First attempt at a slip-joint

[rhitee93]

I thought I would share my first attempt at a slip-joint.  This is pretty much copied from Steve Culver's plans in his book, and was a pretty educational process.  Made a few goofs, but this won't be the last one of these I make

The blade and spring are made from a remnant of a mosaic bar I made from 1095 and 15N20.  The liners are mild steel, the scales are dyed stag, and the bolsters are nickel silver.

 

[Les L]

Very nice work.

[BeaverNZ]

thats really nice work

 

[templehound]

Somehow I missed that one.....IMHO slip joints are more fun to make then using them.

...and they come not easy off the bench.

This one looks great!

[jlpservicesinc]

That is a sweet little knife.. Well done. 

Whats the main blade pin made from? 

[Jspool]

Verry pretty! Great damascus and some special stag! For the first one I would say pretty amazing.

 

 

[rhitee93]

Thanks guys.

Wow, it's been a year since I made that knife.  I kind of cringe to look at it now.  It's funny how that works.  I've spent most of the last year working on slipjoints, and have worked up a couple designs of my own to get away from using Steve's pattern.  I've also been tweaking my process for fitting the pivot and busing so that I get a good solid peen on the pivot, but a nice snappy action at the same time.  I'll try to gather up some photos and post them here along with some of what I have learned about building them.  I've been kind of lame about not posting any work for a while...