Tooth ache Adam Michael Knives

[adammichael]

Im finally catching up on orders. Here is tha latest , ready to ship.
What do you think?

 

[adammichael]

Just kidding, here it is.
Mammoth tooth handle, Rados ladder damascus. Fosil warus bolster and display stand

I added a few more pics at the top of page 2.

 

[J. MacDonald]

Holy Shazbatt! That's freakin awesome!

Great work mike.

 

[flatgrinder]

Man, you make the cleanest knives!

 

[Mace]

Very nice. Love the bolsters.
Mace

 

[D_Boone]

I think its georgeous.

 

[Sweany]

YOU really got me on the first pic.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: on the second one!

 

[waredbear]

That is an inspiration if I have ever seen one. One gorgeous looking knife.

Thanks for sharing

In His Service,
Reid Allen

 

[Bruce Bump]

Simply Gorgeous! Great package!

 

[jhiggins]

Nice sheath too!

 

[jim moyer]

Thats sweet Adam.

 

[David Wesner]

Very nice stuff Michael ! Top shelf material all the way around to go along with the Workmanship :thumbup: Tell us about working with the Tooth .

 

[messinger]

Holy Shazbatt! That's freakin awesome!

Great work mike.

I'll second that.

-Ben M.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Great looking knife! A friend of mine gave me a fair amount of the same type tooth that has been cut into slabs. Since I don't do slab handled knives I plan on stacking it. Was your tooth stabalized?

 

[adammichael]

Nice sheath too!

You crack me up!:jerkit:
I got the video that you were to stingy and selfesh to let me use and it really has a lot of good info in it.

 

[mdoyle]

Absolutely beautiful all the way around! Thanks for giving the rest of us something to shoot for!
Matt Doyle

 

[adammichael]

Very nice stuff Michael ! Top shelf material all the way around to go along with the Workmanship :thumbup: Tell us about working with the Tooth .

This knife is very special because of some reasons that I cant say right now. It is a gift and the person who is to recieve it didnt get it yet, so it was an honor to be able to make this one.

How do I work the tooth?

You have to work it slow and have alot of superglue on hand. Grind for a minute, super glue and let dry for an hour. If there is a big gap it may have to dry over night. This knife doesnt have dovetailed bolster so it wasnt to bad. Dovetailed slabs are even more tedious because you have to go very slow. Even if the tooth is stabilized there will ALWAYS be some filling that needs to be done.
Shaping tooth after everything is epoxied is GREAT! Use a 36 grit to rough shape and then progresivly finer grits to finish. I believe I had about 6 hours total of hand sanding on this knife. Thats about 1 to 1 1/2 hours longer than I normally have on a knife made of wood or stag. I started at 320 and went to 2500 grit. I bet i gont have more than 30 seconds of buffing on this knife and that was with a loose buff and pink no scratch compound.
I used the rotary platten to shape the handle on this one and it worked fantastic! Rob deserves a metal for making those things. MR. Fitzgerald was kind enough to lend me his to try out and Im hoping he will forget that he lent it to me so I wont have to buy my own
Tooth can be a pain in the ass but I think the end result is worth it.

Oh, there are 3 blind pins in the bolster and 2 blind pins in the handle in addition to the exposed pin and the thong hole tube.. The exposed pin is damascus but it didnt show to well in the pic.

Thanks everyone for all, the comments.

 

[adammichael]

Great looking knife! A friend of mine gave me a fair amount of the same type tooth that has been cut into slabs. Since I don't do slab handled knives I plan on stacking it. Was your tooth stabalized?

That should look great. Will you be putting spacers between the layers?
It might be a good idea to do that. it is very brittle material and I could see it breaking out after awhile if you dont. All the tooth that I used is stabilized. I wouldnt even consider using a piece that wasnt.

 

[Nowicki]

Vary nice. Keep them comming.

Larry

 

[Darrel Ralph]

Very nice. The combo is a winner