Who Would Be Interested In Doing A Collaboration Classic Hunter With Me??

John
before HT and the tapering of the Tang
Roger wants to full Heat treat.

your Retainer pin holes at 1MM I don't need but Roger wants them.
once I have my part done they wont be needed. the pins I will
use will be removable, replaceable,alignment hold down pins
all in one..6 of them at .125

if anyone thinks I'm out of alignment let me know :D
 
:) Sean I got the Mokume today nice stuff indeed
nice smelling box too.:D Ocean Breeze? must be the wifes perfume
packaging perty:D
 
Hey, how does that brazing joint look? I don't know if it would patina a different color or not, but when it is polished I couldn't even see it.

Yeah the box did smell nice didn't it? I thought you would like that.;) Had some nice little blue candles in it before i stole it to use for the mokume.:D
 
Yeah, I plan to heat treat after all drilling, tapering and bevels are ground.

Has anyone heard from Nick?? I haven't seen him around here for a good while. Wonder if he got hit by one of those computer viruses??

I'll use the pins to keep the jade aligned with the scales. This will help in keeping them indexed while I am filling the skeletal cut out.

RL
 
Roger can I ask why you are using the ivory to back up the jade filling?

Sean I'll age part of it to see what happens.
it looks good just a little in places you can see the joint
pickling it may help? it looks like it's bled a little.
but looks nice though..
 
I'm not. I must have been thinking of the original ideas of doing it. The jade will not be bonded to the ivory. The jade skeletal cut-out will be filled with agragated Brownells glass compound.

A momentary lapse of reason. I do want the jade pinned to the ivory though because I will be using the scales as a backing while edge grinding the jade to the profile of the scales. This is before it is attached to the tang. After attaching to tang there will be more profile grinding needed too.

RL
 
you getting old too?:( :)

edited to add

roger the blank I want, can or should be used for the profiling of the jade and the ivory as a template
to get the
right relief and it will back up both and be pined it should make the job easyer too.
 
roger the blank I want, can or should be used for the profiling of the jade and the ivory as a template
to get the
right relief and it will back up both and be pined it should make the job easyer too.

bruce brought up that things change dementions a little if not
done on the Tapered tang (or a tapered blank) and I agree.
what do you think?
 
Well, I didn't and wasn't going to speak up about the extra blank. I believe we might be complicating things a bit by asking Dave to try to make such a close duplicate. I think all will work out just fine by only using the real thing.

RL
 
I agree, Roger. I am sending that round stone on a shaft that will fit in your drill press. It will cut the jade, but is smooth enough to not mess up the ivory if you accidentally go on through the jade to the ivory... you could use it to get the jade pretty close to the ivory before you go to the belt. Maybe use it after you use the saw I am sending along with the rest of the stuff.You can look at the tools and so forth when it gets to you with the jade, and feel your way. No sense in you using up a bunch of belts, Roger. I will give you a phone call this weekend, Roger.I also hope to get some pictures.
 
Saw? You are doing the cut-out; right?? Please Lord make him say yes.

John, that's great and a good idea about the wheel. I have a small mill and it should lend itself well for that. I have collets and if the shank is not a size I have in collets I also have a Jacobs ball bearing chuck. We should be okay if I pump a six-pack down to steady the ol'nerves.

RL
 
Hey Guys-

I'm still alive. I've made about 7 billets now, and hadn't gotten the right one yet.

Believe me, it's not for a lack of trying.

I made some start-burst mosaic billets, but they would have been too busy with Sean's mokume, the ivory and jade.

I made an 8 bar composite twist, but it came out too damn small! I had no idea there would be sooooooo much waste in a billet like that. AND, I made the composite out of 120 layer twist billets, and it was too fine.

So, I've got two long 64 layer twist billets now that I'm going to try to do another composit with.

Unless you guys don't want me to. If you just want a big tight twist billet I can do that and get this ball rolling sooner.

It's up to you. You guys just made the mistake of agreeing to a person that's WAAAAAAAY too picky to do the damascus for this project ;)

Sorry for not updating.
Nick
 
Nick,

If that's the way you are about these type things I prefer you carry on as you think best. You and we now know what the mokume is like and there was a picture posted of the ivory some time back and the jade is geeen with some black in it. All we need to really know is you are still with us and going at it. That really is the big deal about it all. This is a one time knife with some great makers involved and if its being worked on just do it as you think best it be done.

Man did we ever miss you lately! Thanks Nick.

RL
 
this is what I had thought was going to happen with the Handel


I mentioned before we could relieve the handle materials a little
just enough to look nice and deliberate, the Damascus etch
will decorate any of the tang ( with rounded edges) protruding around the whole handle.
this would make it an easier fit, if it doesn't have to be flush,
and if it should loosen up some with time (on the alignment pins )
it will have more room to move with out having sharp
spots if you know what I mean?


Bruce Bump
Basic Member

Cool, I like the exposed rounded slightly tang concept.


Roger if the latter is going to be done how are you going to profile
all the handle materiel's together and leave the profile of the tang
razed without a template? I know it can be done but a
template to hold all in place would make it much easier,
especially where the jade being harder to work.

just trying to make both our jobs easier, not more completed.
if Dave can't or doesn't want to make a matching blank I'll do it,
at least to ease my part
it makes no difference to me if you have an easier way for your self..But I would offer it to you to make your part easyer also.

also I thought Chuck was sending some Ivory did I miss It?
I can post on the site the first Ivory you posted.
please up date me :)
 
Roger, yes, I am doing the skeletonizing and drilling of the 1mm retaining holes. You had a good idea about releiving the shoulders of the cutout, too. Consider it done, friend! The slices of jade seem to be really stable, by the way.I can't forsee any of us having any problems, except dropping them on a hard surface. I work over a wood floor, not concrete, in the new shop.By the way, when placing the jade in any type of vice, use WOOD inserts or blocks. The old wood furniture making clamps work well. Oak is recommended, if you happen to have some, but any hardwood works.
 
Okay. If it's not to be a flush fit the steel template is a good way to go.

I will shot a picture of the new ivory and email it to you for posting. It looks like the other large piece I had posted before but smaller and with more surface cracks.

RL
 
John, yes I have some oak here and better than that I can have my Pop the wood worker to cut me a set of vise jaw liners.

My floor is carpet. SUCKS but good for jade.

RL
 
Just letting y'all know that I will be out of town until the 23rd. I can't imagine why I would be needed for anything, but just in case - wanted to let you know.

Dan
 
I just took a picture of all the blue ivory I have and sent it to Dan so all you fellows can choose which you like best for this knife. They are all high dollar good and it will be difficult to make a bad choice.

Dan K., I hope it is a fun trip you are taking. Thanks for advising us.

For me, I hope to be very scarce the last three weeks of next month. If I have my way there will be no phones or computers close to me for most of that time.

RL
 
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