New Knife, took your critiques to heart

TheWeatherman said:
Thanks guys. I forgot to add that it has satin spine/edges (you can see them in the pics).

-Brian-
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I see what you did there.

You got some really clean lines on that, but it seems more unfinished than a customization in my mind. Next time, pin the scales and fit them tightly (tolerances need to be tight to get a repeatable fit), take them back off, then paint, then glue. You can probably wait until after you glue them to do the scalloping and still not marr the spines. Or better yet, do a nice contoured handle and forgo scalloping - I'd buy it if the handle was contoured well in the style of Molletta's knives.

Overall it's a nice design and could pass as the work of an experienced full time maker. Great job all around.
 
A Justice said:
I see what you did there.

You got some really clean lines on that, but it seems more unfinished than a customization in my mind. Next time, pin the scales and fit them tightly (tolerances need to be tight to get a repeatable fit), take them back off, then paint, then glue. You can probably wait until after you glue them to do the scalloping and still not marr the spines. Or better yet, do a nice contoured handle and forgo scalloping - I'd buy it if the handle was contoured well in the style of Molletta's knives.

Overall it's a nice design and could pass as the work of an experienced full time maker. Great job all around.
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No sure I follow what you mean exactly. The scales where fit perfectly before the knife was even cerakoted. Then they were glued. I wanted the edges to be satin compared to the rest of the knife, so I sanded them while the scales where on. And then scalloped it at the end. Got any pics of what kind of contouring you are talking about?
 
Fantastic work on both knife and sheath! Just a couple itty bitty things on the sheath to help ya a bit. First and this may be the pics, hard to tell. What size edger did ya use, maybe a 2 or 3? To my eye maybe a 4 or 5 would have worked better on that thickness. Get it a little more rounded and not as rectangular. You might have and it may just be the pics like I said. Your stitching is great. Very uniform looks really good. You might try marking the stitches from the point of the sheath on up each side. I've found that it seems like it's easier to fit the odd sized stitches in at the top and makes em less noticeable particularly when you are ending on a change of thickness like you did going up on the lining. Like I said ittty bitty things. Beautiful work!
 
TheWeatherman said:
No sure I follow what you mean exactly. The scales where fit perfectly before the knife was even cerakoted. Then they were glued. I wanted the edges to be satin compared to the rest of the knife, so I sanded them while the scales where on. And then scalloped it at the end. Got any pics of what kind of contouring you are talking about?
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My mistake, it looks like you might have coated the blade, and then pinned and glued the scales, and did the final sanding on the scales (which would have sanded the spine) and then did the satin edges so you could get your final sanding on a fitted knife (it's always going to have smoother interfaces if you do it that way, but isn't possible when you use cerakote - unless you sand it off, which I've never seen done) - since the edge of the ricasso and the edges around the skull crusher were left brown. I don't know why you would cerakote the blade and then sand the finish off the edges - I normally like 2-tone stuff, but in this case it's defeating function, and at one of the points on the knife that would be subjected to the most sweat, and corrosive elements that can be transferred from your hand.

Here are some photos of the handle scheme I'm currently stuck on - I love the lines of these, and it works especially well with black laminates.

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I guess it depends on what you think function is, the cerakote will come off the blade.

I like the two tone. I believe that "If you can't take care of you equipment don't buy high carbon and use it and not take care of it."

Doesn't bother me though, good conversation, good thoughts and I don't expect to make everyone happy. But you can't progress and get better if you don't hear about it.

I will be handling a mule here soon as well.
 
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A very clean looking knife that. The sheath is well done also. I like the direction your knives are heading in.

You could do a leather lined kydex sheath. That way the knife wouldn't get marked up and you'd have a sheath that might look more in keeping with the knife and the cerakote.
 
RoyalM said:
A very clean looking knife that. The sheath is well done also. I like the direction your knives are heading in.

You could do a leather lined kydex sheath. That way the knife wouldn't get marked up and you'd have a sheath that might look more in keeping with the knife and the cerakote.
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The leather lining might work. I still like leather more than kydex. Maybe I will branch out but I like working the leather.
 
This is very nice indeed. Love the design. How do you scallop the handle like that? Great work.
 
kbog said:
This is very nice indeed. Love the design. How do you scallop the handle like that? Great work.
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I took a stem tool with a drum and roughed out the scalloping. Then I took a dowel and used sandpaper and then softened all the lines with my hands.
 
Looks great and I like the sheath work too. I to am not a big fan of kydex even on my tacticals.
 
......................faints......................

I admit that I'm not much on coated knives (if its gonna get beat up and look like crap why go to all the work of ceracoating to start with? If it's because it's carbon steel and going to be used why not start with a good stainless that can take the wet?), much less straight tactical knives, but this one made me stop and LOOK HARD. The sheath is spectacular. Is there a logo/name that I missed? This deserves to be signed.

Good job on everything

Corey "synthesist" Gimbel
 
looks great ,very clean looking ,do you do ceracote yourself? where do you get it ,how does it go on?
 
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