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I generally don't post a bunch of pics of my work, but I asked some people on this forum for help with working mammoth. I promised pics of the finished piece, so here they are. Their input was extremely helpful in getting the mammoth finished without cracking.
I make knives infrequently and only as a hobby. I know I need to work on some things. On this knife, my peening/pin length was off and there is space visible around the pins on the logo side of the bolster. As a note, this happened because the pins were too long. The pins stopped forming before the hole was filled. I ground some of the pin down, but was too far along in peening and couldn't get it to fill properly.
Also, I started with pretty short pieces of mammoth and had hoped to use almost the entire length. When I found I couldn't, I had already drilled and heat treated the blade and the scales were too short. I compensated by making longer bolsters to take up the slack. The result of doing this is a front set of pins that is too far forward on the scales.
Comments are welcome, but my main purpose was to thank those that provided input and show the finished product. By the way, the outline on the sheath is a maple leaf I hand drew. My uncle will be getting this knife and he is a natural born Canadian who's lived in the US most of his life-I thought it was a nice touch.
Thanks for looking and thanks to those that gave answers to my thread.
-Nick
I make knives infrequently and only as a hobby. I know I need to work on some things. On this knife, my peening/pin length was off and there is space visible around the pins on the logo side of the bolster. As a note, this happened because the pins were too long. The pins stopped forming before the hole was filled. I ground some of the pin down, but was too far along in peening and couldn't get it to fill properly.
Also, I started with pretty short pieces of mammoth and had hoped to use almost the entire length. When I found I couldn't, I had already drilled and heat treated the blade and the scales were too short. I compensated by making longer bolsters to take up the slack. The result of doing this is a front set of pins that is too far forward on the scales.
Comments are welcome, but my main purpose was to thank those that provided input and show the finished product. By the way, the outline on the sheath is a maple leaf I hand drew. My uncle will be getting this knife and he is a natural born Canadian who's lived in the US most of his life-I thought it was a nice touch.
Thanks for looking and thanks to those that gave answers to my thread.
-Nick
