Jephgag Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thomas Powers - I ran out of sanding paper to finish the handle. I will go grab some tomorrow and hopefully finish it then. It's pretty much the only step left. It does feel like a knife which is pretty exciting. The proportion are a bit off as I tried to make the micarta myself and it was too thick. Next time, i'll definitely buy the micarta or a blank of wood (I have a nice wood shop near where I live) to concentrate on making a better blade. I also have a lot of air bubble in the epoxy as I used scotch brites and didn't properly press out the bubbles. I also didn't wrap the blade properly and epoxy went on the already battered plunge. Frosty - I am not saying that my knife look like crap. I was saying that I wasn't worried too much if it did look like crap or if it had flaws on it. I made sure that my forge was safe first and foremost, and then worked on the blade to the best of my ability. I am pretty happy with the results so far. Even with all the flaws, It does feel like a knife and I will use it in my garage for sure. I'll post pics by this sunday hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jephgag Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 Thomas Powers - Here are 2 photos. 1 showing the marks left and the second showing the knife in it's entirety. I am not sure how I missed it, but the tip of the blade is way too thick compared to the rest of the blade. And the plunge was supposed to be 1/8 longer. I made a few tests with the knife before taking the pictures to see if the knife would hold an edge. I hammered the knife to cut through wood, I cut through old sand paper , i cut through softwood (don't have any hardwood around) and the knife is still cutting great. I will need to work more on the tip though. Overall, i'm pretty satisfied with the outcome. I really like the scotch brite micarta and I will most definitely try to make a better one with different colors and no bubbles. I sanded the handle to 600 grit and gave it a small polish with the polishing compound that came with my dremel. Not the best, but does the job. I already started researching my next project. This first knife was a lot of time and struggle but kept me wanting for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Call it an armour piercing tip.... Glad you want to continue because you are doing OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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