Rock Video – In the Shop Making The “Wise Magic” Knife

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Rock Video - Making of The “Wise Magic” Knife:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ5bgH7Yz8I

I did another rock video showing shop video of making the “Wise Magic” knife. There’s some attention getters in there! I think you’ll find it entertaining.

Pictures of the finished knife.
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I like it. :thumbup: Have you thought about using some thong hole liners? I think it'd look nicer than just having a hole... although I didn't see a drill press and that might make it difficult to get a clean hole for it...

Edit- Watched all the way through and didn't see any pins go into the handle.. They're good to have against lateral forces applied to the scales... I've had a scale pop off when just using epoxy.
 
That's a beautiful knife, Chris. Very well done! I'd also prefer a pinned handle...even hidden pins. But GREAT job on the finished product! My favorite you've made so far. Each one is getting better, and that is what you want to strive for.

--nathan
 
I agree, you're coming right along. Every knife looks better than the last.
Later,
Iz:thumbup:
 
Thanks guys. As far as the handle it's more than just epoxy buttered scales right on flat steel. I drilled big holes in it, which allows the epoxy to go through the steel to the other scale. I think the wood would disintegrate before the epoxy would fail; BUT, I would really love to know how you hide the pens nathan was referring to? Please let me know, because then I would do that more often. I just don't like the look of pens in the wood on every knife. I work so hard on the look, I don't want to put steel through it.

Yes, the osage on the handle is flame treated. Thought it looked pretty cool on the knife and on the vid HA.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.
Chris
 
Basically, I think you would drill the pin holes through the knife as usual, but only drill the pin holes in the handle material halfway through... then when you epoxy the knife together, sandwich them in between and clamp as usual.

A drill press would definitely be a good investment... I only had files to shape bevels to start with, but I had a decent drill press.. it makes putting handles on much easier.
 
For added safety, in the bottom of the blind pinholes, undercut the sides with a rotary tool so the bottom of the hole is larger than the opening of the hole. That way your epoxy creates a "rivet" head that won't pull out.
Have your holes on opposing sides of the tang.
Then cut a pin short enough to fit from hole to hole, going through the hole in the tang, and you end up with an epoxy rivet, with a head on each end and a steel pin "shaft" in the middle.
The resulting double head rivet goes through the tang and should hold the scales on forever.
 
Thanks fellers, that's what I was thinking, but thought I'd double check.

Chris
 
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