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Mike L.

Mike L.

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O-1 blade, 1/8" thick, maroon micarta handles. 45 ACP rounds shown for scale. You can grip this knife two ways. One, with index finger in ricasso for better control or two, with index finger behind the flare in the grip for more reach.
It's not going to win any prizes, but it's mine, dammit.
Anybody else want to show their work? Even assembled and finished kits would be nice.
Oh, and it cuts like a mawfer, too.:-)
--Mike L.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/oldepharte/Mikeknife2.jpg
 
Looks like a keeper to me. Big knives have their place, and plenty of folks who love 'em, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for small utility type knives that are easy to carry and handy to cut with. Thanks for sharing.

Sarge
 
You're kidding, right?
With very limited tools (and even more limited skills) I sweated bullets for hours to make this thing. It's heat-treated O-1 tool steel. I hand-polished the blade and the handles.
So, I'm going to go throw it at a tree or some such and let it bounce all over the ground and the rocks and the etc.?
Hmm...lets just say....no.

--Mike L.
 
I figure as long as blades that good are being made, we aren't lost, the art isn't dead, and we have many more years left.


munk
 
Mike L. said:
O-1 blade, 1/8" thick, maroon micarta handles. 45 ACP rounds shown for scale. You can grip this knife two ways. One, with index finger in ricasso for better control or two, with index finger behind the flare in the grip for more reach.
It's not going to win any prizes, but it's mine, dammit.
Anybody else want to show their work? Even assembled and finished kits would be nice.
Oh, and it cuts like a mawfer, too.:-)
--Mike L.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/oldepharte/Mikeknife2.jpg
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Very nice Mike, very nice indeed!!!! I hope no one minds if I put it in the thread so folks won't have to go looking for it.;)
I appreciate the .45 rounds for scale but spec's would be of a great help to me.:thumbup: :cool:
In a way it sorta reminds me of the Nessy that Sarge posted about in another thread. Cool design too!!!!

Mikeknife2.jpg
 
Oh, my, I'm up late.
Blade length 3 1/2 "
OAL 7"
Blade width at handle 1"
Blade thickness 1/8"

Weight- too heavy for powder scale, too light for bathroom scale!
If I could do it over I'd for sure put a lanyard tube in the handle.
I need to make a sheath.

I also need to go to bed.

--Mike L.
 
Mike L. said:
Oh, my, I'm up late.
Blade length 3 1/2 "
OAL 7"
Blade width at handle 1"
Blade thickness 1/8"

Weight- too heavy for powder scale, too light for bathroom scale!
If I could do it over I'd for sure put a lanyard tube in the handle.
I need to make a sheath.

I also need to go to bed.

--Mike L.
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Naaaw, it's early yet.;) :o And thanks for the Spec's Mike. When you've worked in a shop as long as I did
spec's give you a real idea of how big, or small, something is.

Mike depending upon where you want the lanyard tube it may not be too late. A drilled hole close to the size you want can be drilled and then a reamer ran through it, Viola'. Then simply push the tubing through with a bit of glue brushed into the hole and, Viola' you're done!!!! ;) :D :cool:
Actually it would be a good idea if the hole was chamfered about a 1/32" deep and then the pin glued and lightly peened with a nice angled punch, it would never get out then unless it was drilled out.:thumbup: :cool: :D
Grizzly Industries has tubing in a few sizes. I'm disappointed that they're no longer showing straight copper tubing as well as the brass.
I'm sure I bought some from them before when we drove to Springfield to pick up my Grizz 2" X 72" Grinder/Belt Sander. If I think about it tomorrow I'll check out my toolbox and see what I have left.
 
Re: Lanyard tube.
Okay, I'll display my ignorance (nothing new there). I used to lanyard, tape, etc., bits and pieces of military gear/equipment to keep 'em from getting lost, but I've never had much use for a lanyard on a knife outside of marine applications like boating, diving, and fishing. On dry land where I don't have to worry about a dropped knife heading for Davy Jones, I don't seem to have much use for them. Thought just struck me that I don't go rock climbing, but that also seems a place where lanyard use would be logical.
My question, I reckon, is how many of y'all prefer to have a lanyard on your knife, and what applications do you find them useful for?

Sorry Mike, don't mean to inject "thread veer", just curious is all. As far as straight lengths of brass and copper tube for a lanyard tube, might try a hobby shop, etc., that sells stuff for model railroad builders. There's a store like that in the town where I live, and they always have tubes and solid rods of various guages in brass, copper, and aluminum.

Sarge
 
Getting the tubing is not the problem, gents.
Drilling through steel that's in the high 50's on the Rockwell C scale would be the problem, especially with no drill press.
This is a stock removal blade. I had to send it off to be heat treated, so it's pretty uniform hard throughout. I can only dream of forging and zone hardening right now.
Lanyards have been handy a time or two for me when working around water. A wrist lanyard can prevent knife loss when using a knife on a pier or bridge while fishing, or when in a boat. It's not a necessity, just something I would add if I could.
I had really hoped that some of the other guys here would show off their own home made stuff or assembled kits. Not a competition..not interested in competing. Just a "lets see what you got" thing. We can all learn from this kind of thing. And get back to what we do best here.;)

--Mike L.
 
That looks great, Mike:) Thanks for sharing your hard work.
Sarge, I'm with you on the lanyard thing. I don't have much use for them. They always seem to get in the way when i'm working. However, I'll slip a leather strap through the key ring or lanyard hole on my SAK or multitool when i go out on the water. Heck, I've even tied off a canoe with paracord threaded through my trusty AK bowie that I sunk into a stump. That's about it, though.

Jake
 
I suppose you could put a slight groove in the back end of the handle on both sides and use the ol' constrictor knot to attach a lanyard.
 
Mike nice knife...

I have been toying with the idea of making my own knife out of o-1 and sending it off to be heat treated...1x30 belt sander might be a bit smallish though

Course then I would have to send it to Steve F. to be sharpened...I gotta work on that!!!:p







BTW...I dont think Broken was being disrespectful, he was making an observation..:D





There is no spoon...<~~~what movie is this from?
 
This was made on a 1X30. All I had.

Ok, it balances at the first handle pin. So it would not make a good thrower.

--Mike L.
 
Mike L. said:
I had really hoped that some of the other guys here would show off their own home made stuff or assembled kits. Not a competition..not interested in competing. Just a "lets see what you got" thing. We can all learn from this kind of thing. And get back to what we do best here.;)

--Mike L.
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I'm about to go make one now, my rendition of an old Green River "Sticker" pattern, similar to other stickers, but in this case single edged. Here's a pic of the one made by Green River that I'm talking about;

1320Knife.jpg


Already made a scaled down 4 1/2" blade version (next one will have 6" blade), gave me an excuse to try out some Brazilian cherry wood I picked up the other day for handles. I really like the cherry wood, like the pattern, dirt simple but very functional, and I was very pleased with the little "test knife". It's the one I mentioned cutting rope and stuff with in the "happy fun" thread. So I'll go make it's "big brother" and post some pics. Done showed you a pic of what I'll be trying to make, let's see if I can git 'r done. ;) :D

Sarge
 
I like it! Not usually that huge a fan of little knives (I started w/ an interest in swords and have been moving down in size), but the lines and shape on this one strike my fancy.

Out of curiosity, how many people around here have made knives? I never really thought about it much until a month or so ago, but now I'm thinking I'd love to learn how to forge. Any advice on where to start?

~tmd
 
Good job Mike.:thumbup: O-1 is great steel to work with. It's easy to heat treat too if you decide to try it yourself and have access to an oxy acetylene torch. Just heat red hot to where a magnet won't stick to it and quench in warm (125 degree) motor oil. The oil will catch on fire, but will go out as soon as the blade cools off enough. Go in edge first in a sawing motion, leaving a little of the spine sticking out. Temper in your kitchen oven at 350-375 for an hour, and you're done! Oh, be sure to get all the oil off the blade before going into the kitchen oven, cause it will stink the house up if you don't.

Nice knife. I like it.

Oh, by the way, I'm in Kernersville. We should get together if you're close.

Steve
 
ferguson said:
Good job Mike.:thumbup: O-1 is great steel to work with.

Steve
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It sure is!!!!:thumbup: I made my first really nice knife out of 0-1 and had it hardened across the street from where I worked. I wasn't in any big hurry so they waited until they had a run going into the furnace and hardened and tempered my knife at the same time, didn't charge me for it.:D
Also 0-1 is easy to grind and work compared to some of the other steels and it can be bought most anywhere. Wholesale Tool carries precision ground stock in several different sizes pretty reasonable, some of it already blued with Dykem so it's easy to scribe on.:thumbup: :D :cool:
 
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