Matched Set WIP

[stephanfowler]

A Little WIP action. the blades are HT'd and in the temper oven right now (so far the Hamon is SICK)

Matching set, going to be fairly simple, Black paper Micarta, SS Guards, 1095 blades

Do our major stock movement on the Bar

Shaping is a pretty well refined here

Knock the scale off on the grinder and true up the profile

Looking like a knife now

Set it up in the filing jig to work in the plunge lines

To make these

 

[stephanfowler]

And now the hunter

Now file in the shoulders for the guard to set against

Hunter Clay layout for HT

Bowie Clay layout for HT

 

[stephanfowler]

Both blades polished now, I really like the Hamon on the bowie, turned out great

Paper towel and masking tape to keep the blade safe

Guard stock scribed and center punched for drilling holes.

There we go, a fairly decent fit

Now cut the guards off of the parent bar and start shaping

To get this

Now I go to my very very high tech lapping machine to flatten the faces....

A little JB Weld in the joint

Klean up that squeeze out with some goof off

 

[TekSec]

Hey!!! I've got one of those lapping machines too! Except mine is black granite Great thread and knives. Love it!

 

[Fiddleback]

Great thread Stephen. Those look fantastic. We need to get together. I've got a lot of questions for you.

 

[ddavelarsen]

Man I just love this first-thing-in-the-morning inspiration! Great looking set, Stephan, thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to more pics.

 

[stephanfowler]

Rockin right along, ready to do some handles on these bad boys.



Get our block of Micarta slotted out to accept the tang

Make sure the face of the Micarta block matches with the guard

Layout our pieces of spacer material

I drill holes for the slot and connect them with a razor knife

Check everything again

Fill the slot with epoxy (not "full" but mostly, the idea is for most of it to squeeze out leaving the tang fully bedded in epoxy) then stack our spacer material with epoxy in between each layer.

Here we are all glued up and ready to start shaping

Rough shape pretty well done

This will be the last of this series of WIP shots, I will have finished photos of the knives and sheaths up with the for-sale thread soon.

 

[stephanfowler]

These will be going up for sale in just a few minutes.

Bowie:
Steel: 1095
Thickness: Distal Tapered 3/16 In
Blade: 9 In
O/A: 14 3/8 In
Grind: Flat grind Convex edge
Finish: Hand rubbed with awesome Hamon
Handle: Black Canvas Micarta with Red and Black spacers, 416 Stainless Steel guard
Sheath: Leather pouch

Hunter:
Steel: 1095
Thickness: Distal Tapered 3/16 In
Blade: 4 In
O/A: 9 1/8 In
Grind: Flat grind Convex edge
Finish: Hand rubbed with awesome Hamon
Handle: Black Canvas Micarta with Red and Black spacers, 416 Stainless Steel guard
Sheath: Leather pouch

 

[Allen Newberry]

Thanks for the WIP I really enjoyed it.

Allen

 

[happycat]

Really nice work! Thanks for sharing this. Beautiful knives!
Ed

 

[ddavelarsen]

Man, those are beautiful knives! And your WIP thread is very nice. Thanks for sharing all your hard work, I've totally enjoyed every bit of it.