Chad J Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Here is the latest for a gentleman at work. It is made from some crane cable i salvaged from work. it is 8" x 1", with a 4" handle. The handle is some jatoba (common to the Caribbean, Central and South America) with two 1/4"mosaic pins and four 1/8" brass rod. Thanks for looking, any comments are welcome. Chad J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Hey Chad, that has some nice clean simple lines to it. He should like it a lot, if he doesn't you can send it to me What size cable did you start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodz Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDW Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Thats a nice looking knife. I like cable a lot. What grit did you sand to prior to etching. The dark colors look great. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Here is the latest for a gentleman at work. It is made from some crane cable i salvaged from work. it is 8" x 1", with a 4" handle. The handle is some jatoba (common to the Caribbean, Central and South America) with two 1/4"mosaic pins and four 1/8" brass rod. Thanks for looking, any comments are welcome. Chad J Fantastic knife! slick city! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Hey Chad, that has some nice clean simple lines to it. He should like it a lot, if he doesn't you can send it to me What size cable did you start with? hey BIGGUNDOCTOR thanks for the comment. that Cable was 1 1/4" from the crane's main whip line. and after i showed him the knife i couldn't get it back to show other people! Thats a nice looking knife. I like cable a lot. What grit did you sand to prior to etching. The dark colors look great. Good job. hey LDW, thanks, i sanded to 400 grit then a glass bead blasted it, to give it a satin look that you really can't see from the photos. then a etch secession for 30 minutes in 1:7 ferric chloride/water solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Ed Caffrey has said that he gets ferric chloride from radio shack but at our local store they don't seem to know what I'm talking about. Do u have any suggestions on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me miller Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 See if they know what computer board etchant is? Or you can get it in powdered form off of ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Ed Caffrey has said that he gets ferric chloride from radio shack but at our local store they don't seem to know what I'm talking about. Do u have any suggestions on that? I had the same problem, i went in and asked for ferric chloride and got the deer in the head light look. Went home and looked it up on there web site and found there catalog number and took it in to them and THEN they found it! Model: 276-1535 | Catalog #: 276-1535 Hope that helps Chad J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golgotha forge & anvil Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I had the same problem, i went in and asked for ferric chloride and got the deer in the head light look. Went home and looked it up on there web site and found there catalog number and took it in to them and THEN they found it! Model: 276-1535 | Catalog #: 276-1535 Hope that helps Chad J Thanks much! I'll have to pay them another visit! FYI Ed uses 3:1 on his mixture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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