Phillip Patton knife, progression thread

[Keith Montgomery]

A few more photos.

Here's the blade with a slight distal taper so the guard will need to be pressed on. It's also been touched with the disc sander to make sure it's nice and flat.

In this one the tang is marked and center punched for drilling the bolt and lanyard holes.

Drilled.

Here the shoulders that the guard will butt up against have been radiused to reduce the chance of stress risers.

Ready to grind the edge bevels

 

[ryan9977]

lookin good....can't wait to see it al ldone....what is the handle and guard going to be made from?.....ryan

 

[Keith Montgomery]

The handle will be bone and the guard is going to be stainless.

 

[nikoknife48]

Can't wait to see this one come to life!

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Well, the 5" wheel arrived.

Here we have the blade with a line scribed down the center of the edge.

In this photo Phiilip used the flat grinder to remove steel down close to the scribed line.

Here he's started using the five inch wheel.

One edge done.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Here both edges on one side are finished with the 60 grit belt.

These last two photos show the blade finished to 240 grit.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Keep um coming Keith. :thumbup:

 

[peterinct]

Keep um coming Keith. :thumbup:

I agree. It is REALLY starting to look good

Peter

 

[RogerP]

VERY cool to see the grinding progress in stages like that. :thumbup:

Roger

 

[Keith Montgomery]

In this photo Phillip has drawn lines which will help me keep his makers mark centered.

Here he has stamped it.

Phillip is not just forging the D2 blade, he is also forging the 440C guard for this knife.

 

[canineforge]

Really enjoying this, Keith. Keep the updates coming!

- Joe

 

[Doug C]

Great thread,Keith.
This is shaping up to be one very cool knife.

Doug

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Edited, because after Doug edited his post, mine made no sense.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Images of the guard being done.

The first one is of the 7/8" 440c rod prior to forging.

In this one the rod is forged into a rectangle 3/4" wide by 1/2" thick

Now a piece is cut off and ground clean and square.

The holes are drilled in preparation for filing the slot

 

[Keith Montgomery]

The next two show the "webbing" between holes being removed with a round file, and what the slot looks like before it is squared.

Starting to file the slot square.

It's almost there.

 

[Lorien]

Thanks Keith for this great thread!
I'm loving it.

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very educational for some and interesting for all.

Thanks Keith and Phillip for your effort.

 

[marknga]

AMAZING THREAD! Keep the pictures coming.

Great looking blade.

Mark

 

[Bladeandbarrel]

That boy needs a milling machine
beautiful so far!

 

[RogerP]

That boy needs a milling machine

I was thinking the same thing. I get the feeling I am REALLY going to like this knife.

Roger