How to install an Escutcheon Plate!

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Just wondering how one would install an Escutcheon Plate. Is there a secret to this?
Thanks,
 
Knives Illustrated April 2002 pg. 64 has a good article by Jerry Fisk. He uses a escutcheon jig from Uncle Al. If you call Uncle Al at 870-642-7643 he can fill you in on the details. Tom Lewis
 
For those having trouble getting Dan's tutorial to load, it might just be traffic cause it came up fine for me. This is where we apply that famous knifemaker's primary skill patience... :D Why does time seem to stretch out so much when we're waiting for a page to load? I wish I could get that effect in multiples of years...life is getting by me way too fast.

The one time I've tried this I did it like Dan's tutorial. It was not easy! You expect getting the outline to fit will be hard, but having trouble getting the bottom of the cutout level to the same depth was surprizingly hard to do. -Well, for me anyway...

I was so stressed after I finished that one, I almost have decided to just put em on the surface from now on. What are other folks' opinions of this? Is it dumb? Cheating? Ugly? Uncomfortable? What do you think?

Thanks,
 
Try it again guys my host was having problems yesterday
I'm not sure if they were the problem or not..?
or go to it from the knife making link below.
flat stuff is not to bad to do it just takes patients and close
attention to what your doing and practice.
if you go to deep you can shim. and leave it higher to surface down after.
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Get the router attachment for your Dremel and use it to get the depth right. Score a line with a fine chisel held perpindicular to the surface at least 1/16" in from the edge of your escutcheon's border and then rout the middle section. It works even on curved surfaces such as the sides of gunstocks. Just take it slow and easy. Then using fine chisels or even exacto blades finish up to the edge. If you put a 1 to 2 degree angle on the edge of the escutcheon (making the front slightly wider than the back) also helps.
As Dan shows in his tutorial us a fine tip awl or an exacto blade to mark around the escutchean not a pencil or pen.

Chuck
 
Seems like I've heard of some people burning them in. I believe this could make for a really nice effect for the right piece.
Although I've never tried it, maybe doing the edges similar to wire inlay process..swelling for tight fit...? Just a thought.
 
all the people that I have ever seen do these on a regular basis with good success had a pantograph mill.
 
Hey Rene, leave the handle material a bit large and just heat your inlay cherry red and burn it in. Maybe George has a little extra relish he could lend you. :D :eek: :D
 
Hey guys
if you burn it in let me know how it turns out and
what your left with:(
:D :D :confused: :rolleyes: :D I'm not going to..:eek:
 
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