Practice knife #4 WIP

A friend of mine has a bunch of samples of Corian at his poured marble shop. He dropped off a 2 square foot chunk to use. I see why people don't like it for handles. It works great in 1/2" thick countertops, but 1/4" scales are weak. I can polish it to a nice shine, but it scratches very easily.

I would love a piece of G11 to work with. I'm not sure that I've ever touched the stuff. I'll look into the smaller corbys. All the 1/4" that I ordered from Jantz feel too big for the look that I wanted.
 
I did not even realize this till I looked at the pics again. You used the orbital sander past the blade into the handle area, but NOT all the way to the butt. Where you see the handle pulled from the blade could be where you removed metal cleaning up the blade area, and now your handle area right there is not flat.
 
click on my profile and send me an E mail with yer addy. I have a bunch of this stuff to go around I will send you some with some directions to get you started.
 
Ah, well, kinda. On the first attempt when the scales pulled off, this was true, as well as other issues. I try not to make the same mistakes twice(unless they're really fun). I was negligent in roughing up the tang properly. The second attempt involved sanding the entire length of the tang at 220 by hand until down to shiny steel. Stacy said no random orbital and I am following his advice. Although I should probably mention that it's a 6" random orbital pneumatic disc sander, not the square electric kind used on woodwork.

gixxer said:
I did not even realize this till I looked at the pics again. You used the orbital sander past the blade into the handle area, but NOT all the way to the butt. Where you see the handle pulled from the blade could be where you removed metal cleaning up the blade area, and now your handle area right there is not flat.
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Alright, it's been a while so it's time for an update. After breaking two sets of scales, I decided to go with something a bit sturdier! 1/4" 6AL4V using 4-40 threaded socket head cap screws. I decided that since it's metal, I can just tap into one side. One side of the scale will have two recessed screws, the other will have nothing showing on it.
 

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I cant believe you using ti on a practice knife, kinda expensive dont ya think?
 
Practice doesn't mean I won't throw it in the boat and maybe fillet some fish with it. I have the Ti sitting here taking up space anyway.
 
Actually, I should have posted that I am now practicing making a metal handle. I've advanced a little since last working with the Ti, so I figured I might as well give it a go. Plus, the folder I am working on, I plan on making Ti scales for it so the work is good practice. These scales are the first that I have used my bandsaw on and I learned a new way to tap the holes using the chuck of my drill press to hold the tap perfectly perpendicular! I also learned how to tap a part way through the metal and leave one side untouched.
 
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