I must be out of my mind...WIP - It's Done!

Thanks for the great WIP on this knife. Great idea with the razor blade, sometimes putting a project away for a while and then coming back to it later can be a good thing, better that than just driving on if the mood isn't really with the project. I really like this save, thank you for sharing it with us:thumbup:
 
What a fantastic thread! The knife looks great, I can't believe how beautiful it looks in comparison to where it started from, well done sir:thumbup:
 
Drumroll please...

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It's done!!!

Well, for now anyways.

Finished up the bolsters this evening. I decided against the mirror polished brass bolsters, and went with a nice brushed finish instead. It will look nicer longer and be easier to maintain that way. A good way to get a satin brushed finish is to sand carefully all one direction, I did 800# and then a quick buff with white compound to smooth it over.

High polish on the pins and stag, but there are a dew little flaws I may come back to eventually, but for all intents and purposes, it is done!


Now for the pics!

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Here it is with a reminder of how it all started. This is the middle liner and pen blade spring. I did straighten this liner, but it was too rough to use. I will keep these as a pattern for future endevors.

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Some closing thought.

This project started out as a test of my skill during my nymphal stage as a knife maker. I made some mistakes, got frustrated, and eventually just plain forgot about it. Seeing what this knife started as and how it developed into a nice looking, well functioning tool has given me a real boost of confidence. I am proud of this project, and will carry it with pride. I hope that this little write up has given some a glimps into what all is involved with building a slip joint, and even more, given hope to those old, rusty broken knives we all have sitting in a box, or drawer somewhere. Dig one out, take a look at it and hopefully you will see in it what I have seen in this old, tired, beaten horse now known as the One Trick Pony.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this process and even more so sharing it with you folks! Your words of encouragement and gratitude mean a whole lot to me. I just hope some of you like how this knife turned out.


All comments and critiques welcome.


-Xander
 
One Trick Pony-Handmade! It sais so right on the blade etch! Awesome and Congrats:thumbup:
 
Well done mate, this was great to see from start to finish - I wish I had your talents, thank you for sharing with us the Puma's journey to a new life-that was just great!
 
Great job.

"nymphal stage"...your work seems more mature than that. I think perhaps "journeyman" would be appropriate.
 
fast14riot said:
Ok, so nothing too interesting going on with this today, just lots of hand sanding. A quick buff let's me know where and how much more and where I need to sand. I'm using a rubber padded sanding block right now, also since I started this over a year ago I see some mistakes I made. I have learned a lot since then.

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Its getting close! Now its just the little details that I'm working on.


-Xander
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Wow!
I'm amazed at how you turned this brain damaged pony into a beautiful Stallion. Great work!
 
What a great looking knife. It has to be quite satisfying to know you resurrected that ground up knife from oblivion and made it into a great knife again. Like you, I would be really proud if my efforts had turned out that nice.

Great job, and thanks for sharing.

Also, thanks to the mods too, for letting this unfold over here in the traditional forums so we can see how some of the processes take place. As inspiring as this thread was, I am thinking that I might have to dismantle and old knife that I have and try to breathe some new life into it myself.

Good stuff.

Robert
 
Congratulations man. I just read through the whole thread and I'm absolutely amazed. I wish I had that skillset of yours to pull something similar off. Green with envy! Congratz again
 
That turned out great! I am sure you own more expensive knives but I can see the one trick pony becoming an EDC for you because of the time and effort you put into it. Great job, great knife.
 
Just found this thread and finished going through it. Very nice work!
Dan
 
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