Scrap usage

[Mark Williams]

Posted this in the gallery, way too quiet over there. Anyway, just thought I'd show how I used the cut-offs from a damascus billet that i got from Bruce Evans.

 

[blgoode]

Way cool Mark. I went to the gallery to post and just learned.....that I need to upgrade my membership to knifemaker to post there. I like the useage of scrap anything!

 

[John Andrews]

Hey, that's really neat, Mark! That small knife with the wood, I would have never thought of that. I really like it and what you did with the other scrap, too. Did you acra glas that wood to the steel?

 

[J. Neilson]

Very cool Mark. Love the knife and the pendant. I've always been partial to Bacote wood and I'm a serious advocate of saving and using every little piece of material.

 

[jhiggins]

Mark, that is the coolest use of a piece of scrap I have ever seen. I'm jealous that I didn't think of it! That little knife has merit all by itself, regardless of where it came from!

 

[Mark Williams]

Thanks guys. Yea John it's glassed to the wood and has six stainless pins holding it together.
The fun thing is that the mother piece is two more times longer than what you see in the photo. And it is getting a framed handle to make use of every last inch he he he. Gonna be a monster.

 

[peter nap]

Very nice Mark! I use every scrap but really like the little knife. It uses every bit of the cutoff.....and it's a cute little thing to boot.

 

[Sweany]

ain't you slick

 

[Chiro75]

Here's what I've made from scraps. It's 2 1/4" long OAL with a 1 3/8" cutting edge. Carbon fiber scales. 1/8" thick 1084 convex ground on both sides and differentially heat treated. Cute!

Nothing like what Mark made, but not all scraps are created equal!
Great idea, Mark!

 

[Mark Williams]

That is cute. You should call it the keybug.

 

[John Andrews]

That is cute. You should call it the keybug.

Yeah, I like "Keybug, too! Cute little cuss, isn't it?

 

[Reg ELLERY]

Mark I was looking up the archives and found your post. An old mate of mine made small knives from scraps/ off cuts for key rings he called them celofain knives. Excuse the spelling he used to sell them at shows under a sign saying they were for people with false teeth that could not bit the top of plastic celofain wrappers. very nice use of material. My wife has one she loves it she says it is the most handy knife she has. Too bad i did not make it for the bragging rights.

 

[ddavelarsen]

Mark that is really cool! Great use of the materials, and it's a neat knife. I sit around looking at cutoffs myself and never have any good ideas, so it's nice to see what someone with an imagination can do. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rhrocker]

Mark, that's great! Chiro75 that's nifty also. The things you guys can come up with amazes me.

 

[oljoe]

Great use of excess material. I have bits and pieces of everything stashed away. I didn't know what do do with it.... Untill now

 

[the possum]

That's a pretty neat way to use an oddly shaped piece of scrap!

Since I make miniatures, scrap is about all I ever use.

 

[Will52100]

Interesting, and a cool intergal Mark, I never considered doing that, I forge so any odd bits git saved to go in the next billet, may have to look through my scrap pile next time. Don't think I've seen some thing like that before, good job.

Chiro75, that's a neat keychain knife for sure, bet it's handy too.

 

[Mark Williams]

Thanks guys. I really like the little knife myself. I keep it on the coffee table in my living room. I'm thinking seriously about modifying it just a bit and getting some blanked out on a water-jet and see how they sell. Could be nice bread and butter knife.