I made a little knife stand

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Zanuha

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I don't know where to post this, so this will have to do.

So, we had the opportunity to make anything we wanted to make in shop class. Everyone else made wooden knives (Drawn by me, of course) and I, thinking that I had enough knives, (silly me) made a knife stand for my folders.
I drew a little sketch directly on a piece of thick birch and cut it out with a thin-bladed band saw. I used a thicker band to split the whole thing in two, drilled a few holes and connected the two pieces with two 5.5 inch dowels.
I then stained the whole thing with whatever we had. Seeing that I made it in 2 hours with no prior experience, I did pretty good.
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Hi Zanuha -

Very cool!

I like that - that is a great way to display a few blades too!

thanks for posting your pictures -

best regards -

mqqn
 
This would also make a good entry in the "You know you're a knifenut when..." thread in the General Forum. :)

I'll bet you're already thinking about building the next one, so you can display more of your collection as it grows ;).

Nicely done! :thumbup:
 
If you look to the background, you'll see a butterfly knife, a lockback and a bladeforum ad.
 
100eyes said:
very nice, I'd give it a clear coat though - makes a lot of difference
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Yeah, me too, but this was all we had available. That stuff is so unpredictable, if you put a coat on birch, it looks like a cheap wine, it gets a dark, reddish color on spruce, and a lighter red on pine.

I think I'll make a 5 or 6-knife stand next Monday.
 
And wouldn't you know it, I made another one. This one for 4 small knives.
My history book in the background, just got home from school.
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very nice, I'd give it a clear coat though - makes a lot of difference
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Zanuha said:
Yeah, me too, but this was all we had available. That stuff is so unpredictable, if you put a coat on birch, it looks like a cheap wine, it gets a dark, reddish color on spruce, and a lighter red on pine.
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You would generally add the clearcoat (polyurethane, etc.) after the stain. Might deepen the stain color a bit, but will make the project look much more 'finished' overall.

Just something to try.

Also, the red stain may look nice with certain items on display, but a brown color will be much more universal. If you get a chance to try different stain colors.

And see how (at least in the pictures) the dowel rods are lighter than the side boards. To get them better matched try using an additional coat on the rods or let the stain soak longer before wiping off.

There are also products that are stain-and-poly in one application, if you're in a time crunch when working.

I like the stand design. :thumbup:
 
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