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

This was a totally new way for me to screw up a knife! Turns out I put the alignment pin a little too far away from the tang. I was doing a little blending work with a 220X J flex belt, and BAMMM!!! Exposed the pin. :eek: :mad: There's no way to cover that up. Unless you make sucky knives and don't care about nasty glaring flaws. ;)
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Yee-ouch!
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This will take the wind outta your sails... :eek: :grumpy: I think this knife is trying to kill me. For real. :o ;)
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Snap your fingers and all of a sudden there's a new block in place... ;)
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Time to peen the tang and make it a mechanical fastener. Start with a big hammer
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Then a smaller one...
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Then a punch to drive the edges of the peened tang down against the pommel. I want maximum expansion, and no sharp edges.
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Thanks to all the great knife maker's for taking time from their busy schedules to post their works in progress.:thumbup:
 
weebus said:
The "proceeds" from that one went right towards a huge order for leatherworking tools and supplies. The packages should be on my doorstep when I get home from work, so I can finally give some sheathmaking a shot this weekend, which is super exciting for me :)
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I get that excitement. I can't decide what I want to spend my tiny little budget on for materials. Leather, or handle stuff, a tool of some sort(?), maybe just more steel or belts.

I *really* need a few of sheaths for knives I've bought and made. I've already got most of the tools to do it. Just need some veg tanned.

Decisions, decisions. Sheath making is so much fun too.

Nick, for some reason the title of a Dr. Suess book popped into my head while reading your post.

That blade may be trying to kill you, but like the book "Oh the places you'll go", oh the blade you'll make! Rock on man. ;)
 
Damn Nick, what a hassle. I often worry about grinding/filing too deep when I contour my handles, I've been lucky so far. Better to grind too deep and trash the handle, than to not grind enough and end up with Blocky Handle Syndrome (I reckon).


Here are some handle shaping photos I took a while ago:

Refining the shape with a narrow and shaaaarp file. I took it pretty close to the line and then switched to sandpaper for more fine tuning.
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The geometry is all set. From here is was all about refining the surface finish.
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Looks to be at about 600 grit.
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The whole handle is at 800 grit here, ready for 0000 steel wool, and then oil.
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Don Nguyen said:
I posted a separate thread in Around-The-Grinder, but I figured some of you may be interested in seeing this as well.

Earlier this year I studied under Murray Carter for 2 weeks. It was one heck of an experience and I thought it'd be nice to share with you all.

I have an album with an overall summary and some descriptions: http://imgur.com/a/TfmXP


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Hope it was of interest :)


Thanks!
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Must have been a great experience, great pictures and it looks like a very nice set up there.
Richard
 
Nick,

Man that sucks. At least you were able to bust of the handle and start over. Stuff like that can get to you.

On a side note its comforting to know even the best guys mess up sometimes. Its easy to see everyones work on here and think you're the only one who spends a measurable amount of their time shouting obscenities at a piece of ruined steel :O

Shake it off and keep moving forward.
 
Nick, sorry about the handle. I do thank you for showing the mistake though. Helps us "regular folks" knowing that a mistake is possible whatever your skill level. Of course we do make a ton more of them. :o
 
Posts like Nick's handle and Salem's heat treat issues are the threads that I learn the most from. I think I am going to start posting my mistakes to contribute more to the forum. :thumbup:
 
Willie71 said:
Posts like Nick's handle and Salem's heat treat issues are the threads that I learn the most from. I think I am going to start posting my mistakes to contribute more to the forum. :thumbup:
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I would do that too, but Spark would likely send me a bill for the extra bandwitdth.:D
 
Will Morrison said:
Damn Nick, what a hassle. I often worry about grinding/filing too deep when I contour my handles, I've been lucky so far. Better to grind too deep and trash the handle, than to not grind enough and end up with Blocky Handle Syndrome (I reckon).


Here are some handle shaping photos I took a while ago:

Refining the shape with a narrow and shaaaarp file. I took it pretty close to the line and then switched to sandpaper for more fine tuning.
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The geometry is all set. From here is was all about refining the surface finish.
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Looks to be at about 600 grit.
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The whole handle is at 800 grit here, ready for 0000 steel wool, and then oil.
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Win!!!
 
Great photos Don! Looks like you had a great visit with Murray Carter. We've got one of his books (bladesmithing with murray carter ) sitting on our computer bench in the shop.

-mike

Don Nguyen said:
I posted a separate thread in Around-The-Grinder, but I figured some of you may be interested in seeing this as well.

Earlier this year I studied under Murray Carter for 2 weeks. It was one heck of an experience and I thought it'd be nice to share with you all.

I have an album with an overall summary and some descriptions: http://imgur.com/a/TfmXP


dV0yXkV.jpg



Hope it was of interest :)


Thanks!
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Here are the first steel prototypes of our new paring knife being profiled on the CNC and bevels being ground. They are in heat treat right now.

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-mike
 
North Arm Knives said:
Here are the first steel prototypes of our new paring knife being profiled on the CNC and bevels being ground. They are in heat treat right now.

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-mike
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How are you holding the sheet when milling out the blanks?

When milling thin stuff like this seems like setup/work holding is probably the most time consuming part
 
In honor of Nick's handle, this one just took a dive off the drill press. 440C, pre-HT. I have nice rubber mats around my machining area; the drill press isn't in the machining area. Luckily, I only have about three hours in this so far. I guess it will become a shorter version of its' former self.

Bob


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