WIP - Loveless Style Hunter by Erik Boese

Love this stuff. I check a couple times a day to see where you are. Makes me want to try a knife done in the same way.
 
Okay, got the part for my mini mill in the mail on Saturday and finally got her all hooked up and running again! Yay! :D Milled a rough slot in the guard this afternoon but can't do the final until I get the blade back from HT (hopefully this week). Sorry for the delay, I so want to get back on this one. I'll post some more pics when I get the blade back and start doing the fitting. God knows I don't want to bore anyone with my less than adequate machining :barf:
 
Cool thread, Erik. You are doing this thing the hard way what with the frame handle!:D
 
Yea, the frame handle is definitely a little challenging but I like the effect it will have when it's done. At least I hope so :D
 
What's great about the framed handle is you don't have to solder it afterwards if you don't want to.
 
LOL...that's very true. I'm still deciding on that. I had actually considered making it a take down model but I think I'll just go for a standard fixed assembly.
 
69_knives said:
Excellent thread, nice grinding work.
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Thank you :D Del Ealy is the man when it came to getting me here! Early on when I was having issues he told me to call him. Over the phone, he was able to troubleshoot my problems and get me the right path. Him and A LOT of practice really paid off. The most important thing I learned was not just to be able to grind, but to be able to FIX it when it goes bad. And with a Grizz running full bore, it can go bad and go quickly! :mad: :)
 
TekSec said:
And with a Grizz running full bore, it can go bad and go quickly! :mad: :)
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I hear you there, my friend. I'm amazed using my KMG now that I can just turn a knob and suddenly have a nice, slow belt speed with all kinds of precision. It actually makes me much more likely to go back to the grinder to fix things rather than doing it manually. I remember using the Grizzly that I was always a little nervous about touching that blade back to that blur of a belt.

Great thread. I'm enjoying the process you're going through.

--nathan
 
Okay, got a little bit more done (not much but still waiting for the blade to come back) so I thought I'd throw some pics up.

I traced out around the guard piece then cut the piece of paper out exactly on the line. I then folded it in half and noticed I was a bit off on one side (about 1/16"). I then took a Sharpy and colored the face of the billet. I made the template symmetrical by trimming the excess paper off while folded in half. I then placed the template on top of the billet and scribed a line on the metal that was exposed on the one side of the template. I also scribed a line down the center of the template fold giving me a pretty close center line. I put some clear tape over the scribed face to keep the Sharpy and scribed lines intact while I ground the excess off from the one side. After I got it all cleaned up, I moved over to the mill.
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Ignore the mill bit that I have chucked in on the above pic, I just used to verify the orientation and center line was correct after I got it clamped in my vice. I missed taking pics of using a center drill (#2) to pre-drill my holes so I'd get a nice bite with the bit. I drilled each of them (4) clean through going slow and using cutting oil to keep them as straight as possible. I used a 3/32" bit so that I would have plenty of meat for the final press fitting.
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Here it is held up to my shop light after I milled the excess out from between the drilled holes.
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I locked it into my 1-2-3 blocks to clean the rough points off with a small file. I'm not even close to getting it fit, just bored and wanted to do something to get a head start :D
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I plan to mill a little more from the inside of the tang hole but not until I get the blade back to verify the width since I just used the paper template and well all know that isn't necessarily how the blade actually is :)
 
I just hope it helps someone with some little thing they've either been trying to figure out or to do something a little better / easier! Being self taught (unless you count talking to other makers on the phone) I know these threads helped me immensely! Thank you all for looking. I hope to have the parts back either Monday or Tuesday so I can move forward on it.
 
Quick update, blade came back from Peters' today, guess they had a little back log due to the holidays. They're usually back in 5 to 7 business days, this one took around 11. Not trying to pimp Peters' (okay, maybe just a little :D) but they do great work. Just checked the blade and even though I ground it to near finish thickness, no warping to rippling so I'm very pleased! HT'd and cryo'd to 58-60 HRC. I'll hopefully get some shop time this weekend. Please stay tuned for pics!
 
This is great! Looks like it's coming along very well! :D

FWIW- It's MUCH easier to fit the guard and THEN shape it. If you fit the guard, then you can use your ricasso as a foundation to lay-out your guard... to ensure it's symmetrical off each side and such. It's also much easier to fixture a rectangular piece of material for drilling / milling / filing... than a rounded one.

I used to do it this way as well, but looking back, it's akin to building a house and then trying to set it on a foundation. It's easier to start from the ground up. IMHO :)

Just some free advice, and we know what that's worth :D ;)
 
Sheesh, Nick. You don't have to be such a jerk-a$$ about it! He's doing pretty good as it is. What a tool. :jerkit::jerkit: Always coming across like you're some mister know-it-all knife god. :rolleyes::p

--nathan
 
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