Pictures here! On the Bench

Tensegrity said:
Would you consider jimping on the butt end just above the rear (lanyard) hole for thumb purchase in reverse grip? That would make four points of contact with your fine tooth file work, which I find much more stable than wider.

Looks fantastic! 🤙
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it was considered and rejected!
Thanks 🙌
Tensegrity said:
What are you squishing here, a seppa or tsuba?

It appears to be a huge broad sword, in green wrap, held in a vice, with a hidden tang.

I appreciate all of the angles of force in that shot!
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the spacers getting glued up. The guard was already epoxied on at this point. This knife https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/s-a-r-knife.1931278/
 
back to work on this guy;
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getting its second temper now
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Big DJ said:
I can't wait to see the finished product.
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getting close! The bevels are hollow ground, which is pretty new to me. The blade is fairly wide, so there is a big concave plane that looks pretty sick. I had an idea for my platen which I'ma try out tomorrow, which I hope will help clean things up. The radius is produced by a steel platen instead of a wheel. The benefits are that it's equivalent to a 28" wheel and I can rest my fingers behind it so that I can control things easily. Disadvantage compared to a wheel is that wheels are rubber and have some give so they leave a nice smooth finish. Got an idea for a backing for my platen which should get the job done
JJ_Colt45 said:
I wish this would be the new EDC 1.1?
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the OG Albatross was intended to be a proto for a neck knife/pocket carry EDC for CPK, but Nathan has something else in mind for that, which I'm really looking forward to checking out.
the window handle design is a HUGE pain in the ass to make, but CPK would be able to do it repeatably and with precision. When I was conceptualizing the Albatross, the idea of designing something unique that's a challenge, but plays to CPK's manufacturing strengths, was part of the reason to go that way. It makes a lot of sense for reducing weight and some other things, too. That's the thing about designing for those guys- they can really make any shape that I can conceive of and multiple shapes that fit together.
 
where things are at as of now. I'm tryna take it easy today, I gave er a little too hard yesterday and my body's paying for it, but I was able to turn down the pins this afternoon and shorten them. So it's really starting to come along- once I can hold it in my hand it takes on a whole other dimension that up til that point I could only plan for. This is kinda where the rubber meets the road where I can tell for sure that everything it going to work out
 
the hidden pins are holding the handle components together- nothing's glued up yet. I need to shave one of the frames down about .5mm, but but they're together enough that I could transfer the line describing the front of the handle on to the ricasso. Then I'm able to plan out where I want the plunge and approximate where the termination of the primary bevel will be. The handles will stay more or less the same as you see them now until the blades are completely finished, that way I can adjust the thickness of the frames if the ricasso gets worked down during finishing. They are tough to take apart, I need to pry them so having the overlap of material beyond the finished profile of the handle is necessary. Believe me, it's hard to not profile the handles immediately!

When it's time for assembly, everything will be bonded together at the same time. This is a departure from how I've done this before, and so far the methodology has yielded other, unexpected benefits.

I took the day off and just lounged around, my body needed a break, so I didn't do any real work today. If I'm feeling good tomorrow, I'll be grinding for a few hours. Hopefully get those bevels ground and finished, tangs tapered and flats sanded.
 
My vote will be for the little sheepsfoot but these are LORIEN blades - anyone will do very nicely. :thumbsup:
 
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