July 23, 200916 yr ...for my Dad's 78th birthday. Applewood scales, brass liners and pins, mild steel divider. The blade was forged from a tire tool. This is my first real attempt at file work. Comments, questions and critiques welcome! Thanks for looking...bart.
July 23, 200916 yr That's very good for a first attempt at file work. Good imagination too -- I haven't seen that liner pattern used before. Simple but effective. I like the whole knife. It's one of the cleanest, most modern looking friction folders I can remember seeing. Not that the more common rustic or ornate rustic styles are bad, but this is nicely different.
July 24, 200916 yr Author Thanks a bunch for all the positive comments! My dad liked it, and to me that was what really mattered. bart
June 13, 201015 yr ...for my Dad's 78th birthday. Applewood scales, brass liners and pins, mild steel divider. The blade was forged from a tire tool. This is my first real attempt at file work. Comments, questions and critiques welcome! Thanks for looking...bart. I'm sorry, Bart. I can't get a pic. Jim L.
July 7, 201015 yr I'm sorry, Bart. I can't get a pic. Jim L. I too am unable to see a picture. From the replies, it sounded like a nice knife. I'd sure like to see it :)
September 11, 201015 yr Author Sorry guys. Old pix must have been deleted. Heres one... Thanks for looking. Bart
September 11, 201015 yr Author Thanks. Heres a shot of the filework on the back. Thanks for looking. Bart
November 2, 201015 yr Nice! thanks. I've been looking for threads on friction folders so I can make a basic one for my daughter for Christmas...
February 8, 201214 yr I am just starting out making friction folders and this is so beautiful I could weep with envy. Please tell me how you do the brass or perhaps you could post a diagrammatic sketch? I don't sell BTW. So if I imitate it would be sheer flattery.
March 7, 201214 yr Author I am just starting out making friction folders and this is so beautiful I could weep with envy. Please tell me how you do the brass or perhaps you could post a diagrammatic sketch? I don't sell BTW. So if I imitate it would be sheer flattery. Thanks for the encouraging words! Just my second friction folder and was kind of a seat-of-the-pants project. Brass liners were cut to rough shape with fret saw then riveted to bolsters. Next the liners/bolsters were rivet to the scale material. Finally the whole shebang was riveted together and filed/sanded to shape. Hope this helps. bart
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