-day party. The whole fam-damily was there, but in this photo it's just my folks, my sister (her hubby couldn't make it), Angi, Grandma, and me. :)
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Your grandmother looks great. This is a wonderful photo you shared!
Dean
 
Whewe... finally got enough stuff done to stop and post more to this thread. We've got Erin's 16th this week-end at our house--- Oh joy, a house full of teenagers. :eek: ;) :D

So where the heck was I with this? lol

After getting the bolster fluted and sanded out, it was time to do a final sanding on the blade just to make sure it's clean. The blade should be finished to a uniform grit... but the scratch pattern doesn't have to be insanely even prior to etch. Please don't misread that as me saying finish doesn't matter. If you take the blade to 800grit, the entire thing needs to be 800grit with NO SCRATCHES coarser than 800grit. But it doesn't have to be a super uniform scratch pattern like it would if this were the final finish on a monosteel blade. :)

Then mask off whatever you don't want etched. In this case it was the tang and the bolster shoulder. I don't want the acid to have a chance to change those things, AT ALL... so I mask them off with pretty pretty fingernail polish. :foot: ;) I like the bright colors because they make it easy to see if you have everything covered. ***Just expect all kinds of weird looks and questions when people come in your shop and see the fingernail polish and tiaras in the drawer--- Um.... wait. ;) :D

Into the acid- in this case Ferric Chloride dilluted with distilled water.

[video=youtube;IAJsId6_txU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJsId6_txU&feature=plcp[/video]

This was after 3 short etches-

[video=youtube;r7mheTfZvWM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7mheTfZvWM&feature=plcp[/video]

Then I sand the oxides off with 2500X paper and a steel sanding bar.

After that, I etch my makers mark with my Marking Methods etching unit.
[video=youtube;ByXd1rYo6oQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXd1rYo6oQ&feature=plcp[/video]

Then I do a couple more short etches. I sand off the oxides with 3M 4000X polishing cloth (the pink stuff)

And then one last etch for just a minute.

Here's what it looked like after the final etch, but before cleaning the oxides off.
 
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