nmcbride
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That is beautiful
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MessieurRick
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I'm curious - how did you flute the bolster? With a mill or just careful filing? BTW, it IS beautiful!
AthroughZ
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Thank you! I used a round file and then polished with some 2000 grit sandpaper, once the groove is started it’s not too difficult.
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From chef's knife to gaucho knife:
Still needs some work, including gluing the blade to the handle. The latter is from a Webster bread knife, made of sterling silver.
Still needs some work, including gluing the blade to the handle. The latter is from a Webster bread knife, made of sterling silver.
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Case Tribal Lock
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I am looking for some advice on how I might go about fixing a poorly inserted blade. Hopefully, the pictures will be adequate to show what I am talking about.
The knife in question.
The blade is centered in the blade well when closed.
The blade is aligned straight with the backspring when open.
It is a different situation at half open. The blade is sitting crooked between the bolsters. It is actually enough that when held up to a backlight, the pins are visible on both sides of the blade. First the pile side at half open. Second pic the mark side at half open. The action is very rough opening. The second pic shows the wear caused by the blade being too tight to the bolster on the pile side. It is bad enough that it takes considerable force to initiate closing the blade from full open.
Below is a slightly exaggerated drawing to illustrate how the blade sits at half open.
At full open the blade is very tight to the mark side and on the pile side bolster appears to be misaligned.
I can't send the knife back to the seller as I have already rounded off the original poor hafting.
The knife in question.
The blade is centered in the blade well when closed.
The blade is aligned straight with the backspring when open.
It is a different situation at half open. The blade is sitting crooked between the bolsters. It is actually enough that when held up to a backlight, the pins are visible on both sides of the blade. First the pile side at half open. Second pic the mark side at half open. The action is very rough opening. The second pic shows the wear caused by the blade being too tight to the bolster on the pile side. It is bad enough that it takes considerable force to initiate closing the blade from full open.
Below is a slightly exaggerated drawing to illustrate how the blade sits at half open.
At full open the blade is very tight to the mark side and on the pile side bolster appears to be misaligned.
I can't send the knife back to the seller as I have already rounded off the original poor hafting.
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Wow, that could be a few things...could be a bent pivot pin. Could be a blade pivot hole that is not square to the bolsters/blade flat. How square does the tang look? Is it wearing or look like it's at a weird angle? Could also be a pivot hole that is larger than the pin...
SlipjointPolitiburo
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danno50
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Thanks for the replies
glennbad
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mrknife
. The tang looks square to me. The only wear that seems to be occurring is on the mark side of the tang. I have the knife on my desk and open and close it frequently. It is loosening up somewhat. It is quite useable, is solid when open and sharpened up nicely. I guess I will just use it like this for a while. It is not likely to become a favorite EDC anyway as I prefer to carry a 2 blade jack with a clip or spear blade.
glennbad
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mrknife
. The tang looks square to me. The only wear that seems to be occurring is on the mark side of the tang. I have the knife on my desk and open and close it frequently. It is loosening up somewhat. It is quite useable, is solid when open and sharpened up nicely. I guess I will just use it like this for a while. It is not likely to become a favorite EDC anyway as I prefer to carry a 2 blade jack with a clip or spear blade.
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That’s a cool mod!
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There was a lot that went wrong with this, but a number of trial ideas that went right. I think I'm having trouble with the pins because they need to be annealed. I'll try that next time. For now... don't look to hard at that one.
Removed the liner lock, which is causing fit issues on these that Ive had trouble rectifying. Added some walnut scales and gave the bolsters a little flair.
Found this beautiful walnut over in the woods. Saving a nice piece for maybe a lambsfoot one of these days. This first piece was a trial run.
The wood looks great. Pins could be much better. Accidentally whacked the one bolster with the sander and just decided to roll with it. Lots of blade sanding from 220 up to 600. Decided it wasn't practical to get rid of all of the pitting.
Chatoyance!!! Not as much as the harder woods, but beautiful Walnut none the less. I wanted that line in between the darker and lighter wood centered on the pins and pretty much nailed it. I tried a new finish on this. A mix of spar varnish and linseed oil thinned with paint thinner. Soaked and wiped off for about 4 days, one of two coats a day. It's a good finish! After a week of hanging over a fan it polished up well. I like it.
A little firework on the bolsters. It came out pretty cool
The shackle didn't go back on because the original was mangled. Might try to make one though, it would cover up that awful lower pin, lol. Made a little template for the correct hole location just in case.
I still want to do a couple more before attempting something of higher quality. Well on the way though. Confidence is much higher. Learning from mistakes.
Removed the liner lock, which is causing fit issues on these that Ive had trouble rectifying. Added some walnut scales and gave the bolsters a little flair.
Found this beautiful walnut over in the woods. Saving a nice piece for maybe a lambsfoot one of these days. This first piece was a trial run.
The wood looks great. Pins could be much better. Accidentally whacked the one bolster with the sander and just decided to roll with it. Lots of blade sanding from 220 up to 600. Decided it wasn't practical to get rid of all of the pitting.
Chatoyance!!! Not as much as the harder woods, but beautiful Walnut none the less. I wanted that line in between the darker and lighter wood centered on the pins and pretty much nailed it. I tried a new finish on this. A mix of spar varnish and linseed oil thinned with paint thinner. Soaked and wiped off for about 4 days, one of two coats a day. It's a good finish! After a week of hanging over a fan it polished up well. I like it.
A little firework on the bolsters. It came out pretty cool
The shackle didn't go back on because the original was mangled. Might try to make one though, it would cover up that awful lower pin, lol. Made a little template for the correct hole location just in case.
I still want to do a couple more before attempting something of higher quality. Well on the way though. Confidence is much higher. Learning from mistakes.
RickHuf
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There are a couple nicer folders in my cupboard to be recovered. Everytime I think about it I'm like nawww not yet! Lol. More Klein's first.amen, start slow and go with it. i remember after modding a few, i decided to chop open a 48 two blade to delete by myself. boy was i ambitious.
