Frame hidden tang knives

Brian Avila

Brian Avila

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I figured I haven't contributed much lately and wanted to get back into the community that helped get me started. After messing around and learning more and more I have made something that I am pretty proud of. I made a frame hidden tang knife with g10 for hunting season that went to a buddy across the mountains here in CO for his elk hunt so we could test out my knives. I used 1/8" g10 for the frame and 1/4" g10 for the scales and just finished them to shape and the first picture is how it came out.

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I was pleased with the outcome but not totally satisfied. I really wanted the clip/swedge to look differently, the guard area to actually look like a guard and I wanted to try a different type of handle shape. So I created the this second knife to using all the little gotchas that I found for the first knife.

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I had to add little non-slip pins inside the frame because when I was epoxying the first one, the frame area moved on me and was just a little bit off, not to mention that I almost epoxied my hands together. The guard is really just black g10 that was shaped to look like the guard and is 3 pieces. I realize that it wont be as strong as say 416 Stainless but I wanted to see how it would come out, and work.

I am actually really proud of the second knife. I think it is probably the best knife I have made to date finish wise. I am going to make some sanding sticks to help my fingers from getting eaten up from sanding, that is probably my next project.

What do you guys think?
 
They both look good and are very good designs in my opinion for field work. I think you deserve a big star for these. I also used to love giving out one or two to hunting friends to try out. Frank
 
very nice. Number 2 is sweet. I wouldn't knock G10 compared to stainless for a guard. Better traction on the synthetic.
 
My only recommendation would be a more curved transition from the blade heel to the ricasso. 90 degree angles are potential problems.
 
Both are very nice. A nice design for field work.
 
bladsmth said:
My only recommendation would be a more curved transition from the blade heel to the ricasso. 90 degree angles are potential problems.
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I am glad your brought that up, Stacy. I had a hard time getting it to be curved for some reason. My belt would just eat away at the area so I ended up taking a straight file to it. Having said that I didn't think of using a rounded file at the time.......... Hmmmmm. That is probably the way I will go for the next one.

Thanks for all the good vibes guys!
 
mgysgthath said:
Very nice!

What is a frame tang, though?
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So what I did was create a stick tang knife blade. And then used g10 for a frame, meaning that I cut out the inside of the g10 so the stick fit in and you don't see the metal stick tang. And then used g10 scales to create the rest of the handle as you see.
 
Cool knives.

Is the seam between different pieces of G10 visible?
I'd like to try this one day.
 
TheWeatherman said:
So what I did was create a stick tang knife blade. And then used g10 for a frame, meaning that I cut out the inside of the g10 so the stick fit in and you don't see the metal stick tang. And then used g10 scales to create the rest of the handle as you see.
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Oh! Okay, thanks :)
 
I like the 3 piece black G10 guard, I think it looks strong functional and cool. Was the guard made like a typical SS guard By drilling out a row of holes and using files to finsh the slot or were the pieces laid up on the order of bolsters?
 
thartman said:
I like the 3 piece black G10 guard, I think it looks strong functional and cool. Was the guard made like a typical SS guard By drilling out a row of holes and using files to finsh the slot or were the pieces laid up on the order of bolsters?
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Because I used a piece of g10 to go around the stick tang, I created the guard like I would bolsters and then formed the handle last. I have thought about drilling out a block of g10 for a guard because I kind of like how it looks but I am unsure about how strong it would be and the abuse it could take.

Anyone have any ideas on if a g10 guard block would stand up well?
 
I Think a guard made out of a block of G10 would be strong enough to take the everyday kind of abuse that a hunting knife would see.
Tim
 
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