Trade knife WIP

Lon Humphrey

Lon Humphrey

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the steel is 1084

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first thing i have to draw out the tang

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its still a little short but when i hammer in the guard it will be about 4 1/2 inches

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i saw cut in the step so its good and square

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then i start forging

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takes about 3 heats to get it where i want it

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and forged to shape and normalized

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along with the rest of the orders :)

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tomorrow ill grind and do the HT
 
ok so its getting file work to the spine like the trade knife

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time for the heat treat

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my quench tank with parks 50 a length of SS pipe inside a 30 gal grease barrel that way if it ever over heats i can dump ice around it and it will cool it off

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hardened and ready to temper in the oven

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the batch all hard and no were to go but the oven

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my high tech HT oven :)

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thanks for looking folks
 
Looking forward to watching this one, thanks for taking the time to post the pictures.
 
thanks guys


today i have to cut handle material so i do a pile at a time the board is around 7 inches by 7/8 i use a band saw so i don't loose so much in the cut

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then i split the board

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the rough swan handles on to the planer

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i do truly love maple

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i did get the handles cut out today too

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the liners ready to be glued to the wood


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all four pieces with a healthy dose of epoxy

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and now glued to the knife

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tomorrow ill drill the holes and put in the pins and lanyard hole and finish it out
 
so today i got the handle profiled

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drilling the holes for the pins ,,,yep i drill the holes AFTER i glue the handles on

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pined and peaned ready for shaping

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ok so the handle is shaped and sanded to 400 grit

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then i take it one step further on the belt sander i use a wore out oiled 400 grit belt with buffing compound on it to make it a one buff step

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ok in this shot i am showing how much the grain is raised with the staining of the wood the top one is stained and buffed the bottom one is just stained

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the toung oil linseed oil in my special container kinda reminds you of buck and his jar of Vaseline in kill bill :)

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so there pretty much done ill have to wipe the handles down again and give them a sharpening but that's it


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they will be ready to ship Tuesday
 
Wow, right up until post 13 the layman might expect this project to be aborted, but as soon as you profile those handles it all comes together, very inspiring.
 
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