I need a favor from somebody with a CS recon scout.

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tmix

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I love the blade design and have tried drawing it, but can't seem to get the profile right. I have some D2 stock that I would like to duplicate the blade with. (a much better steel than SK5) I'd buy one and do this myself, but I don't want to waste $80 on a knife I won't use. Soooo...

Would someone be willing to take their Recon scout, trace the blade on a piece of paper all the way up to the guard, scan it, and email me the tracing?

I've tried to use pictures I found on the internet, but they are always taken at angles that prevent me from getting the blade shape right.

I would really appreciate the help.

(I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong section of the forum. Please move if necessary.)

Thanks,

tmix
 
Not much to the knife design, shouldn't be that hard to approximate. I'd just get a basic shape of it and grind/file the profile until it looks right. I did a google image search of "cs recon scout" and came up with several pictures that looked to be shot straight on.
 
Like I said above. The pictures available online are shot from angles(albeit slight) that prevent me from getting the blade shape I want.
Additionally, getting the scaling correct is another issue. There simply aren't any pictures of the knife at actuall size. If I take one of the available pictures and scale it up, the image gets very pixelated and blurs the hard lines I need to trace.

I would like a 1:1 scale tracing of the blade that I wouldn't need to alter to use.

Sooooo....If anyone would be willing to help me out, I'd be very appreciative.

tmix
 
tmix...this is the knifemaker's shop forum....u should try posting it in the general forum....i'm sure someone there could help u out....ryan
 
I'm guessing that since you're wanting the knife out of a different steel that you're planning on making it. You aren't going to be able to make an exact traced copy and cut out a perfect steel blank on a bandsaw. Scale up a picture based on the dimensions of the knife, copy the pattern, cut it out and shape it until it looks right to you.

It is your knife, who cares if the dimensions aren't 100%? Most knife makers that make their own models don't make exactly the same dimensions twice, unless they are laser cut or waterjet.

The google image search that I did provided me with dozens or workable pictures. If you're shaping by hand, an exact trace isn't going to help any more than working from pictures. If you're getting it waterjet or lasercut then work from the dimensions in cad or get someone who can.

That's one maker's perspective anyways. I don't own any CS knives, so I can't send you one, but if I wanted to copy one I wouldn't need the real thing.
 
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