The Journey up to Blade Show 2016

[Osprey Knife & Tool]

Blade Show 2016



For many of us Blade Show was a weekend, for Knife makers the Preparation starts months out.




I Began My Blade Show Batch about 6 ½ Weeks out. Which didn’t leave much time for anything else. I think next year I will double that time.


I managed to snap some pictures during the process and a few during and after the show. I was unable to Photograph each and every knife prior to Blade Show, but I think I managed to get decent photographs of most of them, the ones I didn’t get pictures of I am hopeful will be posted up on Blade forums soon.




After Profiling the Blanks I had this Pile Materials. Not Everything Pictured here was selected or made it through the process.


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A Close up of some of the handle materials.
Liners, G10, and Micarta


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Thunder Storm Kevlar and Lightning Strike Carbon Fiber


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My Stash of Shade Tree


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Wood!


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More Wood!


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Only The Amboyna Burl in this Picture made it into the batch.


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Here are a few pictures the Blades have there Primary Bevel ground and Tangs Tapered. Top Row is #/32 SFT


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A Hand Full of the Batch Freshly Cleaned ready for Heat Treatment and Tempering


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Hand Sanding the Tops of the Scales Pre Glue-up


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At this point its so damn hot I am questioning the sanity of wearing a full face mask


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Ditched The mask.


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A little bit of filter applied to this Photograph.


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I am Standing here thinking about the work I have ahead of me I think I am about 3 ½ weeks out from Blade Show at this point


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First Group Of the Blade Show batch post Glue up, Pre Clean-up
The other Phtos are the knives in various stages of completion


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[Kal-El]

Nice pictures Chris. I especially like the shots of you at the table working and thinking. I was impressed with the outcome of all your hard work and congratulations on a successful show.

Sergio

 

[Osprey Knife & Tool]

Nice pictures Chris. I especially like the shots of you at the table working and thinking. I was impressed with the outcome of all your hard work and congratulations on a successful show.

Sergio

Thank you Sergio,
Elena took those late one evening on a weekend. I was planning my execution and gathering the motivation to keep moving forward even though my body was telling me I about had enough.
I wish I had given myslef more time to take more photos, but with out the knives completed there is nothing to photograph. Even though I didnt accomlish evertything i had set out to do before the show. I am satisfied with the outcome because I know I did the best I could do at that time. Next year I will aim to do better than this year.

 

[Cdmayhem]

Very cool write up! Plus I think this picture is awesome.



I would crop it, so it is wider (i.e. down to the top of the fan at the top and up to the top of the can on the bottom) and get that framed.

 

[Osprey Knife & Tool]

Very cool write up! Plus I think this picture is awesome.



I would crop it, so it is wider (i.e. down to the top of the fan at the top and up to the top of the can on the bottom) and get that framed.

Thanks man, I like this photo too! With my new camera intend on posting more photos