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Hey Guys,
New to the forum. I have wanted to try out some knives for quite a while. I made my first one a little over a year ago from an old Tablesaw blade. I am slowly building up the specialty tools to be able to work my own blades but that will still be a while out yet. So I decided to pull out one of these blade kits I picked up a while back and throw some scales on it for practice. I learned a lot making these and there are some obvious problems, scales slipped when gluing due to lack of pins and I don't like the shape of the scales around the ridge on top by the blade. All learning things I want to get out of the way before I start crafting my own blades.
Scales are my own casting of Pine Cones in a Urethane Resin w/ green pigment.
I shaped the scales after gluing w/ my Rigid Oscillating Spindle/Belt sander then a couple of hours hand sanding through all MM then buffed. No finish other than wax applied.
C&C appreciated to help me grow.
New to the forum. I have wanted to try out some knives for quite a while. I made my first one a little over a year ago from an old Tablesaw blade. I am slowly building up the specialty tools to be able to work my own blades but that will still be a while out yet. So I decided to pull out one of these blade kits I picked up a while back and throw some scales on it for practice. I learned a lot making these and there are some obvious problems, scales slipped when gluing due to lack of pins and I don't like the shape of the scales around the ridge on top by the blade. All learning things I want to get out of the way before I start crafting my own blades.
Scales are my own casting of Pine Cones in a Urethane Resin w/ green pigment.
I shaped the scales after gluing w/ my Rigid Oscillating Spindle/Belt sander then a couple of hours hand sanding through all MM then buffed. No finish other than wax applied.
C&C appreciated to help me grow.
