May 15, 201610 yr Finished this one up today. First attempt at a dog start pattern. Don't think I quite nailed it, but do love how much movement the pattern has. 1080 & 15n20, maple handles. Screwed up on peening the pins too. Don't know what I did to make a couple of them come out so wonky. Guess it really doesn't matter on this one. It was a commission job and the customer loves it, so no biggie, but wish I knew what I did so I don't repeat it in the future.
May 15, 201610 yr Mr. jeep, A steel punch and a ball pein hammer can neatly smoosh the rivet end, next time. Also the void area around the rivet can be hidden (partially/) by mixing a light colored epoxy resin together with maple sawdust resin. The mixture is then worked into the void and allowed to set. I hope that helps. SLAG.
May 15, 201610 yr hello...hope no one minds... did you anneal the pins before you used them? Also did you slightly countersink the pin hole before you placed them? The annealing will allow for a "smoother" pein over with less breaking/splitting/chipping and the counter sink will give some "room" for the brass to "move into" thereby making for a bit more of a secure grip on things... hope this helps.. jph
May 15, 201610 yr Author 3 minutes ago, JPH said: hello...hope no one minds... did you anneal the pins before you used them? Also did you slightly countersink the pin hole before you placed them? The annealing will allow for a "smoother" pein over with less breaking/splitting/chipping and the counter sink will give some "room" for the brass to "move into" thereby making for a bit more of a secure grip on things... hope this helps.. jph Going back over my steps, and I would bet money that I didn't countersink the holes. That could explain it. I always do, but on this one, I think I blew right past that step. Never tried annealing the brass. Didn't even know it could be done. What temperature does it need to be taken up to? I just use my forge for HT, normalizing, and annealing, and have gotten pretty good with the steels I use, but not sure how I would tell the temp on a piece of brass, being nonmagnetic already. Ill have to look in to it and play around a little bit.
May 15, 201610 yr Author 8 minutes ago, Steve Sells said: perhaps its time to read through the non ferrous section and find out As always, a wise sage. Thanks Steve. First place I'm gonna look.
May 16, 201610 yr You have progressed very well/quickly! so much different from your beginning knives! amazing! Littleblacksmith
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.