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[Nate’s Knives]

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I put the handle on top of the tang to get a perspective of how it would look. Antler is definitely not for the faint of heart. At least with a block you install the tang then grind down the block into a usable handle. Horn has no set line, etc. You must conform to the whims of the horn or ruin it…

Cool thing abt this piece of horn was the relief on the left side (which is showing). It fits perfect for the fingers to wrap and come at rest there.

 

[ScarFoot]

Also trying to get the hang of the carbide radius platen. This is my first attempt and it’s actually going pretty well. It’s harder than a standard hollow grind for sure because it doesn’t lock in as solidly. I did this using the smaller of RD_knives radius platens on an 1/8” blade with a 120 grit belt. It should clean up and line up nicely as I work through my belt progression.

 

[ScarFoot]

How do you grind your fuller? I haven’t attempted one yet…

I honestly threw everything in my arsenal at it. This knife was mostly hand files and sanding. On the next one I’m doing I super glued some carbide tooling blanks on lines I scribed down the blade and ran a dremel tool with a stone down the length of it to get the initial groove. After that I cleaned it up with files and hand sanding.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Well, we all do it sooner or later!!!

I had a nice skinner blade of layered tamahagane and 1080. I hung it in the FC tank to check the pattern before the last sanding grit. Then went to do another task, and then fix dinner, and then do some hand sanding .... and found it the next morning. I was eaten severely. I reground it as a thinner and smaller blade. I had to redo the handle a bit because the tang was now thinner than when I cut the slot in the ebony. I'll post a photo of it after the final assembly today or tomorrow, but here is what it looked like when I found it.