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What ever happened to the pass around bowie???
- Thread starter Belstain
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Belstain & Belstain (I don't know which one of you I am talking to),
I got the passaround bowie from Alan Folts 1-1/2 weeks ago. I have reground it. All I have to do is put the hand-rubbed finish on it and ship it to the next person. I will post a pic of the blade when I get it done.
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Barry
Jones Knives
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=126319&a=926274
"For DUTY and HUMANITY!"
Curly, Moe, & Larry
I got the passaround bowie from Alan Folts 1-1/2 weeks ago. I have reground it. All I have to do is put the hand-rubbed finish on it and ship it to the next person. I will post a pic of the blade when I get it done.
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Barry
Jones Knives
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=126319&a=926274
"For DUTY and HUMANITY!"
Curly, Moe, & Larry
I don't know if anyone has thought of this before, but have the people working on this knife been taking pictures??? It would be instructive if we could see a picture of the knife after each person did his work on it. So many talented people working on it... I'd like to see a series of pictures showing the progress from raw materials to finished knife.
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L-6 Steel (Michael) posted a pic showing Alan's filework a while ago... I think the thread was titled something like "WOW!" Do a search for "wow" and you should find it.
Ryan
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Glenn,
This is the way I go about doing it. My way and another makers way will differ.
1 - Use a fresh 50grit 3M Regalloy ceramic belt to thin out the blade. You have to take care and NOT build up any heat so you don't alter the heat treatment.
2 - I then go up to a 120 Regalloy ceramic belt to remove all of the 50 grit scratches. Again, you need to watch the heat buildup.
3 - This is where I do things differently. I sand the blade on my disk sander starting with a 120 grit disk. Depending on how polished I want the blade, I will go up to 220, 320, or 400.
4 - I put a hand rubbed finish on all of my blades (with exception of beadblasted blades). Once done on the disk, I polish by hand to the desired level of finish. I might add that I can get pretty close to a mirror polish with a 400 grit disk, so a high grit hand rub doesn't take that long to do.
BTW, I FLAT GRIND all of my knives. The final thicknesses at the edge depend on what type of knife and what the intended use is for that knife. It will also depend on the hardness and toughness of the steel used to make that knife.
Hope this helps. If you have any more questions, just post them here in Shop Talk.
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Barry
Jones Knives
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=126319&a=926274
"For DUTY and HUMANITY!"
Curly, Moe, & Larry
This is the way I go about doing it. My way and another makers way will differ.
1 - Use a fresh 50grit 3M Regalloy ceramic belt to thin out the blade. You have to take care and NOT build up any heat so you don't alter the heat treatment.
2 - I then go up to a 120 Regalloy ceramic belt to remove all of the 50 grit scratches. Again, you need to watch the heat buildup.
3 - This is where I do things differently. I sand the blade on my disk sander starting with a 120 grit disk. Depending on how polished I want the blade, I will go up to 220, 320, or 400.
4 - I put a hand rubbed finish on all of my blades (with exception of beadblasted blades). Once done on the disk, I polish by hand to the desired level of finish. I might add that I can get pretty close to a mirror polish with a 400 grit disk, so a high grit hand rub doesn't take that long to do.
BTW, I FLAT GRIND all of my knives. The final thicknesses at the edge depend on what type of knife and what the intended use is for that knife. It will also depend on the hardness and toughness of the steel used to make that knife.
Hope this helps. If you have any more questions, just post them here in Shop Talk.
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Barry
Jones Knives
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=126319&a=926274
"For DUTY and HUMANITY!"
Curly, Moe, & Larry