Finished a couple,how do they look?

hell yeah! And the hammon makes these extra sexy. Very cool :)
 
Thanks for the great comments everybody...The bone is dyed and stabilized cow bone....

The inlay was done by drilling with a 1/4 inch forstener bit and then I used a 1/4 inch plug cutter to make the dot from Ivory,perfect fit...I am also working on shaped inlays,but havent got them up to what will pass my eye yet...

Bruce,Think I have them sold already,otherwise I was going to post them were you said.

Bruce
 
Cool...one of the custom cue supply shops has a number of paterns of brass male and female templates for inlays, but they seem to only want to sell them to you with their $1000 plus inlay routing machine:(
 
Looking good Bruce :) I really like that bone handle, something I'm not normally all that fond of. I also like the way the quench line works with your damascus. Again, I'm not normally fond of the effect.
 
Glad you guys like them:cool:

Joe,Go to Lowes and find the bits and the plug cutters.They come in many sizes,of course they are all round,but it is a start.
Bruce
 
Bruce Evans said:
Glad you guys like them:cool:

Joe,Go to Lowes and find the bits and the plug cutters.They come in many sizes,of course they are all round,but it is a start.
Bruce
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Man, I am scared to try to cut ivory with anything other than a jewlers saw or maybe my scroll saw if i glue it to a thin piece of cedar cigar box top. Same deal for cutting the pocket, especially with ebony which is what I want to use. I have had HORRIBLE luck with ebony cracking on the lathe, so I got some little tiny carving tools. i may wimp out and go with blackwood, but the stuff i have is real dark brown with figure, so it's not the same effect. did you use epoxy on the inlay and did you color it? My evil plan is to hide the nickel silver pin that is actually holding the coffin handle to the tang under the inlay and have little pins around the perimeter purely for decoration. I do like that little "star' pattern you did with the pins around the ivory dot...very cool.
 
Joe,Make sure to use sharp bits on the Ebony....The plug cutter goes in the drill press,I just used some scrap pieces of ivory for the inlay.If you are scared of messing up Ivory just use a contrasting wood or even imitation Ivory or some cow bone.The Ivory I used was Mammoth so it was cream color already.....You can order pearl and abalone shell dots already cut from some of the woodworking companies,I think Grizzly even has them in their wood section.They have them for doing inlays on guitars.Also a good source for info on learning how to do inlays.

Dont get scared of your materials,just use it like it is something you are used to and you will be fine.

Bruce
 
Man this is great,Thanks Everybody...The wood handled knife is also sold...

Hope everyone has a really great Christmas,I will be able to give Donna a great one now (even though she says she doesnt need or want anything,you know how woman are:D )

Merry Christmas to all and hopes that the forge fires burn bright for the New Year:)

Bruce
 
Bruce Evans said:
Joe,Make sure to use sharp bits on the Ebony....The plug cutter goes in the drill press,I just used some scrap pieces of ivory for the inlay.If you are scared of messing up Ivory just use a contrasting wood or even imitation Ivory or some cow bone.The Ivory I used was Mammoth so it was cream color already.....You can order pearl and abalone shell dots already cut from some of the woodworking companies,I think Grizzly even has them in their wood section.They have them for doing inlays on guitars.Also a good source for info on learning how to do inlays.

Dont get scared of your materials,just use it like it is something you are used to and you will be fine.

Bruce
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Thanks, Bruce,
I have a thin inlay slab of real live legal elephant ivory. I also have a thin piece of holly, so I may try with that first. It works fro contrast on old school boats, so it will probably work for knifehandles. I saw a knife John White did once where it looked like he used holly.
 
Bruce, Very nice lines on both knives, If you lost anything you can't tell it from the pic's.... Oh I got a great deal on 25ft of 8lb density 24" wide insulation for the forge If you need any let me know... Merry Christmas
 
OK Chad.....I guess I heard you wrong:D :D 1 of those knives was from one piece you didnt think would be enough to make a knife,at least that is what i thought you said....Anyway,I did make knives from them:D :D

Thanks for all the great responses from everybody.
Bruce
 
Hello Bruce

Great Job on the knives Bruce. Outstanding job on the temper line. It looks like you do it, the way I do in my shop. But from looking at yours, I wish I was that good. But maybe in time I will get there. God bless and thanks for showing the Photo's.

Barkes :thumbup:
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Looking good Bruce, I realy like the wood handled one, but there both outstanding. And it's good to see you turning some knives out again and feeling better, I know it had to be driving you crazy.

I for one don't mind and like a harding line on damascus. I'll do a full quench on mosaics, but then three or four soft back draws to get the flexability. One a basic pattern welded or rather bold pattern I see nothing wrong with a harding line.
 
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