My slipjoint, second try...

navin74

navin74

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Hello,
Here is my second and much revised prototype of my Bose style pruner and Case seahorse whittler hybrid. I just finished this up the other day and I have not had a chance to put an edge on it yet. This one turned out much better than the last. The blade and spring are 01 and the bolsters and pins are nickel silver. The scales are ebony. The spring is much stronger and very positive and the tang to spring contact area works much better this go around. I think the bolsters and liner combination are much more rigid compared to the carbon fiber I tried before. This is my first go at a bushing knife and it made a difference in my opinion. I have a long list of improvements and I can’t wait to build the next one. Thank you to all the builders (artists and craftsman) that offer advice and pointers in these forums. It is really a great resource to new builders like me. Let me know your thoughts. This knife is unavailable as it is a test mule.
Thanks,
Nathan

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Elegant...I like it. I think bone handles would make it better...but Im a bone nut...lol!
 
I'll take it! wait, oh, okay :p

Looks good, like the design, seems like a nice companion
 
Very nice! That's the direction that I'm wanting to move towards. Maybe someday, hopefully. :)
 
Nice work. I'm trying to decide if that square bottom would look better rounded, but either way, it looks great!
 
n8swag said:
I absolutely love that! How much would you sell
It
For?
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This is not the place to be asking price information, and the poster already noted the knife is unavailable.
When navin74 is ready to sell knives in the appropriate Bladeforums subforum, he'll need a Knifemaker membership to do so.
 
Peregrin said:
This is not the place to be asking price information, and the poster already noted the knife is unavailable.
When navin74 is ready to sell knives in the appropriate Bladeforums subforum, he'll need a Knifemaker membership to do so.
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That was supposed to be an emphasis on how much I like it. He said in the initial post it wasn't for sale because it was a trial. Sorry I wasn't clear in that.
 
very nice! im dabbling in trying to make my own slipjoint too, any tips on something you would have done differently or general advice?
 
Peregrin said:
This is not the place to be asking price information, and the poster already noted the knife is unavailable.
When navin74 is ready to sell knives in the appropriate Bladeforums subforum, he'll need a Knifemaker membership to do so.
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Thank you all for the great comments. And Gary I look forward to the time when I sign up as a Knifemaker. Hopefully very soon...
 
glennbad said:
Nice work. I'm trying to decide if that square bottom would look better rounded, but either way, it looks great!
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Thank you Glennbad. My next project will have a round bottom but I wanted to stick with the pruner style handle on this one.
 
I look forward to you selling knives as well, :p I like the square bottom, kind of original, but I wouldn't ind a round one either, I'm not fussy, just a fantastic knife made with skill, talent by hand, thats all :)
 
shrapne1 said:
very nice! im dabbling in trying to make my own slipjoint too, any tips on something you would have done differently or general advice?
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Thank you! I was really busy when I was making this knife and I had a lot of stopping points. The next time I am going to work on the sequence of events to try to keep from doing double work. That and moving pins around to avoid cracking the ebony.......

My advice and take it very lightly because I am very new at this would be to study this forum, read some books and find some old knives to take apart (and put back together) to see how everything works. They may seem very simple compared to other knife designs but one or two little things wrong make for a dissapointment when it is all put together.

Nathan
 
Very nice work. I believe we need more craftsmen in the world of handmade slipjoints/traditional folders. O1 tool steel is a favorite of mine as well. I've always had stellar luck with it.
 
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