Oh no! Not ANOTHER knife...

What an interesting thread this has become. I really am taking STeven's words to heart on this subject.

And happy birthday Lorien.. Your new projects look as equally interesting as the main subject. I am particularly liking that work on Ray's blade.
 
thank you Stuart
 
we had a blast! I had some sketchy moments- it's a weird feeling launching one's self into the darkness of night at speed. I love it! A few minor abrasions, but nothing bad. The trailside rocks and logs kind of jump out at you in the dark, you can't see them at all but they sometimes leave a mark while ripping past them, just to let you know not to be too cocky.
 
Good to hear you arrived home safe...

The pint sized bears and cougars are nothing compared to the swarms of deer...
 
Lorien I saw your picture of the pile of used sand paper and just thought I would mention something that could save you some time. All it takes is a single piece of heavier grit to contaminate a fine piece of sand paper. It can really ruin your day as well as your polish. I try to be really careful with the sand paper I use on a blade I'm polishing and even then sometimes I get the unexplained rock from out of nowhere. I never use any sandpaper to polish a blade if I question where it has been or what it has been exposed to. When you get your blade back from heat treating the scratches are going to be infinitely harder to get out, but scratches are still surprisingly easy to put on a blade. They will seemingly show up all by themselves.
 
Harry, I missed that one:o Well, I'm glad I read it, because pretty soon I'll be finishing this bad boy with some hopefully uncontaminated sandpaper!

Just got the package in the mail today:)



Ah, and I see that I cannot post nice big pictures using Fototime without buying a subscription:rolleyes:
Well, at least I can post pictures again.
 
It's a very good point about the sandpaper. I have a rack with slots for each grit. I was having bad results with the 1200x and up and I realized that the dust from my grinder must be coarse enough to mess up the finer grit paper so now I keep that stuff in a drawer.
 
Lorien said:
Harry, I missed that one:o Well, I'm glad I read it, because pretty soon I'll be finishing this bad boy with some hopefully uncontaminated sandpaper!

Just got the package in the mail today:)

Ah, and I see that I cannot post nice big pictures using Fototime without buying a subscription:rolleyes:
Well, at least I can post pictures again.
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The knife looks very good. Is that another knife in the works on the table?

If you view the image in the browser and/or get the url of the image itself, you should be good to go. Test below.

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yeah, and I got that one and another I'm about to start. Almost got the Raymond Richard dagger licked now and I've got this little dagger I've been working on for awhile that I'd like to finish one of these days. Actually, it's a little beyond my skill level but doing these bigger knives is giving me quite an edumacation. Been working out the lines in a few other designs, on paper, but I'm almost out of material. That's fine I got lots on my plate. This is the time of year for me to do this stuff because as soon as biking weather kicks in I'm slammed.
 
The dagger should be cool, though I can't imagine what my grind lines would look like if I tried that. If you don't learn a thing or two about making knives when filing that much steel I thing der be uh problem. Practice does make perfect, will be pro before you know it.
 
I'd rather make one knife, slow and steady, that I liked, than 20 knives, quick and dirty, that I didn't.
Here's a little modification I did to my arm skin, breaking off a chunk of 3V which I drilled and mostly hacksawed away from the final shape of this other knife I'm making
*(warning, a little gross)*;
 
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Makes sense. What is the use of 20 quick/dirty knives anyway?

Wow, didn't know you were into body modification! I'd imagine that hurt a bunch. Were you snapping off a piece that was attached on the edge closest to the camera?
 
got my guard mostly fitted up, took awhile.


(click photo for link to album and moar pics)

as you can see, there is a gap on either side of the blade where it goes into the guard. It was quite a bit larger before, so I squeezed it in the vice to get it closer. I'm not sure if I'll continue trying to remove the gap or what. Don't want to cause more damage and have to start over, as it took the better part of a day to get the slot shaped and the guard material surface and it was hard work doing it all by hand, ('cept drillin three holes in there with the drill press to get it started)
 
Definitely a pain about the gaps in the guard. Do you have more material to work with? That or may use a hammer instead of a vice to close the gap. Not sure if that'd work.
 
the guard was fit so nice and if it weren't for the gaps it would have been perfect. As it is, I f*cked it up trying to fix the gaps, (just like I thought I would:rolleyes:) and so I'm going to have to start all over:grumpy:
 
ok, this time I'm going to be more careful:rolleyes: Guessing doesn't work as well as proper layout...



live n learn, eh?
 
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Lorien,
If it makes you feel any better I have done the same thing before. :rolleyes:
Eric
 
good talking with you today Eric:thumbup:
Yeah, I'm sure that this is probably one of the 5 most common mistakes.
 
ok I'm back to where I was a few days ago, except this time I did a better job. Not much better, but a bit anyway;



click on the link to get to the album, there are a bunch of pics charting the progress.
 
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