Knife #2 finished - May have bitten off more than I could chew

Erin,
I really like the grind you put on this knife ! I'm also a fan of tapered tangs and learned already after a couple knives to not only machine taper as good as possible but to also color the entire tang with a sharpie and hand sand to reveal any low spots around the perimeter of tapered area. It took a couple hours of decking tha tang flat by hand on my second knife but it was worth the effort to achieve a truly flat surface.

:thumbup: Great Job - Josh
 
Some replys...

Galadduin and Go Mike,

Yeah, I think this would make an awesome folder design. Last night I was thinking that I may eventually attempt to turn the design into a balisong. That would be sweet. Unfortunately, my skills and tools are not yet up to the task of making a folding knife.

ONeill,

My wife was teasing me this morning. Apparently, last night I asked (and I quote) "hey honey... where's the macro lens. I need to take photos of the flaws." Unfortunately her business partner currently has that lens.

I did take these snap-shots this morning. You can definitely see some of the gaps. I think the gap is due to asymmetrical holes drilled through the scales... I may not have fully taken into consideration the angles caused by the tapered tang.
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I did get a real nice fit in the dovetailed joint between the bolsters and the scales though.

You mentioned that the bolster pins disappeared... if you look closely at the first pic, you can almost see them. Pops warned me about this when he sold the the pin stock. He said that he didn't sell the 416ss pin on his site because some customers had mentioned that it didn't quite match the 416ss bar stock that he sells. It's very subtle, but he is right... there is a slight difference in the hue.

Josh,

I am fairly confident that both my tang and scales were completely flat. The tang was tapered on the flat platen on my KMG. After HT it was cleaned up on the KMG then taken to my 8" disc sander (actually a disc attachment to the back side of my wood lathe). Finally, the tang was taken to my smaller granite plate (about the perfect size for a sheet of sand paper) and taken to 1200 grit. The scales were flattened similarly. Everything seemed to lay perfectly flat and fit together well until I epoxied and pinned. That's why I think the angles of my pin holes may have something to do with the gap.

Erin
 
Erin
Sounds like you were good and flat ! I'm envious of the disk sander ! I've got a KMG also but haven't got the knack of getting stuff truly FLAT on the platen yet. No matter how careful I have been I still cant achieve perfect flatness without using sandpaper on a glass table. Your knife still looks great :thumbup:

-Josh
 
Yeah Josh... For the longest time I wanted a disk sander. Then I realized that the box of stuff that came with my old Grizzly wood lathe contained an aluminum 8" disk. It {reverse} threads onto the back side of the headstock. Seems to work well, however it's a PITA to cut 8" circles out of sandpaper sheet... and I go through 8" circles of sandpaper quickly.

Erin
 
Erin - Thats awsome! I'd work on the handle to blade transition and try one without the bolster. That screams simply sexy to me :)

Keep biting off more than you can chew!:thumbup:
 
blgoode said:
Erin - Thats awsome! I'd work on the handle to blade transition and try one without the bolster. That screams simply sexy to me.
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Thanks for the feedback Brian. Can you elaborate on your comment regarding the handle blade transition?

I had never thought about doing this design without bolsters... it had bolsters even in the original drawing that I made while sitting at my desk at work. Now I am reimagining the design with burl-wood handles and no bolsters. Could be kinda cool. :)

Erin
 
Ill try. I was talking about the area from the edge back to the G10. It looks like after the edge coming back it could have a more simple transition back into a handle. Try drawing it with a full 1 piece slab handle and look at the drawing. It might be easier to see what I am seeing.
Hope I am not confusing you.

Great knife pattern for sure!
Brian
 
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