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  1. spsurfer
    Hello, these days I'm busy with this Nessmuk knife! 9cm blade from 4mm 52100, silver soldered guard from marine bronze, spacers from aluminium, fiber, copper and mammoth, sambar stag. Still needs loads of sanding and polishing, actually I'm glueing up the pommel from copper. Regards Nicolas
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    Every antler is different, you'll never know the colour it will have at the end. Raindeer normally has a greyish tone, never saw it actually 100% white. Be carefull with polishing compounts as these can go into the tiny pores. Even black sanding paper can be difficult. If you want a white handle and don't want to repeat the job, try to bleach, as Guffalo mentioned. For a deep colour, soak in lineseed oil for some hours. Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, the basic grind is done, one day it could look like this Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, I don't use silver hard solder as used in jewlery, I use soft solder with a 6% of silver, (as Randall, Behring, etc, too) it will melt at 230ºC wich is right the annealing temperature of the steel (or even a little below). So this kind of soldering will not affect the steel, grain or temper. I protext the blade with a damp cloth so the thin edge, wich could get hotter, is protected. Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you Gruffalo! That's an impressive Bowie! I will solder the guard and screw down the pommel with an anchor to prevent stress on the tang. ...still waiting for the steel Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you Gruffalo! This is a long term project as I still need the steel (allready ordered) and a nice piece of sambar. I'll make two knives, one with 30cm blade from 1.2604 in 6,2mm and another one with 23cm blade from 1.2842 in 6,4mm (if I remember right). This is how I want the cutlass Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, I allways liked the traditional german hunting cutlass, shell guard, sambar stag frog sheath. So I recently started on a traditional hunting cutlass, the steel is ordered but didn't arrive yet, so I started with the shell guard from 6mm wrought iron. Several hours of filing filing and more filing.. Here the filed shell, ready to be bent to a 90º heating up the guard... Here the finished shell, blued for testing Now I'm waiting for the steel... Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you guys!!! It's hard to get sambar these days, I ordered several times in the USA or internet, but you never know, if the taper they send will be good for a knife. So I ordered some from a german knifemaker, expensive but 100% perfekt. The rest of this taper (still a 6-7cm) will make a good Scagel style handle for a smaller knife. The tips I use as a knife stand, like this one from Behringmade. Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you my friends!!! Next time I'll use black buffalo insted of the micarta, as it has a warmer black and no texture. Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, I just finished this 10cm Wanderer! 10cm blade from 1.2442 at 61HRC, silver soldered guard from brass, spacers from aluminium, fiber, copper, micarta and leather, pommel from AAA sambar and copper with a 7mm Remington Mag. cartridge. Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you guys!! Soon I'll put hands on another, bigger project, a "Hirschfänger" - hunting cutlass - in traditional style. Regards Nicolas
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    Wow! That's music to my ears I enjoy taking pics from my knives nearly as I anjoy making the knives! It's like the final touch to finish the work. And as you can see, I love old books, writers from the romantic and gothic era, and so are my knives - old school, natural. Thank you for your words! Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you guys! Here my recent works! A tiny gents knife, with 80mm blade, 90mm handle from buffalo, 70gr. And a "Wanderer" with 95mm blade, the pommel from buffalo with cartridge. Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you Sirs!!! The blued bronze with mammoth and copper - that's my favorite Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you! The first one has a marine bronze guard and mammoth spacer and butt. Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, these months I've been busy! Here the results: Regards Nicolas
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    Gruffalo, this time I used gun blue, I repeated the coating several times, good cleaning with alcohol before (the blade ) and some steel wool between. Regards Nicolas
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    Some hours of bladefinish, etching... here the result Regards Nicolas
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    Hi Gruffalo, my stamp and it's story.. A friend of mine and professional knifemaker Rodrigo Mulero from 2Gknives is making the heat treatment of my blades. He's good friend of the official restaurator of the mallorcan cathedral, who is making his engravings. This guy made for me my stamp, carved by hand. But there are several companies who do these, price about 100,-€ Regards Nicolas
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    Finished! Today I finished these two, the stag one from 01 steel, the buffalo one from 1.2442. Regards Nicolas
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    https://www.(!64.56:886/profile.php?id=100009511344750
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    Looking amazing Gruffalo!!!! A friend of mine is making these https://m.(!64.56:886/story.php?story_fbid=1718106495183045&id=100009511344750 Regards Nicolas
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    Thank you guys, it's just a hobby Regards Nicolas
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    Hello, today I finished this Wanderer with 10cm blade from 01, brass, micarta and sambar. And a small camp knife will be ready in a few days. Regards Nicolas
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