chainring
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Y'all bear with me, here, I'm only 4 knives in - but I am a bit excited about these next 6 that just came back from heat treat AND a box of handle material, too! These blanks were just some that I drew up, made masonite prototypes, and then picked the most promising versions and butchered 'em out! They are all 1/8 thick 01 tool steel, Peter's Heat Treated to 56-58.
One of the other drop points has the scandi all the way to the choil, and is much more trim than the others. The other drop point is just the original idea, un-molested, and the third is an...experiment?
I tried my first full flat grind on one of the drop points. I immediately GOFU'd the plunge, so I went with it and took the flat grind all the way back nearly to the butt and then transitioned the other way to get a "tapered tang" toward the top of the butt. I've never seen anything else that weird except in a Marchand knife...but he made it look professional, pre-meditated, and functional! This one is paper thin, light, and NOT symmetrical in the handle area. Think I'm going to try some of the horse stall matt for the handle, since it seems like it might be able to work with a tang that isn't perfectly flat. We'll see...
The three...uh...whatever they might be called...are just for fun. I really need to come up with some names before I post pictures, I guess. I just enjoy a curve, so I made these with curves. I read somewhere an influential maker once said that a knife design should start with a curve...that's how it seems to start for me. I'm not sure this is what he meant, though!
I etched them all BEFORE heat treat this time, as that seemed to give a more even result. Anyway, can't wait to get started on them again!!
By the way, if anybody can point me to a tutorial on how to do a Matt Bailey-style sweeping plunge, I sure need help with that!
One of the other drop points has the scandi all the way to the choil, and is much more trim than the others. The other drop point is just the original idea, un-molested, and the third is an...experiment?
I tried my first full flat grind on one of the drop points. I immediately GOFU'd the plunge, so I went with it and took the flat grind all the way back nearly to the butt and then transitioned the other way to get a "tapered tang" toward the top of the butt. I've never seen anything else that weird except in a Marchand knife...but he made it look professional, pre-meditated, and functional! This one is paper thin, light, and NOT symmetrical in the handle area. Think I'm going to try some of the horse stall matt for the handle, since it seems like it might be able to work with a tang that isn't perfectly flat. We'll see...
The three...uh...whatever they might be called...are just for fun. I really need to come up with some names before I post pictures, I guess. I just enjoy a curve, so I made these with curves. I read somewhere an influential maker once said that a knife design should start with a curve...that's how it seems to start for me. I'm not sure this is what he meant, though!
I etched them all BEFORE heat treat this time, as that seemed to give a more even result. Anyway, can't wait to get started on them again!!
By the way, if anybody can point me to a tutorial on how to do a Matt Bailey-style sweeping plunge, I sure need help with that!
