Gibeon Meteorite for blade

Just in case you want another scribe, it's a type of needle called a regulator. I have no clue what it's used for in sewing, but you will see them on specialty needle maker websites and catalogs
 
Mahoney said:
Just in case you want another scribe, it's a type of needle called a regulator. I have no clue what it's used for in sewing, but you will see them on specialty needle maker websites and catalogs
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Thanks for the information. I have had this one for 30 years and because of its shape and usefulness it has become my scribe or needle I should say, of choice.

From now on it will be known as the Regulator.:rolleyes:

Regards, Fred
 
Here is the latest from Fred Rowe

The silicon bronze is nice to work. It cuts and files easily.

In all knives but especially in building a dagger, everything needs to be centered and symmetric or the result is only to obvious.
I have to keep in mind that there will be an engraver following what I do.
I believe the bronze will end up two tone black and gold to make the engraving stand out.

Have a nice holiday all, Fred

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I worked on the finish shaping of the bronze piece that gets inlayed into the butt.
Milled the slot for the inlay on the little Shureline mill. If you want it seamless, spend a lot of time laying it out.
I like seamless, it looks good.
Finished the bronze piece and have it ready to epoxy. It will also get pinned with a 1/8th inch silicon bronze pin. There will be two maybe three pins down the center.

I made a couple of passes on an 80 grit belt so I could get a look at the redwood. Its a beautiful piece of burl you sent me, Mark.

Tomorrow is thanksgiving, which is my favorite holiday of the year.
Enjoy your day with friends and family.

Fred

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I had a couple of hours on Friday to work on Mark's dagger.

Pinned the bolster to the handle and thinned the whole handle down a bit.

The redwood burl with the ribbon edges is starting to show its stuff.

Its sanded to 120 with a coat of wax to show the character.

This is the fun part; when you get to see the results of your work.

I should have it finished by next weekend.

Have a good one, Fred

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Fred is doing a fantastic job. WOW!
Way better than I could have hoped for.

When Delbert shaped and etched the meteorite for the blade I was amazed!
What Fred is doing has me awestruck! The bronze he is using looks a lot like gold to me.
This is going to be quite the dagger when it's all done!

Thank you Delbert and Fred.

It's getting hard to remember it all started out with this.
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I got most of the finish work done today. The blade was etched to bring out the contrast and the silicon bronze was taken to high luster. Its as close to gold as it can be. Should make a beautiful background for the engraver.
Sorry about the poor picture; it was late in the shop.

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Fred finished his portion of the project. Now it's on it's way to Ken Hurst for his engraving. After that Coop has agreed to do the photography.

Fred sent these pictures before the knife went in the mail to Ken. What do you guys think of it so far?

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This has been a very unique and rare WIP and amazing to watch! I'm excited to see what she looks like after Ken works his magic on her!
 
The knife came back from Ken Hurst who engraved and inlayed it with pure silver.
Closeup - Moon and Stars
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Closeup - Shooting star and planets.
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Beautiful and extremely detailed inlay.

I wanted to force a patina on the bronze to make a contrast between the bronze and silver. I got some really good input from several of the forum members about what to use. The consensus was either Liver of Sulfur or Baldwin's patina. Either one would darken the bronze and leave the inlaid silver white.


:grumpy:Then I messed up the etch on the blade while working on the bronze.
Fred gave me good instructions what to do, but I was getting frustrated and making mistakes when I knew better. I figured it was better to set it aside for a little while and come back to it when my mind was fresh. It is probably time to follow through and get this finished up.
 
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WOW!! That's just stunning. Well done Mark & Co.
Ken Hurst's inlay is impossibly perfect. Mesmerizing......I can't stop looking at his artwok.

Any ideas for a sheath?



I have one. :)
 
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Been waiting for an update on this. Looks good, sorry to hear about the etching. How would you figure to keep the silver from tarnishing? Clear lacquer over it after you patina the bronze?
 
Bigblue17 said:
WOW!! That's just stunning. Well done Mark & Co. Ken Hurst's inlay is impossibly perfect. Mesmerizing......I can't stop looking at his artwork. Any ideas for a sheath?
I have one. :)
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You make some of the coolest wooden sheaths I have ever seen.

Since this will not be a usable knife I wasn't planning on a sheath but a display stand. To stick with the outer space theme I was going to use a piece of burl with a surface that looks like craters.

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Been waiting for an update on this. Looks good, sorry to hear about the etching. How would you figure to keep the silver from tarnishing? Clear lacquer over it after you patina the bronze?
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To look on the bright side, my mistakes have caused me to have to learn things I would not have learned otherwise. It also gives me a better appreciation of the work you guys put into your knives. My understanding is that pure silver will not tarnish the way sterling does.
 
Well, I went through it all again , since it the meteorite is an approach I use a lot especially for bolsters . I now have a folder listed in the customknifegallery.com with a coloured seymchan meteorite blade and an applied edghe od D2 that is almost not visible. Frank
 
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