Work in Progress, Sambar Stag Utility

Well I am not crazy about it. I would have chosen another blade maybe one of the other 3 but not sure I like the shape of them, let alone the hamon. The guard spacer area is a little "busy" for my taste. Stag handle is too dark. On the plus side well...I like the length.














:p;)

Of course I am kidding, gorgeous knife. :D

Pad
 
David! You're asking us?? We all look up to you for your artistic impression and new ways to do things. I'd say just choose what you like, we'll love it!
 
Farmer Phyl said:
Dave,

So what did you end up with? Can we see a few pix of the finished knife...if it's still around?

What a beaut!

Phil
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Thanks Phil, I was going to post some pics of the finished knife but it was buried in the archives and I always hesitate bringing back an old thread.
I decided to stay with the blade I had on the temporary assembled knife photo. Customer really likes it, the customer is Paul Long (sheathmaker), I'm attaching his photo with the sheath he made for his new knife.

Thanks again you guys!!
Dave


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On a side note, I was out of metal polish and couldn't get out to purchase more so looked around for something I could use. I tried it out on a blade that had a rough 600 grit finish and I swear it almost put on a deep dark mirror all by itself. I'm going to try it after sanding to around 2000 or so, I bet it will turn out great. Also works really well to bring out a hamon.

The only thing I could find was "pink no scratch" and lamp oil. Put some pink no scratch in a mortar with a little lamp oil then crushed and mixed with a pestle. Applied mixture with a soft rag rubbing medium to heavy pressure until rag turned black, cleaned and buffed with a clean soft rag. I repeated this one more time with light pressure and it brought the test blade to almost a mirror and brought out the hamon more than I've ever been able to do.

I'm sure this is old news to a lot of you guys but hopefully someone may find it helpful.

Dave


This is what it looked like before polishing
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After polishing
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one more pic. showing some of the scratches still visible, not too bad considering what I started with but it sure brought out the hamon!
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Wade, :) I haven't completely given up on making sheaths. I started practicing leather carving before a surgery last year. I was feeling more and more comfortable with it and made a couple items like notebook covers and sheath inlays. I plan to hopefully soon start making sheaths again incorporating the leather carving.
Dave
 
Damn! The polishing sure brought out an elevated level of complexity and beauty in an already impressive blade, Dave. Pretty neat how much change one more small step can generate.:thumbup:
 
I think I'd rather pull a beater knife out of my pocket than use that for any utilities. :p Great knife, all the elements really match well, I think. :thumbup: Killer hamon, too.
 
That's a fantastic piece Dave! i would really like to thank you for the exploded view as well. It helps me to understand a few things better that I've been wondering about with this type of construction.

Gorgeous work.

-d
 
I was pretty surprised Mike, wasn't expecting it to do much but will definitely use it again.

Thanks Blue

Thanks -d, I received an email with a couple questions about the confusing exploded view so thought I should post my reply here also.

Email reply:
Definitely not a stupid question as the photos are a bit deceiving.

The exploded view really doesn't show everything, like the hidden frame handle pins. I didn't use the blade in the exploded view so it doesn't show the tang hole that lines up with the pin in the finished knife photo.

On the U shaped parts of the handle I drilled 2 holes on each leg of the U, also drilled partial depth holes in the same locations on each stag piece (underside). This is what holds the frame together and the 1 pin that goes through the stag and tang is what holds the handle to the blade, along with the epoxy of course.

Usually you see 4 or so small perimeter pins in addition to at least 1 center pin on framed handle construction, I didn't want the exposed perimeter pins so I hid them instead.

Hope all that made sense!!

Dave
 
Man Dave, you have quite a following! That's why the shuttle didn't go up the last few days, all the guys in the Houston control room were watching your thread for the next posting by you! Dave, you ARE...the next American Idol!
 
Hi David,

I fell in love with your stuff some time ago the minute I saw this INCREDIBLE knife. In fact, I made a post to this thread so I can find the thread again and look at whenever I want to.

WOW, she is a BEAUT!!!

All the best, Phil
 
Dave,

Simply put-----that's one INCREDIBLE knife!

Love what the pink no scratch/lamp oil did to the hamon. That's not something I would have thought of, but sure is something I've got to try.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

-Mike-
 
Man you just opened up a whole new world of assembly to me, and I'm totally slack jawed at the whole thing. This is what "knife making" is all about! Thanks for sharing, I can't wait to go make something again! For what it's worth I like your choice of blades for this one and would have gone with the third one in the other pic if I ever had the luxury of making stuff like this. My life just changed again. Whew.
 
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