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Wow, sharp, that looks just great. I really like the Izula scales with the Punisher skull. Would you lose a few words about your workflow for tracing the shape of the handle?
 
Sharp that's a AWESOME knife

I would name it The spaceman, be because its all metal and that check pattern it for some reason it reminds me ofthe tools used by astronauts

Ya know ust encase you need to wreck a alien on a space walk

How much would that cost if I got a 7
 
maethor said:
Wow, sharp, that looks just great. I really like the Izula scales with the Punisher skull. Would you lose a few words about your workflow for tracing the shape of the handle?
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How to trace the shape of a handle the machinist way? Well, there are two way to do it. The easy way is... If your shop had a CMM (coordinate measure machine) then all you have to do is to probe the contour of the scale and the machine will draw the peripheral and display dimensions. Still, how precisely it reads totally depend on the skill of the operator (user). To be honest, I only trust the reading about 80% the other 20% error are caused by user error and difference in tolerance, equipment calibration etc...
The hard way, also the way I choose to do is measure the scale manually using caliber, micro meter, pin Micrometer, the old compass and last but not least is using mathematics. Basically measure the length and the width first, then the holes and location of the holes. It seems the holes' location is hard to do but it's not, if you know what to look for. It's often not that hard like we thought. I will use the BK handle as an example to explain; there are four holes on the scales, three of them are screw hole and one lanyard hole. In this case the three screw hole are inline only the land yard hole is not. So, I would measure the top edge of the scale (using the knife not the scale for better measurement, never use the scales themselves) to the center of the holes then the spacing of the holes (center to center). Put the scale on a piece of paper squarely (important) and trace the scale, draw an enclosed rectangular box for the scale and record all the measurement above. Now, to draw the lanyard hole; first measure the distance of the last screw hole (the one that is closer to the lanyard hole) to the land yard hole from center to center. Then measure the distance of the middle screw hole to the lanyard's center hole. Those two measurements are also the radius which will intersect if drawn by the compass form the center of the middle screw hole and the center of the screw hole close to the lanyard hole (confusing isn't it?) the intersect point is the center of the lanyard hole. Apply this method in case the holes are not in line (for a difference scale). The rest are just arc. Just use the compass to find the center of the arc (go back to your geometry book if you don't know how to ). That is what I've used and it's been working for me most of the time. Hope that helps.
 
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SilentJohn said:
Sharp that's a AWESOME knife

I would name it The spaceman, be because its all metal and that check pattern it for some reason it reminds me ofthe tools used by astronauts

Ya know ust encase you need to wreck a alien on a space walk

How much would that cost if I got a 7
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Spaceman huh? Sound catchy ;) thanks, man. The price depends on how many interest I have the more the lower the price will be. Let's talk about that later.
 
That is gold, my friend. Great picture. Everytime you post something I have to think of this Star Trek episode:

[video=youtube;wRnSnfiUI54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54[/video]

KHAAAAAAAN!
 
maethor said:
That is gold, my friend. Great picture. Everytime you post something I have to think of this Star Trek episode:

[video=youtube;wRnSnfiUI54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54[/video]


KHAAAAAAAN!
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ROFL - thanks! The best of the Star Trek movies too. :D

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Did some more turkey hunting (not bow fishing as you might think) today. Found a crappy fishing pole...
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... and did some more trail clearing (bad spring here - lots of trees / limbs down). BK9 is great for snap cuts...
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Beckerhead #42
 
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