I Messed Up...

Ooooh... fill it with the freeze-dried unicorn tears and puppy smiles. They glow in the dark, but only when the lights are on.:p
 
Rick Marchand said:
Ooooh... fill it with the freeze-dried unicorn tears and puppy smiles. They glow in the dark, but only when the lights are on.:p
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USA Knife Maker doesn't sell freeze dried unicorn tears...I checked, do you know where I can buy some?
Really helpful, thanks hahahah. That cord wrap inlay is a super cool idea...
 
If your going to keep this as your own personal knife then every thing everyone here said will work for you. If it was one of my knives that I was planning selling to a customer then I would grind the scales off and start over. I don't like the idea of drilling over size holes in the scales and trying to fill them in with something decorative and/or trying to make something look like it was done on purpose. My Thought is screwing around with something like that is just opening the door for more problems. Right now you can fix this problem correctly, last thing I would want is to sell a knife to anyone and have any part of it fail because of a mistake I have made. Believe me I have felt your pain, grinding off a stag handle one time really made me stop and think about how to not make mistakes like that any more. This is just my opinion take it for what it's worth.
 
If you submerge the handle in boiling water it should make the epoxy let go when it heats up. The heat is low enough that it shouldn't effect the temper.
 
Scott Hanson said:
If your going to keep this as your own personal knife then every thing everyone here said will work for you. If it was one of my knives that I was planning selling to a customer then I would grind the scales off and start over. I don't like the idea of drilling over size holes in the scales and trying to fill them in with something decorative and/or trying to make something look like it was done on purpose. My Thought is screwing around with something like that is just opening the door for more problems. Right now you can fix this problem correctly, last thing I would want is to sell a knife to anyone and have any part of it fail because of a mistake I have made. Believe me I have felt your pain, grinding off a stag handle one time really made me stop and think about how to not make mistakes like that any more. This is just my opinion take it for what it's worth.
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Scott, I couldn't agree more. The last time I had a problem with scales I looked at it for ten minutes trying to come up with a solution and then I thought about etching my name on the knife and knew then that I should drill out the pins and take a sharp chisel to the scales after freezing the knife. I cleaned up the tang and put new wood on the knife and was happy and did not look back. Sometimes things just go wrong and you can spend a lot of time trying to make it acceptable when you should be trying to make it excellent. My opinion also, Larry
 
I would suggest "drilling" out the side where the pin isn't out enough a bit using a four flute end mill. It won't wander like a drill bit if your work is securely held. As mentioned before insert a short piece of pin to bring it above flush and finish as usual.
 
How far does the pin need to move? If not to much I would just thin the handle a tad and bring both scales down thinner and call it good. Most people make handles to thick always so that might work.
 
Thank you all for the help! I just made a skinny handle...it ended up turning out pretty sweet.
 
Thanks guys:)!
Rick- your not being serious, are you? I thought it has just the right width!
 
Actually... I can't tell from the photos. I just thought since you so easily overcame this setback that I'd give you a bit of a ribbing.

Do the folks who said they'd start over still think that way? There was a time that I thought if it didn't go exactly as planned that it wasn't fit for my customers. Zero fudge factor. As I gain experience I am proud of the fact that some of those "mistakes" turned into valuable opportunities that otherwise may never have come to be. There is nothing wrong with cosmetic cover-ups as long as you are confident that the structural integrity remains intact. Innovation is a product of necessity.

Nice recovery, Nic!
 
Rick Marchand said:
Actually... I can't tell from the photos. I just thought since you so easily overcame this setback that I'd give you a bit of a ribbing.

Do the folks who said they'd start over still think that way? There was a time that I thought if it didn't go exactly as planned that it wasn't fit for my customers. Zero fudge factor. As I gain experience I am proud of the fact that some of those "mistakes" turned into valuable opportunities that otherwise may never have come to be. There is nothing wrong with cosmetic cover-ups as long as you are confident that the structural integrity remains intact. Innovation is a product of necessity.

Nice recovery, Nic!
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Yup, my favourite fix is when I screw up a full tang, and end up with a frame handle instead. :cool:


Nic, I'd like to see a top pic of the knife to see how wide the scales are. From the pics, they look wide to me, but there is no perspective.
 
The pins don't look short to me :rolleyes:

Rich I'm with you, I learn more when things dont go as planned. But it all comes down to the quality I provide in the end. The journey to that point can take many roads and dentures.
 
Rick Marchand said:
Actually... I can't tell from the photos. I just thought since you so easily overcame this setback that I'd give you a bit of a ribbing.

Do the folks who said they'd start over still think that way? There was a time that I thought if it didn't go exactly as planned that it wasn't fit for my customers. Zero fudge factor. As I gain experience I am proud of the fact that some of those "mistakes" turned into valuable opportunities that otherwise may never have come to be. There is nothing wrong with cosmetic cover-ups as long as you are confident that the structural integrity remains intact. Innovation is a product of necessity.

Nice recovery, Nic!
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Gotch ya. Most of them came out with just slimming the handle down more (which it needed anyways), but there was one that was not going to completely be flush with shaping... I took epoxy, really fine saw dust from ebony, and black pigment, mixed it up and filled the bit of a gap there was...it looks exactly like the carbon fiber around it. The person who this knife is for has big hands and wanted a beefy handle, but it fits my large handed father great so I think we're good!
Thank you for the help! I really appreciate it!
-Nichole
 
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