Introduction and some pics

Hi Peter!
Good to see you on here. The knives are looking great, but I already knew that:)
It was great to get to meet you and your wife down in Oz.
wishin we could make it to the big show down there, but all booked up.

Adam.
 
Thankyou very much everyone. Just fired up the computer after work to find all these wonderfull comments from you all. Really warms the heart.
 
Michael Starr said:
My thoughts mirror the previous posts, and I'll add "beautiful knives!"

Did you do the engraving, as well?
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Sorry to say I don't Michael. The work in the pics is by Marcello Pedini. Marcello did some work with the late and great Buster Warenski when he was living in the States many years ago.
 
DesRosiers said:
Hi Peter!
Good to see you on here. The knives are looking great, but I already knew that:)
It was great to get to meet you and your wife down in Oz.
wishin we could make it to the big show down there, but all booked up.

Adam.
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Hey Adam, great to hear from you glad you had a good trip down under. Really wished you both had had more time so we could have shared a meal together. Hope Haley recovered ok after being in my shop. I belive it was refered to as "the dark side" since it's all stock removal. Was great to meet you both, hope we can do it again.
 
Very diverse group of knives you posted Peter and all beautiful and look to be extremely well executed.
 
Love this Bowie of yours Peter and i'm a big fan of your hunters too, might be a matched set similar to those maroon beauties in my future one day.

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keithf said:
Hi Peter, About time you started posting here mate! I can tell you folks Peters fit and finish are impeccable imo. Had a play with the Dogbone at the Australian Knifemakers Guild show recently. Absolutely superb.
Cheers Keith
ps
You can slip that tenner later. :D
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What Keith said....one of the best "finishers" in the game, about time you were on here Pete.

Cheers Bruce
 
Oh, you're very good, Peter.
Thanks for sharing the variety of these beautiful, even elegant knives.

Doug
 
Peter -- wowsers! Loved the Dogbone. Then up come the persians. Yikes. I'm keen on those. Then some "squirrel" posts a wonderful Bowie! Oh, my! I might have real trouble at your table sometime.
 
Murray White said:
Peter -- wowsers! Loved the Dogbone. Then up come the persians. Yikes. I'm keen on those. Then some "squirrel" posts a wonderful Bowie! Oh, my! I might have real trouble at your table sometime.
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check out the leatherwork Peter created for the dogbone, love the frog that gives another carry option.

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Peter,

Those knives are extra nice. The key hole is my favorite, I cant wrap my head around how thats done but want to try one

Greg
 
G. Shahan said:
Peter,

Those knives are extra nice. The key hole is my favorite, I cant wrap my head around how thats done but want to try one

Greg
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Thanks again for the great comments every one.

Greg working in stainless takes a lot of the hassel out of these as I dont have to worry about scale forming in the keyhole during heat treat. I'm sure you could coat the cut-out in clay or similar to minimise it if you want to try one. I drill the hole first and then cut the "V" out with the bandsaw. With a thin platen (1/8") and my table square to it I can then grind the "V" to shape. The thin platen allows you to work right in to the drilled hole.

Next grind your handle as close as you can to fit the cavity. With soft jaws on your vice you can then squish the handle into the cavity. The lip of the cavity is sharp enough to scrape away any high spots. Obviouly there is more to it but these are the main points. I know what you mean about wanting to try making one, seeing Ron Newton's redition of Loveless's SNS was what tipped me over the edge. Congrats on your "JS", maybe we'll see a keyhole in your "MS" lineup.
 
Del Raso Knives said:
Thanks again for the great comments every one.

Greg working in stainless takes a lot of the hassel out of these as I dont have to worry about scale forming in the keyhole during heat treat. I'm sure you could coat the cut-out in clay or similar to minimise it if you want to try one. I drill the hole first and then cut the "V" out with the bandsaw. With a thin platen (1/8") and my table square to it I can then grind the "V" to shape. The thin platen allows you to work right in to the drilled hole.

Next grind your handle as close as you can to fit the cavity. With soft jaws on your vice you can then squish the handle into the cavity. The lip of the cavity is sharp enough to scrape away any high spots. Obviouly there is more to it but these are the main points. I know what you mean about wanting to try making one, seeing Ron Newton's redition of Loveless's SNS was what tipped me over the edge. Congrats on your "JS", maybe we'll see a keyhole in your "MS" lineup.
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I would love to try one myself at some stage. I really like the look of the key hole. Always wondered how it was done ( still am really ) thanks for the little heads up on it. I reckon it would make for an awesome wip Peter. HINT, HINT.
Cheers Keith
 
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