OT: weekend fun

Daniel Koster

Daniel Koster

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Finished these up on Saturday. Whew!

Thought you guys would like to see 'em.

I know you've seen these kind before....just wanted to remind those budding knifemakers/modifiers/whatever....that December is not necessarily a month off....back in the shop! :eek: :D :p

Oh, and remember to have fun while doing it - that's the best part.

Dan



link = http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=324803




I put together some pics of the process:


Here you can see all the blades are finished. They've been profiled, ground to a full flat bevel, heat treated and fully polished. The wood I'm going to use is next to the particular knife. I've carefully chosen/modified the blade to match the wood in terms of expected weight/balance. For example, myrtle wood (the blondish one) is much lighter than either the redwood or chechen burls....probably half as much.

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This next pic shows the blades taped up to protect the finish, and the handles glued to the tang, ready to be shaped. A little bit of profiling on the handles has already been done.

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This pic shows the mirror finish. This was pretty tough to get the blades to this point, but was worth it in the end.

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Finally, the three knives all together in one pic:

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Thanks for looking!

Dan
 
Nice stuff as usual, Dan.

I know Paul's runs start at something like 80 pieces. So you have 77 more of these to put together, right? :D :eek:
 
Nice work. Not easy to get to that level of quality. I'm more impressed than I was before. :D
 
Wow,nice work!That mirror finish looks superb!Btw in that first pic,..is that a partialy-finished khukri just visible at the top ot the pic?
 
My Gawd, Dan! Those burled handles are *beautiful*! How much you charge for these?!? (BTW Stainless or Carbon? They look like kitchen Santokus, so I was wonderin')

Namaarie
 
Let me attest that Dan does fine work on those santokus. We have one, and it's my wife's favorite knife. Our handle is Corian and stabilized mulberry.
 
Your work just gets better and better, Dan. Thanks for the pics:)


Jake
 
email sent, naamarie - bounced back. can you email me?



Thanks for the comments guys. It's really not as hard as you might think. Just have to have the right tools and a good idea or two.
 
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Looks like I got some competition in the sheathmaking business. I'll have to lower prices and undercut him.
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;) :rolleyes: :)
 
LOL!! :D

got some stiff competition Bruise....these are super-sheaths....they have a piece of blue tape as a "keeper" strap around the back of the blade.....they're safer....to pull it out, you have to peel off the tape first......:rolleyes:
 
Really beautiful, Dan. What type of wood are the bolsters? They almost look like stone when polished.
 
Strix Varia - good eye. ;)


VML - it's Corian - a kitchen countertop material made to resemble stone. Also, good eye. ;)


Bob - there ya go making me hungry for lunch.....gotta go now!

naamarie - reply sent - we'll see what happens.
 
bounced again...:(....gave me a 550 error code for "abuse". Says I am supposed to use an outgoing-mail-virus-scanner. I'm guessing this is a setting with your ISP? crazy stuff....
 
no snow...but it was in the low 20s today. Brrrr....
 
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