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heatheninthehills

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Many years ago, When I was younger and didnt have this knife habit i had the opertunity to be a freelance illustrator. One thing that stands out now is the fact that.,That job didnt test my creative side as much as trying to come up with ideas for knives and handles and guards that doesnt look like everyone elses.:jerkit: Yea I know Waaaaa. But on a more serius note has anyone ever tried using two halves of a guard pinned together without it showing that there are two halves? I've got a good design but I think that the only way to make it work is to split the guard and I'm not sure how to get it pinned so the crack doesnt show. The gaurd material will most probably be brass all tho I was playing with the idea of using S.S. instead. Thanks in advance for any ideas or comments.

Bennie
 
Well, solder comes to mind. Alternatively, perhaps you could make the joint a design issue itself.
 
If you're going with brass you might consider brazing. I know it's possible to braze a joint so that it isn't visible, but it takes a good bit of practice to get there...

-d
 
Lew Booth used to do that, and Harman Schneider has
done it without using solder......dosent mean others
shouldn't do it though.

How do you plan to braze the halves together, on the knife,
without ruining the blade's temper..?
 
Use stainless and tig weld, not for the faint of heart, but will work. Use heat stop paste to protect blade. The problem is right up next to the blade, you have to flow the weld puddle to the edge very carefully at low amperage.
 
I have done that a couple times with nickel silver. I put the recess for the blade in one half, and keep the other half flat. Then I pin and solder with stay brite. there is no visible line even after the NS starts to tarnish.
 
That job didnt test my creative side as much as trying to come up with ideas for knives and handles and guards that doesnt look like everyone elses
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don't look at other peoples work while you are designing, it's kinda like getting a song stuck in your head, the only song you can sing is the one stuck in your head...

also try drawing from a place you don't usually start on the paper. If you always sart drawing rom the top right hand corner of the paper start in the middle or bottom.

my .02
 
I have tried it and its a pain. I modified my design finally because its so hard to make two exact halves with the correct opening for the tang thickness. Mine ended up attaching to both sides. Here is the first one I came up with. I've done a couple of these after this but no pictures.
bowie1c.jpg

bowie1f.jpg
 
Get it etched... and integrate the assembly lines into the pattern to hide them.


Use the lines as part of the design instead of trying to hide them...... but maybe that's not the point, right?

Rick
 
Thanks to all for the replys and suggestions. Since we have some great welders at work tyhe brazing or tig weld are really good options. i have to admit tghat I really like Bruce's idea for splitting the guard tho. I'll be profiling the blade and milling the guard tomarrow so I'll know more where I stand with it then. again thanks for the suggestions.

Bennie
 
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