Man, that thing just makes me grin! I love that knife! Great work.... as usually!
Sorry but I'm going to copy it, add a gut hook and use antler scales. I just have too!
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Man, that thing just makes me grin! I love that knife! Great work.... as usually!
Sorry but I'm going to copy it, add a gut hook and use antler scales. I just have too!
Very nice work Canid!!
I'm sorry I thought you had a drill press,Don't know why, but I did. Perhaps some nails driven in a board?? 4 nails driven in should provide adequate "Bracing".
i've got a couple of quick release clamps that work great, when i remember to use them.
and ted: none of my craft work posted here is intellectual property; copy away. just make sure to post lots and lots of knife porn while you do it :D
LOL... Well thank you! Man I going to have to break down and by a camera. The photos of the knives I've made are from me laying them on the scanner,LOL. Already given away a couple without posting them because the scans were so s****y! Grainny porn sucks! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by canid
Now granny porn on the other hand....(ooops, did I just type that out loud!!!):blushing::blushing::blushing:
Well done. Glad the disc sander is working out for you.
love that Koa.
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/img_0262.jpg
i would be interested in donating one of this pair for a DOC auction if anybody is game.
That's a generous offer. If you want to, just start a thread like Poco did and then it'll be off to the races.
sounds like a plan. first i need to do the finish work, etc.
i think the one on offer will probably be the second blade; i'm not sure much epoxy got between the scales and the pins to stand the test of time.
the pins for the second blade will be roughed up better, and slightly tapered.
started a couple more today. i just can't help myself:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/img_0263.jpg
btw: should we move this to the knife forum?
Man! You sure are becoming a production line. Nice work. If you want it moved, I will - fits here in the Making Stuff forum as well.
I really like the Kukri Canid! Good shape work. I was wanting to do one for my next project. I am hung up right now trying to decide if I want to temper after my mineral spirits controlled quench, which seems to have worked well. I left the edge the thickness of a dime for heattreat and have now taken it to a convex edge using a wet stone. It seems to take an edge good. May have to do some tests before I mount the scales...
ease in taking an edge is half the battle.
thickness of a dime is way thicker than you should need to leave it for heat treat. i think you're just making more work for yourself.
I would temper it CS! When I was experimenting with that steel, I quenched in animal fat (because I figured that's how 200 year old steel should be quenched) and I was very surprised how hard I was able to get it. I think I send the method I used and the hardness I measured when I was done. I cant remember the numbers off hand but It was very hard and very brittle after quench.
update and a new one:
http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/two-more.jpg
i can't stop myself.
of course i'm not satisfied with that bevel on the bottom one. i'll work on it quite a bit more. that's what happens when you get into too much of a hurry.
Canid, are the marks on the top blade for a fuller? Nice job!
that was my desire, but this stock is really too thin for my liking, and i don't think i could grind in a fuller without risk of cutting through.
i think i'll just keep the template i made for this blade and do it again the next time i have thicker stock.
note to self:
glue up scales before sanding pins flush!
i got my hands on a couple old steel bed rails. i've cut out a few blanks, and started another blade from the template i was talking about earlier.
it's just like the top one in the last pic, though the blade is a hair wider, and this stock is a little thicker.
the stock has nice sparks, and i've heard those rails tend to be simple steel. i'm thinking in the .60% C range, at a wild guess. i'll be hardening the first one soon enough, and i'll try an oil quench first, i think.