Recent knives with 3D printed components

TheoRockNazz

TheoRockNazz

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Hi all,
Wanted to share some recent work with ya.
Been experimenting with 3D printed components a lot, mostly for fixed blades although I have a folder design I'm still prototyping.
Blades sport my own forged patternwelded and/or differentially hardened steels.


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http://imgur.com/a/RTFth
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http://imgur.com/a/Jx8bI#0
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http://imgur.com/a/OdG4O#8
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http://imgur.com/a/kclzJ
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http://imgur.com/a/UwQKa
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http://imgur.com/a/4yb57
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http://imgur.com/a/5JFBo
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http://imgur.com/a/64zjv
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http://imgur.com/a/7xobc

Comments and critique always welcome :)
Theo
 
Please educate me. I thought 3D printing was of plastic or something similar only. Your weaving appears to be of bronze or...? They look great.
 
Lance23 said:
You can 3D print some metals.
Even wood.
The future is here.
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But....you can't substitute science for art.....

The 3-D printing is by far the best aspect of these knives.....the integration of design needs a lot of work....the blades themselves are really not fabulous....they look basic at best....

Keep working at it, Theo....you might be on to something, but you are not there yet.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Nice work!
Even if the knives show still room for improvements they are not bad either.
The variety also suggests you are developing more then one skill, very good!
 
Theo: Now it all makes sense to me. Thanks for the education. I think they all look very good.

John Lloyd
 
Neat, how do they function, i.e. are they ergonomic and useful?

I am big fan of David Boye's 440C cast blades (dendritic steel he calls it). He casts the blades and then etches them. However, with your process, you could possibly get some wicked blade designs at the casting step. Have you done any casting of blades?
 
brownshoe said:
Neat, how do they function, i.e. are they ergonomic and useful?

I am big fan of David Boye's 440C cast blades (dendritic steel he calls it). He casts the blades and then etches them. However, with your process, you could possibly get some wicked blade designs at the casting step. Have you done any casting of blades?
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Functions as well as stock removal fittings for fixed blades, folders are a bit heftier but rock solid.

I have not cast any steel...
I should not be saying this, but there's a type of SLS printing that works with tool steel... imagine the possibilities!
 
Why don't you 3D print Loveless knives? If you want technology to level the playing field or advance the custom knife world (or whatever you want 3D printed knives to gain), make a company that 3D prints loveless knives and sells them all day everyday making those designs available to everyone that cant spend $900-$35,000 on a knife
 
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Actually SLM works with stainless steel as well. And titanium. But by the sounds of some posts here embracing such technologies isn't exactly welcome around here.
 
Are the folders heftier because of the design, material or method of fabrication?

Boye's cast 440C has some special properties. Some don't like or believe it, but I have 3 and really like the steel and his designs. Cast 440C has a dendtritic structure that helps the knife cut even after it's lost a razor sharp edge. He's taken his technology to small scale production, right now he casts cobalt blades though, not 440C and specializes in knives for sailors. There is another group, under Francine Knives, that he used to work with, they currently use his blades, but other makers do the finish work.

vilePossum said:
Actually SLM works with stainless steel as well. And titanium. But by the sounds of some posts here embracing such technologies isn't exactly welcome around here.
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Of course not, this forum has its prejudices. Plus the guy's from NYC, not the Ozarks, Pacific NW, New England or the South. :)
 
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