OK Bruce Evans, Where's the pictures!!

Mark, Last time I talked with Bruce he talked like his day job had just gotten more complicated. Here's a picture of Clinton, guess it will have to do..... :D
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don't provoke IG or this thread will get really bad really fast. i always thought chocolate milk came from the chocolate cows!?!?!?
 
The day job did get a little dufferent on me.Thought I was going back part time and they go and say"You are now running the yard,we are going to semi retire"Then we have had the Beautiful Donna with her Christmas hunny do list then I have had this Da#$#^^&ed cold for a week and am now just getting to breath again...Heck I know I shold have gotten something done,but wait I did I casted a full handle then messed up and did it again got the blade ground and heat treated then flattened off and ready for final grind and polish...You know there just isn't as many hours in a day as when I was full time,boy do I miss my shop:(

Lets see,maybe if I click my heels together 3 times and say "theirs no place like my shop" a bunch of times I will wake up from my nightmare and get to make knives again:D
Bruce
 
Terry,It is a reproduction of a English Bowie.The guard handle frame and front-rear bolsters are all casted in one piece,they had pearel on this one but I will use something different maybe Ivory.It is a slick small 5 inch bladed Bowie though they did these in 5-6-8 inch versions,with different guard shapes and also in stag.I made a 2 piece pattern from aluminum then sand cast the whole piece in nickel silver,I also did one in silver.Man N/S is a pain to cast with,Silver is much nicer..
Bruce
 
Hey Bruce,

As many metal hounds as there is these days, (in your spare time) you should start an auction of the good recycleable knife steels that you run across. Load shafts,springs, bed frames.... Just sell it cheap cause shipping would cost $$$.

Mark:D
 
any chance of a tutorial on the casting? :D the only casting i have done is into a tape and brown bag mold to make a guard. i used model car weights which turn out to be white casting metal according to the peple that make them, no lead. have you done anything with water buffalo horn? i tried some on one knife and really like it. could you cast into and around horn material?

edit: here is the buffalo horn handle and cast guard:
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Gouge,I have a bunch of old wrought iron wagon wheels saved out now.Yes I am watching for good stuff,but as you said the shipping can be murder.

Terry,Try these links.
http://users.frii.com/katana/castindex.html

http://www.ray-vin.com/casting/k-bond.shtml

http://budgetcastingsupply.com/Pric...ndhttp://www.ray-vin.com/casting/k-bond.shtml

What you are using is a low heat alloy and probably would be ok to pour over horn as they used to do with peweter in the frontier days.The nickel silver pours at 2400 degrees and would burn up the horn.Run a serch on the internet about casting for jewelery and you will find all kinds of tutorials and advice,better than I could give at this time as I am still learning what I am doing.You should be casting copper or bronze for the Oriental style guards and that pours at a lot lower temperature than N/S,Check with Rio Grande about casting also,Check out your library or book store for jewelery ,aking books and they will give you allot of pointers on casting also.
Good Luck,If you want to just emeil me and I will try and help as much as I can.
Bruce
 
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