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panch0
01-12-2010, 07:18 PM
Inspired by Crash's awesome file knives I decided to make one out of a Nicholson file I had laying around. I didn't anneal the file I just tempered in the oven for 2hrs at 425 degrees until I got a nice even straw color and then turned off the oven and cracked it open and let it get to room temp. I ground it out and dipped in cold water after every other pass on the grinder so it would not get over heated and mess up the temper. It took a bit longer than an annealed blade would. I had a carbide drill bit and drilled through the hard steel for the pins. I then attachedt the cocobolo scales which still need a bit of sanding an teak oil treatment. I put a convexed grind on this one. Here it is.

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Camp10
01-12-2010, 07:32 PM
Very nice! It must be contagious...I have a file on the bench in the process also. Thanks for all the inspiration Crash!! Nice knife Frank!

Rick
01-12-2010, 08:17 PM
You guys are crazy good.

Oh, yeah, I had 12 files laying around so I threw some knives together today.

It would probably take me a month to make that knife and then everyone would ask what it was supposed to be. Great looking as usual! Very nice.

Pal334
01-12-2010, 08:21 PM
Rick, I was thinking the same thing.
I want to do it, just don't have the know how yet.

BUt if I am not careful, I just might learn something about this knife making stuff

crashdive123
01-12-2010, 09:11 PM
Great work Panch0. I love it.

gryffynklm
01-12-2010, 09:17 PM
Daaaang, Could you imagine a slick set of knives like that for the kitchen. The cocobolo looks perfect.

Rick
01-12-2010, 09:19 PM
It looks fake, doesn't? It's so good it looks like a poured epoxy. It has a wet look to it and the grain almost has a look of depth to it.

panch0
01-12-2010, 09:34 PM
Thanks guys! It was fun to make.

klkak
01-12-2010, 09:39 PM
I guess I need to get back in the shop and make a couple more knives.

Ted
01-17-2010, 09:35 AM
:clap::clap::clap: Wow!

rebel
01-17-2010, 10:00 AM
WOW! You have a good eye for what looks right, you're an artist.

pocomoonskyeyes
01-17-2010, 12:15 PM
That is a REALLY good knife. That design looks so multipurpose, it would be great in a sheath or in a Kitchen Drawer!!
I only hope I can be 1/4 the knifemaker you guys are.