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My first Knife. WIP
- Thread starter SBranson
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Thanks Bill. Looking forward to seeing those rawhide sheaths!
On another note, I went to clean up the other side of the blade and that point where the blade flats meet the ricasso... what can I say... it got the better of me and I ruined a feature I was trying for.
Oh well...
On another note, I went to clean up the other side of the blade and that point where the blade flats meet the ricasso... what can I say... it got the better of me and I ruined a feature I was trying for.
Oh well...
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Well a couple more hours and I am ready to pack this up and send it out to be heat treated.
After my conversation today I am more optimistic about it surviving without too much warping.
Pictures show some of the clean up I did. First couple are under the ricasso and I found the dremel with the chainsaw sharpening stone worked well initially to smooth things out. Then the sanding...
Then onto the transition from the blade to the ricasso... what's that called?
I never did get that as nice as I would like and the more I tried, the more material I removed, and the worse it started to look so I just found a half decent place and chalked that little mess up to experience and something to really figure out next time before I start.
And here, cleaning up the swedge grind. That took some time as I cleaned up the second side and it was a little smaller so I had to redo it.
And finally, where I've stopped and figure the only way to fix what doesn't make me happy involves time travel
so it's off to the heat treat tomorrow.
It's sanded to 220x (happy Will?
) and I think I got the sanding pretty even.
The hole is for hanging it in the salt pot.
It's going to be a differential heat treat.
After my conversation today I am more optimistic about it surviving without too much warping.
Pictures show some of the clean up I did. First couple are under the ricasso and I found the dremel with the chainsaw sharpening stone worked well initially to smooth things out. Then the sanding...
Then onto the transition from the blade to the ricasso... what's that called?
I never did get that as nice as I would like and the more I tried, the more material I removed, and the worse it started to look so I just found a half decent place and chalked that little mess up to experience and something to really figure out next time before I start.
And here, cleaning up the swedge grind. That took some time as I cleaned up the second side and it was a little smaller so I had to redo it.
And finally, where I've stopped and figure the only way to fix what doesn't make me happy involves time travel
so it's off to the heat treat tomorrow.It's sanded to 220x (happy Will?
) and I think I got the sanding pretty even. The hole is for hanging it in the salt pot.
It's going to be a differential heat treat.
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I love the overall design so far... and love watching your progress.
It's simply amazing what kind of work goes into making a custom knife... especially w/ some simple hand tools. Keep up the good work.
It's simply amazing what kind of work goes into making a custom knife... especially w/ some simple hand tools. Keep up the good work.
