metalmangeler Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 These are 1080, 15n20 twisted, 32 layers,and caribou antler tines. The blades are about 2 inches long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Beautiful work. Specifically, what method did you use to attach the handles to the blade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Smith Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Now I know I have engineering on the brain--I saw "integrals" and immediately started thinking of calculus.... Needless to say, I definitely like these integrals better. Wouldn't mind having one for a hunting knife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmangeler Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Thank you. To attach the handle I just drew a tendon on the handle end, then notched the tendon for glue retention, and drilled out the antler and epoxied it. I like to also pin them, but since the tines were so small (caribou tines are often flat one way rather than being round) the tendons needed to be small, I thought that I might have a problem with my pin so I skipped it. In hind sight if I had made the tang rectangular in cross section rather than square-octogon I would have had the opotion of pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thanks, I may try that method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Nice job.....Bold contrast coming out of that twist! Good on ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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