wolfshieldrx Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Finished my first friction folder today. Well, I still have to sharpen it, but it is basically finished. The stats: Blade forged from tire iron Brass liners and pinned brass bolsters Mild steel "divider" with forged detail Walnut handle scales All work was done by hand except for drilling pin/rivet holes with drill-press (never could drill a straight hole!)...blade forged very close to shape in coal forge with hand cranked blower, then bevel was filed in and finished with increasing finer emery cloth. Liners, bolsters and divider cut out with fret saw. Divider detail forged then liners and divider shaped with files. Scales hand sawed from firewood with rip saw and hand planed. Everything finished up with my own turp/blo/beeswax mixture and emery cloth. Thanks for looking...your comments are always an inspiration. bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pault17 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Bart, great job and thanks for the pics. I have been working on one but keep getting stuck on the pivot and lanyard detail part of it. paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 that is way cool, like the scroll on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navren scafidi Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 that is way cool, like the scroll on it. like chadj said. but what kind of wood is the handle and what type of heat treat did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobb Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 First of all, thanks for the comments. Secondly, sorry for the lousy pictures...I did not realize how bad they are! Will try to post some better ones. Finally, the scales are black walnut. Heat treat: normalize x 3, heat to "cherry red" and quench in used motor oil/automatic transmission fluid. Heated chunk of steel to red and held spine of blade against that until edge color ran to bronze, then quenched. Upon honing blade it seems a bit hard. May temper a little softer next time. Thanks for looking, appreciate the comments. When I see the work some of you guys do on a regular basis, I am indeed humbled. bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 May seem "old hat" now, but I wanted you guys to see a couple of better pictures of my new knife. thanks...bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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