WIP : Svord Peasant--> Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear...More pics

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Lately I have been dabbling with a few Svord Peasants, and this re profiled blade just screamed for a better handle. I had a few pieces of honey buffalo horn on hand and thought; why not give this a go?!

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first I made the balsa mock up to try to get a feel for the ergonomics and such, then ripped the slabs to thickness and cut out a profile. A couple of holes placed where they needed to be, then temporary pins and a pencil to get a feel for how this thing might actually work out...

oh yeah, I also rough cut the brass spacer for the butt, and peined a bronze bushing into the blade hole...

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then I proceeded to work out the details of the spacer allowing for pins and blade clearances...


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and now we are done with most of the TFAR engineering ...now on to assembly time...

* lots of steps missing in between :o
( lots of pinning and sanding and such )



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All NS pinned construction, final sanding and buffing are yet to come. The weight of the buffalo horn gives this thing a very solid feel, and the action is a little on the tight side ( my preference) so I believe that this thing can be put to hard use confidently...
Will post more pics after final finishing work is done...


Thanks for looking...
 
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Very nice work!! Thank you for posting the details of your efforts. This will be one sweet EDC.
 
Wow! That is awesome work. I'm so impressed with those of you that can do these things with your hands. Almost all of my work is done with my mind only.

DJK
 
Thanks Duncan and Gevonovich! I can't wait to get this horn polished up now.
 
Good gravy, that's nice. I'm glad you didn't keep the pointy pointy (nointy nointy) end.

Another great job. :thumbup:

~ P.
 
That is fantastic Duane, love the buffalo horn. Looking forward to seeing it shine.



Kris
 
Thanks wmbt, ~P, and Doug :)
So I might be safe in saying that you can turn a sow's ear into a silk purse ? :D


psssst...it's not even done yet!
 
Duane, what an amazing transformation!!! I think (and don't quote me on this) my son in college would call it "Dope"---man did I just date myself there :p

Paul
 
That's an awesome mod! That horn just looks great. A great change, very nice work!
 
Holy cow! You sir could likely quit your day job and be just fine. I'm getting one of these and am going to try to do something like this. Do you have any shots of this next to a common pattern so I can size it up? Not sure if I'm to buy the o.g. or the small one. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration:)
 
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