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Its been far too long since I finished a knife. Been doing a lot of sheath working though. This newest knife I made for a friend of the family who has repaired our AC twice for next to nothing. The first repair was the condenser too, and he did it for parts only. We've gone camping with him and his teenage daughter and they are just good folks. Anyway this is by far my best blade yet. The handle I have had glued up in the shop for some time, but wasn't sure I liked the combo of woods. I'll just go ahead and say I was WRONG. This handle just jumped to life when I started shaping and finishing it. I am very proud of how it turned out. Lemme know what you think. The woods are Lacewood, Black Walnut from our property, and, of course, Curly Maple.

The other two you've seen.
 
Very nice work Andy. :thumbup:

Are you making the blades too? Files, bar stock, forged?

Me likey much. :)

Steve
 
My giddy aunt! Did you do the filework too??
I am gobsmacked.. great work Andy!!!:thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Thanks guys. Yes I made the blades from files, did the filework too. Check the improvement between #5 and #6. I was real happy with those results on #6. My first forged blade is next in line for handling. Keep your fingers crossed. Its a biggie though, and I usually don't do biggies. I got some birch for its handle and I'm getting excited to get it done.
 
Very well done!

Are you countersinking the rivets and covering them? What's under those wood inlays?

It's beautiful, but I'm still meditating on whether I like the simplicity of bare rivets more or not.

Beautiful woods!
 
Git 'r done Andy, I really like that lacewood, and your blade grinding is looking good. Can't wait to see the forged one. :thumbup:

Sarge
 
Your work far outstrips mine. I better make more time in the garage...
 
Howard Wallace said:
Very well done!

Are you countersinking the rivets and covering them? What's under those wood inlays?

It's beautiful, but I'm still meditating on whether I like the simplicity of bare rivets more or not.

Beautiful woods!
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Pretty sure he's not using rivets Howard. If I'm reading what I'm seeing correctly, the "rivets" are dowels that pass through all three pieces of wood as the composite components are glued together forming one homogenous block of contrasting woods. The block is then drilled for a standard stick tang. Is that right Andy, or have you changed methodology?

Sarge
 
You got it right Sarge. Those pins add surface area and therefore strength to the glued surface (probably not necessary) and are aesthetically pleasing. They are not rivets. This is a rat tailed tanged blade. My next one is the one I forged with Kricket, and then I'm gonna do one with scales. I'm moving slow as snot with the knifemaking. Need to get in there more often.
 
aproy1101 said:
You got it right Sarge. Those pins add surface area and therefore strength to the glued surface (probably not necessary) and are aesthetically pleasing. They are not rivets. This is a rat tailed tanged blade. My next one is the one I forged with Kricket, and then I'm gonna do one with scales. I'm moving slow as snot with the knifemaking. Need to get in there more often.
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Uh Andy, you got a kid, a daughter right? That "slow as snot" analogy got me chuckling. When a little'un has a runny nose, you need a certain bit of athletic ability just to keep up. Bless 'em, they don't mind sharing any old infectious microbes they bring home from school either, nossir, not stingy a bit. :D

Sarge
 
Yep. Here is the little snot spewer now.


 
Beautiful child, treasure every minute you spend with her, they grow up so dadburn fast it's plumb bewildering. One minute they're five years old and giggling as they throw rocks in the water scaring away the fish you're trying to catch, the next minute they're introducing you to their fiance'. Of my deepest regrets in life is that I couldn't spend more time with mine, but she's still very much her Daddy's little girl, always will be.

Sarge
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Beautiful child, treasure every minute you spend with her, they grow up so dadburn fast it's plumb bewildering. One minute they're five years old and giggling as they throw rocks in the water scaring away the fish you're trying to catch, the next minute they're introducing you to their fiance'. Of my deepest regrets in life is that I couldn't spend more time with mine, but she's still very much her Daddy's little girl, always will be.

Sarge
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What Sarge said! You've got your s&*t together Andy, and that's no lie. You're about 15 years further long the life path than I was at your age. Figure that's why I rush so much now trying to cram in all the stuff I didn't do when I should have! Regret sucks though, and I have too much of it. If only, if only. (My friend Dick tells me to only worry about the things I can change. Good advice. :thumbup:)

Anyway, beautiful work Andy. Not that you need it, but the last Blade magazine had a good article on spine filework using chainsaw and triangle files. (Although I'm still trying to figure out the guys reference to the "safe side" of a triangle file.)

The extent of my "knife making" has been to work on re-profiling that crooked crow knife. The blade has evolved quite a bit, but in etching it I found how that the hardening was in the middle of the blade, some on the tip, 2" on the sweet spot, and not at all on the last 3" of blade towards the handle, with a spattering towards the end middle of the blade.

Question, you have a red hot blade and a tea kettle full of water in your hands. Could it _really_ be that much more trouble to just pour the damned thing across the entire edge?

But I won't hijack this thread, and will post some pics later. Changing the handle and guard around too, but not in the same league as this work at all.

Best,

Norm
 
Howard Wallace said:
That should get 'er done fast! Do they have abrasive chains?

;)
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Oops! Yeah, you can do a bunch of filework _real_ fast with one of those. :rolleyes::D
 
Norm,

Firstly, thanks for the words. I think Dick is right, though I do a lot of rushing around myself. Too much.

I have got to see that article. How the hell do you use the two together at all? Wow.

The crow knife need to be re heat treated. Send it to a lab, or a maker to do, or do it yourself in your backyard. That heat treat sounds awful. It does sound like a fun project though. Just think. You could fix the problem, AND, heat treat a blade. You'd have to start from scratch with the handle though. Still, doable and fun. If I know HI sheaths it need one of those too. You know where to go for that regardless of the heat treat.
 
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