What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

Thanks Rhino. I appreciate it. It was a very fun project. It was supposed to be for work but the wife really liked it and kept it. Oh well. Guess I have to make another
 
clivehamilton77 said:
Anybody know how to get the grind that I originally drew?
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Grind the primary bevel at a more obtuse angle.

FYI, if the letter opener if for someone who isn't terribly well versed with knives you might want to reconsider the design. It's so pointy it could bury itself into someone deep before they could stop it. Of course letter openers need to be pointy but that thing has a hell of a point. Also, letter openers usually have a blunt edge.
 
Thanks JG. It was supposed to be a little knife but after I screwed the grind and the heat treat up it quickly became a letter opener. It's for my wife and I. But you're right. It has a helluva point on it. Basically, a very pointy pretty prison shank
 
I made some minimal progress on this one. The handle block is temporarily fitted to the tang... and you can see scribe marks around the profile that will help ensure symmetry of the handle to the blade. The butt template is glued in place and centered based on these guide lines. At this point, I'm about ready to pop the handle back off and begin shaping.

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Erin
 
Just finished the first Light Chopper prototype:

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Gonna wail on that some... :D :thumbup:
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
Just finished the first Light Chopper prototype:

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Gonna wail on that some... :D :thumbup:
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Another nice knife Nathan.

Questions for you. I know you are a logic driven person so is there a purpose behind the lanyard hole being so close to the ricasso? Is that to wrap the lanyard around your hand and keep the knife from flying loose and sticking some innocent sap in the chest? And what made you go with such a large choil? I've always thought of larger choils to be for aesthetics. Not nit picking, I think the knife looks great. Just curious.

-Clint
 
My new KA75 power hammer arrived, and I'm waiting for the car i just sold to get picked up so I can move my roadster out of the middle of the garage and make room for me to install the KA75 and the new compressor which will be delivered in a week or two.

Sad that I had to sell my rally car, but I needed the space, and I'm not selling the roadster.
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Augus7us said:
Another nice knife Nathan.

Questions for you. I know you are a logic driven person so is there a purpose behind the lanyard hole being so close to the ricasso? Is that to wrap the lanyard around your hand and keep the knife from flying loose and sticking some innocent sap in the chest? And what made you go with such a large choil? I've always thought of larger choils to be for aesthetics. Not nit picking, I think the knife looks great. Just curious.

-Clint
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The pattern will have both a forward lanyard and a hidden lanyard in the rear. The rear lanyard is more traditional, but the forward lanyard is how it's done in Bladesports.

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It gets tighter as the blade slips forward and if it's adjusted right it can help put power in the cut. If you do drop the blade it's dangling in front of your hand rather than swinging around.


Large choils are not for aesthetics at all, they're functional.

That big choil is probably going to be revised to be bigger before I start making these. A big knife like this has a long heavy blade for chopping, but a camp knife is also for fine cutting chores. A large choil allows you to put your index finger out into the blade (near the balance point) so can choke up and do fine work with a big knife. You loose some edge length, but a long chopper already has more edge than you need for any cutting task. It's a way of adding versatility to a knife.
 
Justin.Mercier said:
My new KA75 power hammer arrived, and I'm waiting for the car i just sold to get picked up so I can move my roadster out of the middle of the garage and make room for me to install the KA75 and the new compressor which will be delivered in a week or two.

Sad that I had to sell my rally car, but I needed the space, and I'm not selling the roadster.
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I went to the KA75 site. Interesting design. At first I thought the dual piston deals would get in the way but it appears you can work all the way around and in between them as well. What drew you to that particular unit?

I would love a power hammer. To me that one looks like it has:

-Simple design - ease of maintenance
-Price is right
-Seems like it has good power too
-Small footprint
-Don't need a monster air compressor


No auto run feature but I'm not sure how much that would detract from the ease of use of the unit. Does it need anything specific underneath it or is just a normal garage-type concrete floor enough?
 
Justin.Mercier said:
My new KA75 power hammer arrived, and I'm waiting for the car i just sold to get picked up so I can move my roadster out of the middle of the garage and make room for me to install the KA75 and the new compressor which will be delivered in a week or two.

Sad that I had to sell my rally car, but I needed the space, and I'm not selling the roadster.
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I just had a look at the KA75 site as well, that seems like an impressive piece of machinery, particularly given what seems like a very reasonable price!
 
PEU said:
Yanagiba, O2 and paper micarta, 10.2" blade

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that is some fantastic looking Micarta... correct me if i'm wrong but you have that made for you right? as in, it's not available commercially for normal fools like myself to get a hold of some?

cheers

Royce
 
clivehamilton77 said:
Thanks JG. It was supposed to be a little knife but after I screwed the grind and the heat treat up it quickly became a letter opener. It's for my wife and I. But you're right. It has a helluva point on it. Basically, a very pointy pretty prison shank
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That Clive is Called a D.M.
Design Modification. I was making a 8" Bowie and then had this brilliant idea to turn it into a 3 1/3" Paring knife. :D
 
Last of this Santoku batch. It's not saying a lot, but it's the best of the bunch I think. Slight misalignment in the handle and blade longitudinally. Not too bad.
You ever notice the better you get at sanding the more flaws you see? :confused:

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Brock47 said:
Last of this Santoku batch. It's not saying a lot, but it's the best of the bunch I think. Slight misalignment in the handle and blade longitudinally. Not too bad.
You ever notice the better you get at sanding the more flaws you see? :confused:

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It's useable anyway! Nice :)
 
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