March 16, 20179 yr So I started these a few months back, and then worked on other things due to a couple of technical issues I ran into with these. On the straight back blade, I was going to go with just bubinga scales, but when they arrived, they were VERY mismatched color wise, So I decided to use the lighter of the two scales along with a single scale I had of Bolivian rosewood, as the other scale from that set had a massive crack in it. When I fit everything together, I had a gap on one side. Which is what caused me to go with the copper spacers shown, in hindsight, I wish I would have had something to use as a spacer between the two pieces of copper on that one, because you can see a separation between the two pieces of copper on each side of the blade. On the other, the scales are Ebony, and when I ordered and received the scales, they were " flat " after about 2 weeks of sitting in my basement, they had developed a serious warp, so I steamed them, clamped them, and let them sit a few days. After about a week, the warped again, so this time, I got all the rest of the work done, steamed them again, clamped them up and left them that way till I was ready to drill the pin holes and glue this knife up. It has now sat for about 2 weeks, and shows no signs of warping in the handle scales. When I went to shape the handles on this, I decided that Ebony stinks to high heaven when its sanded ( even through a dust mask ) and didnt like working with it due to this ( my shop is my attached garage, do not wish to make the girlfriend irate ) but after hand sanding the scales up to 500g, I found that I really liked the way the scale finished so I will be working with it after all.
March 16, 20179 yr Author Sorry, I did forget to include specs. Both are 5160, 1/4 inch spines with 6.75 inch blade and OAL of 11.25 inches.
March 17, 20179 yr Who are you and what have you done with Steve? Quick check for a pod behind his shop!
March 17, 20179 yr Author Steve. First. let me humbly apologize for making you think that is how I see you, Because it is not. ( referring to the swords post earlier ) and was just trying to help a fellow newb along. However, you do tend to have Snarky responses to those who do not research their questions first, which I have NO objection to, I am the same way in my own " Primary role " as IT. forcing one to accept a bit of humility in ones endeavors is not a bad thing in the least. It makes one reassess their own strengths and play to them, and address the items they are lacking in. So when I do ask a stupid question, and I am sure I will, By all means, open up the flood gates and let your snark out. It will not offend me, and will only push me harder to ask the right questions after I have done enough research to ask the right questions. Second off, Thank you, For you and Thomas to not pick apart the mistakes I made ( And admitted to ) in the first post, proves I am on the right track to produce quality work.
March 18, 20179 yr Very nice, I've got to post pictures of the two I'm working on now. I'm bad at that. I really like those. I really like the blade shapes and the brass bolsters. Nicely done!
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