my first slip joint

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atakach

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i made my first slip joint finally, entirely from scratch and had a lot of enjoyment in doing it.

it's a cable blade(i forged), a h/c back spring, and nickle silver liners, scales ar elkhorn (polished) pins are bronze.

andrew takach
 

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Nice. I'm working on my first one too and I have even more respect for the guys that make these now.

SDS
 
I like it. A couple of comments. I love the the forged cable blade ....that just looks cool. The handle slabs look good as well. The center and end pins look off to me. I guess the middle pin placement doesn't much matter too much but IMHO it would look better in a position more centered between the outside pins. The end pin looks to not be flat on the scale? I would have like more edge on the blade. There looks to be a lot of space left for an edge. I'm not a fan of filework in general. The filework on the this one seem inconsistant and/or random. I do like the look you were going for though.

I think this is a great first effort. Hopefully you'll continue to make and refine this pattern. I know I would definitely pick one up. It would be nice to see how the blade centers when closed.

great stuff......the blade and handle material have me 90% sold. :)
 
morrowj_98 said:
I like it. A couple of comments. I love the the forged cable blade ....that just looks cool. The handle slabs look good as well. The center and end pins look off to me. I guess the middle pin placement doesn't much matter too much but IMHO it would look better in a position more centered between the outside pins. The end pin looks to not be flat on the scale? I would have like more edge on the blade. There looks to be a lot of space left for an edge. I'm not a fan of filework in general. The filework on the this one seem inconsistant and/or random. I do like the look you were going for though.

I think this is a great first effort. Hopefully you'll continue to make and refine this pattern. I know I would definitely pick one up. It would be nice to see how the blade centers when closed.

great stuff......the blade and handle material have me 90% sold. :)
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i agree, the file work is a little inconsistant, (would never sell it like that), the lower pin is off, because i initally had the liners drilled for damascus bolsters, then i decided to make it w/o. but in shaping the liners, i accidentally sanded into the wholes that were drilled for the bolsters, so i had to remove material till i got through the whole. thats also the reason for the filework, to hide one of the wholes. , i generally take more time with that stuff.(filework)

also i agree that the blade is kinda short, well actually the ricasso is to long , another muff up. but all in all, the mechanical function, is real nice,and smooth ,and thats mainly what i was trying to achieve. mainly the flaws are cosmetically, and hopefully the next will be better all around.

if ya aint screwing anything up, your either not doing anything, or your a liar.
 
bad lighting, but here's the blade full open, you can see what i mean about the ricasso being to long, but though esthetically not correct, it does serve as a nice finger groove.

Andrew Takach
 

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it has it's flaws but will work them out on the next one..............eh i think i will anyhow.


thanks ice tiger

andrew takach
 
Andrew,

Looks good for your first! When I first started making slips a few years ago I concentrated on getting them to function first. Form will follow. Study lots of pictures of Vintage slipjoints. You will quickly get a feel for the fine points of design.

Keep it up, but I must warn you . Making slips can be very addictive!

Ken
 
ken erickson said:
Andrew,

Looks good for your first! When I first started making slips a few years ago I concentrated on getting them to function first. Form will follow. Study lots of pictures of Vintage slipjoints. You will quickly get a feel for the fine points of design.

Keep it up, but I must warn you . Making slips can be very addictive!

Ken
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thats kinda the theory i used when building this'en.

thanks
andrew
 
That's nice man. It has a graceful straight razor feel to it. The ruggedness of the cable blade is a great contrast. Very nice. What's the Rc of the spring?
 
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