W-2 Chopper for Canineforge-Extended WIP

Eli,

While the JB weld is still soft, I take a square toothpick that I've cut at an angle to form a chisel point. You'll note the blue tape around the ricasso to protect it against scratches from the grit in the JB weld. I'll clean up the JB with the chisel, and then a soft cloth sprayed with WD-40. With the joint very clean, I take off the tape, and carefully finish cleaning the joint with a clean, soft, flannel cloth, damp with WD-40, and the wooden chisel.

Sometimes you get the bear, ....

John
 
Thank you so much for the very interesting and entertaining post. Awesome knife; congratulations.
 
Matt,
Be sure to use a carbide cutter. HSS cutters get dull about half-way round, and go skidding off across the pretty stag. Ask me how I know....

John
 
thanks for sharing your processes John, there is a TON of great info in this thread!
 
John White said:
Matt,
Be sure to use a carbide cutter. HSS cutters get dull about half-way round, and go skidding off across the pretty stag. Ask me how I know....

John
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HA!! Thanks! always tough to find out stuff like that on your own.
 
Thanks so much for your post very helpful to everyone .

Ever try screwing the pommel on then running a scribe around the stag to mark the edge on the pommel and remove the pommel than cut the edge with the carbide cutter? Wouldn't run the chance of the cutter skipping across the stag (I know i would do it 100% of the time lol).
 
jrscgsr,

That is the first step. You can get close like that, but I still want to cut exactly to the stag while the butt cap is installed. Some folks prefer to do that with hand files, I tend to run the file into the crooks of the stag. The carbide cutter cuts very easily for me. Diff'rent strokes...

John
 
A beautiful work, I really like your work John.
I hope the sheath of my friend Paul, which is incomparable .... Congratulations John, your works are my favorites ;) .

Horacio
 
Thanks for taking the time to do the WIP John And that is a very nice chopper you made.
 
Thanks for the WIP. Very beautiful knife and some really good info. I need to make a "screw press" for fitting guards. Never thought of that.

-Mike
 
How the heck did I miss this?! Great Thread John. And a beauty of a blade. Thanks for putting this together.

Shawn
 
Hello John:

I'm a knife lover and seller in china,may I translate this thread into chinese,and let all the chinese collectors know this.

do you have an email box? I can't send message or email to you.
thanks.

njchenjiyi@hotmail.com
 
jikangchen,

Yes, I would be very happy to have you translate the thread.

It's so much fun to share an interest with friends around the world.

I would be interested in seeing the work of contemporary Chinese knifemakers. Could you post some of your friends work on Bladeforums?

John
 
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Mike,

The screw press for pressing on guards is a re-build of Uncle Al's "Mikie's soldering Jig'.

He sells them for $25 on his site www.riversidemachine.net

They're made of aluminum so the solder doesn't stick. When I used to solder a lot of guards, I used one, and kept on using it to press on "press to fit" guards, but the higher stress destroyed it, so I made a new one with steel press plate, and bronze body.

Easiest thing to do would be to buy one from Uncle Al. It'll last for a lot of knives, even tho it isn't designed for so much stress, and then you'ld have a pattern.

John
 
Great thread and great knife John.

Thanks for taking the time to create this WIP and share it with us. It is greatly appreciated.

Brian
 
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