That happens on occasion. It has to do with electrons bumping into protons and positrons passing negativetrons or something like that. Happens to me all the time, as Flo would say.
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That happens on occasion. It has to do with electrons bumping into protons and positrons passing negativetrons or something like that. Happens to me all the time, as Flo would say.
Ok Finished the 3rd Knife Decided to Use My Vaneer Micarta And Used a Red Liner Also. I Used Balsa Wood from Crates The Green Beens and Corn Come In I Dismantled them Cut and Dyed them,Glued them All Togther and the Finished Product is What you See. Now I Have to Still Make a Seath for it Will Be Doing a Pancake Wetformed Sheath .Now Were Do They Get Sent for Auction Now that there Done .
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That's a wild piece Skinner. Care to describe the features ?
Very cool looking. As far as where to send them - you hang onto them for now. Not sure exactly how Winter wants to do the auction when it is time, but after the auction - the funds are sent to me - once I receive them then the knife maker will send out the knife (knives) to the member that had the winning bid. At least that is how we auctioned things for DOC in the past.
Nice work guys! I think I may have a small knife fetish.
Size really doesn't matter, Willie.
Hey, Skinner! Yeah, tell us more. That's a crazy cool design. Must be sharp, I see a band aid. (snort, giggle).
Ok Here's The Info On the Knife
Metal:Lawnmower Blade-So Unknown Steel
Red Liner: Make From a Red Beef Cutting Board(Plastic/Anti Bacterial)
Blade Size:5"
Handle Size:5"
OA Size:10"
Thickness:1/8 "
Scales Are Vaneer Style Micarta
The Shape Came To Me From Watching a Skink that Hange Around My Work Table
The Blade is Heavy In the Hand But is Totally Balanced.
The Blade Design Is Just a Modded Style Of the Main Knives I make.I Call them Southern High Belly Skinners.
And On the Sharpness Front Yep Was Sanding the Blade and Was SSanding the Edge As I Went Along and When I Hit the 6000 Grit Bam Right threw the thumb and Was So Clean I Found Out By the Blood On the Blade .LOL
And In the Pic I Have My Wrist Wrapped Due to Savere Carpel Tunnal I Go In Sep 19 for EMG testing and Then Set up Surgery (Not till After Deer Hunting Season)I Have Processing and Skinning to Do . I Have Had It for Over 10 Years Now And It's Just Getting Worse.Doesn't Help That I Hand Sand Everything After 110 Grit up to at times 6000 Grit.
Crash, the matter of the auction I'd like to put solely in the hands of the admins and mod team.
I don't mind doing it, but would like some input from everybody making a knife. List all together? One at a time? Either post or PM me your thoughts on how you would like to see it proceed when the time comes.
May as well discuss it openly.
There's a few ways to do it.
Maybe, instead of an auction, the makers can come up with a value for the knife and sell slots that equal that value.
Say I think my knife is worth $100. Sell 10 slots at $10 bucks and use a random number online thingy to decide which of the 10 slots is the winner.
That would leave the customer with the decision on what knife they want and $10 is not gonna break the bank so poor folk like me can get in on it.
The problem is that we need a thread for every knife and the thread is open till the slots are full.
That would be my prefered method.
I'm open for anything. It's all for a good cause. My initial thought was (looks like we'll have five knives) was to list the knives with pictures and descriptions - leave the thread open for a week or so. Bidders could submit a bid for the knife they wanted. If a raffle suits people better that is fine with me. When we discussed a raffle in the past - if twenty people entered, then the money would have to be received from all twenty before the knife was sent out. We kind of stayed away from the raffle method for that reason.
Everybody weigh in. Hopefully we get a lot of forum members participating. How do you want us to proceed?
Cut, epoxied and pinned the Crashcarta today.
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I'm open to an auction too Crash.
Members, help us out!
I'm Up to Any Way it Will Be Done I'm Not a Expert Knife Maker Still Learning . And the Knives I Have Sold So Far I Have Not Sold For a Arm and a Leg . My Biggest 2 I Made Were Bowie Styles and Sold Both for 60 Bucks With Sheaths. And I Make My Knives From Found Steel Have Yet Had to Pay for Any Steel Yet.
. I Like the Slots Idea But ,I'm Up For Anything.
Skinner - Good luck on the EMG. They aren't fun.
I like the auction idea. Not much on drawings! But whatever y'all do I will def. Be in it.
Willie
The object, as always, is to make as much money as possible for a great cause.
Maximum participation, minimum hassle.
Do an auction. List all 5 knives (numbered?) in one thread with an opening bid for each.
Sit back and enjoy.
Now Winter had a good idea about giving more people with limited funds a shot at owning something special. That could be a whole 'nother DOC thang. Maybe with one item.
Variety is good.
Made some progress. I still need to fine tune the finger guard, etch it and make some pants for it.
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That's a great looking knife Crash.
On the raffle/auction. Why not just have the knifemakers decide what they wanna do with their knives?
It may take a while for the auction/raffle to happen but, wth, it's not like the DOC can't use the money whenever it arrives.
Awesome knife Crash, the red and black Crashcarta is wicked looking!
What if the sticky stayed up permanently and makers could auction a knife or other wares on their own personal schedule (as projects are completed) Proceeds goto DOC. I knew I couldn't make the deadline so I didn't participate but wanted to. Crash collects maker ships. Base auction price starts with reasonable shipping cost.
Got the blade etched and the finger guard shaped the way I want it.
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Holy cow. That's beautiful.
War Bird... Looks like the Tlingit totem pole.
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Beautifuss, simply beautifuss!
That came out great, Crash.
What's the next step in the auction process?
The original plan (and I don't think it has changed) is to hold the auction sometime in November.
Figured a good bush knife should have a matching firesteel.
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Will all 5 knives be listed at the same time or will it be separate & at times each knife maker is ready?
I know some options were discussed but no consensus reached, as far as I noticed.
My plan (unless there are objections) is to list all five (or more) knives at once with updated pictures. The auction will be open for a week and people can bid on whichever knife/knives they want.
Continuing with the WIP - started working on the sheath today. I'm going to experiment with a new type that does not include a welt. The idea is to shave off some leather so that the knife will slide into the shaved area. With the thicker leather and a welt the sheath can get rather thick. If it doesn't work there is still time before the auction to make another one.
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I made a little more progress on the sheath.
This will be "inside" the sheath. The snap attaches the retaining strap (no sewing this way).
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Outside view.
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I use an adjustable stitching groover.
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I mark the holes with this wheel.
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Holes are drilled in the top piece. I've tried using a lacing thong punch which works well but the drilled holes are much easier on the arthritis in the fingers when it acts up.
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The theory of this design is that the knife will sit securely in the carved out section and not come in contact with the stitches.
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All glued up with a chunk of rail road track to press it in place overnight.
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The final piece will be glued in place last.
And in other news...
Another trail derailment in Florida. News at 11:00.
What did you stain the leather with?
I'm using a leather dye made by Fiebing.
Definitely different sheath making technique.
Yeah - haven't really "learned" how to do it other than trial and error. Hopefully this trial will lead to success.
Best way to learn.
Today's progress.
The final piece of leather glued and clamped in place.
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All of the holes drilled.
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Stitching done.
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The edges are burnished. I used the belt sander for this. A dremel type tool or brass rod in a drill work. Some will burn the edges to seal them. The final belt I used was a worn out 400 grit, so it does burn the edges.
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Edges are smoothed.
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Another coat of stain (showed the bottle this time). The smaller bottle is a product called Edge Kote. It dresses up the edge and seals it.
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Blade is wrapped in cellophane.
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Knife is placed in the sheath and then just the top piece of leather is wet. I'll let it sit like this over night.
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Looking good Crash! I hadn't considered glueing what kinda glue is it?
I have to agree. Very nice.
CS - I use contact cement.