panch0 said I had to do this . . . My First Knife

daveinvegas

daveinvegas

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OK, so here is my first knife (neck knife). It isn't perfect but I never would have gotten this far were it not for all the advice and encouragement from the forum. Thanks everyone.

I would also like to thank B.V. (Brad) for the Simmonds file and heat treating; John W. for the grinding instruction and the African Paduak; Scott for the Purpleheart; and Tracy for the Butterscotch Micarta. Tracy, I used every little piece of the Micarta.

From the photos I noticed some things that I can't see with my weak and aging eyes that I need to clean up.

Thanks again, everyone.

OK, fire away.
 

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Dave,
Great design ! Simple, Clean, and very useful ergonomics. As usual your wood/micarta work is spot on with tastful use of materials. Great Job !!

-Josh
 
I would'nt mind carying that baby on my belt. You see Dave it wasn't hard, now was it. I don't see any gaps between the steel and handles or between the different handle materials. Better than my first. Keep it up, and now go make another one.

-frank
 
Pancho made you do this ? That trouble maker from Texas Pancho ? :jerkit: :D

Looks a little fat for a neck knife but sure looks good as a handy back pocket EDC knife . Nice tight fit on the handle material but way too much different stuff IMHO . But I do realize you are playing . Good start , now you are in trouble but at least you can blame Pancho .;)

Damn , that trouble maker posted while I was typing
 
Thanks, Josh and Frank.

I got two blades from the file Brad gave me, so I'm working on the second one (see my photo album for photos of the two blades).

Since Brad gave me the file I thought it was only right to use the other materials that were given to me by forum members for my first knife. The only thing I provided was the spacer material.

Panch0 said I had to post photos.

I was concerned about using all the different materials but I had to use everything everyone gave me by way of thanks. I think I can make the handle a little slimmer.
 
I take no resonsibilities for Dave's new addiction for knife making and you can't prove it.:cool:
 
It is a great little knife, I love these beefy handles, and I know those handle scale pieces are damn hard to put together without any gap. For a first or even for a 10th it is a sweet piece...
 
Dave,
It's a good looking knife. Did you use hidden pins in all pieces of handle material?

--
Sergiy
 
daveinvegas said:
Thanks.

I didn't use any pins on this knife. Just CA adhesive.
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That would scare me!! I'd be worried that if it were dropped, a blow could easily shear the handle material off. Pins would resist this shearing and allow the handle to be much stronger. I'd also suggest using a stronger epoxy like Acraglass or JB Weld, instead of the CA.

Nice use of materials for a first knife, as it allowed you to practice the art of making joints between two different materials that are seamless in appearance. Nice job!
 
daveinvegas said:
Thanks.

I didn't use any pins on this knife. Just CA adhesive.
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I am not an expert on this but I have already learned my lesson hard way. I made a small paring knife over a year ago from 440C blade that I bought. I used diamondwood & corian for handle materials, white corian was sandwiched between 2 diamondwood pieces on each side, similar to your design. I had pins in diamondwood parts but nothing in corian. After a year of use my wife accidentally dropped the knife and guess what - corian pieces on both sides fell off. After that when I make a knife with a handle that has several pieces of different meterials I make sure that each piece has at least one pin in it or secured from moving in any direction with something more than adhesive.

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Sergiy
 
scottickes said:
That would scare me!! I'd be worried that if it were dropped, a blow could easily shear the handle material off. Pins would resist this shearing and allow the handle to be much stronger. I'd also suggest using a stronger epoxy like Acraglass or JB Weld, instead of the CA.

Nice use of materials for a first knife, as it allowed you to practice the art of making joints between two different materials that are seamless in appearance. Nice job!
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I agree but this little knife isn't going to get much use and I didn't want to detract from the handle material in this case.
 
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