Odd and unique shop tools

The "leg" IS for holding the jig in a vise.
The blade DOES go betweem the two clamp pieces.
But no one has guessed what I'm doing with the knife.
Should we have a time limit, and if no one guesses the useage, we divulge and move on?
 
Karl B. Andersen said:
The "leg" IS for holding the jig in a vise.
The blade DOES go betweem the two clamp pieces.
But no one has guessed what I'm doing with the knife.
Should we have a time limit, and if no one guesses the useage, we divulge and move on?
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I think every day we can pass the torch :) . 24h time limit is ok I guess. If no one answered it correctly tell the secret and pass the question right to someone you select who shoot most close ...

I don't have a clue on this one :grumpy:...
 
You use it to hold down the knife and handle so you can get them straigh with each other.
vern
 
do you use this in a vice and use it to to keep your blade and handle straight, when you put them together.
vern
 
galadduin said:
I think every day we can pass the torch :) . 24h time limit is ok I guess. If no one answered it correctly tell the secret and pass the question right to someone you select who shoot most close ...

I don't have a clue on this one :grumpy:...
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OK.
We have until 7 tonight. (6:52)
 
cold blue,mustard and using a wet Q-tip for removing the hot solder from around the guard. How's that ?
 
steelshaper said:
Thats what I was thinking. Specificly wire inlays.
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Nope - for that you use the "bowling ball" vise so you can chase the silver wire 'round and 'round the handle and YOU can sit still!

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Wow that is a neat vise, I've just inspired :thumbup::) OK let's butcher those bowling balls...
 
scottickes said:
I have an idea for a unique knifemakers thread. My suggestion is that we one at a time list our oddest shop tool and it's use. Post an odd or unique tool that you use on a regular basis in making knives. Then everyone can try and guess what you use the tool for. Whoever guesses it correctly is up next and posts their odd or unique tool, for another round of guessing. I suggest we only have guessing on one tool at a time. It can be anything in your shop that you use. A tool, or a consumable. Anything. I think it will be helpful in learning new ways to perform different tasks in the shop, as we share our little gimmicks.

I'll kick this off with the odd tool that I use. An everyday Q-Tip. I use them quite often for three different things on my knives. The person who gets all of them, is up next with their odd or unique tool.

Note** New rule to this is that One Tool, One Use for that tool, per a suggestion from Mr. Anderson. I think it's a great suggestion, by the way!
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Beauty supply stores have a sort of Q-tip that's very pointed at one end and regular at the other. I have found these to be great for removing epoxy, compound residue and such from tight crevices, filework, guard/blade/ferrule transitions. More expensive than regular at about 50 for $2.00 but saves time in providing a clean knife.

I alway enjoy going to maker's shops and seeing the different tools they use. The most interesting are the "home made" tools. Some seem to be made for specific purposes. Filing apparatuses, vice holding attachments and such.

It's even interesting seeing how different makers set-up their shops different.
It's quite amazing to me how forgers have so many different styles of and unique anvils.
Kyle Royer has an anvil he and his father made from a crane counter-balance weight. Jerry Fisk has one made for him with his name in it. Mike Ruth has one on wood blocks that dozens of makers have burnt their names into.

Really cool stuff.
 
I think I have it. Once you have the knife clamped in it and the jig clamped in a vise, you can safely peen the end of the tang on a through tang without damaging any of the finished parts of the knife.
 
You clamp it on there and buff it with an angle grinder!
(Im grasping at straws here...)
 
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