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lets hope its succesful enough to be repatable !!

might have to go with a small gutting knife in future as everyone seems to want them !!

i will do some bits on the ilistraightion blank i have , im going to change the profile of it and generaly piss about with it but will take piocs they might help you guys !

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who ever is the winner of this comp i will donate one of my handmade sheaths as the prize .   all so i will be puting a step by step guide on how to make a leather sheath from start to finish but if

Well here is the knife finished     still need to make the sheath but that's not going to get done before years end.     may go back and rework the handle at some point in the future but I'

buy brass rods and cut them down to fit i got all my stuff of ebay there is a massive range on there mate

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yeah ebay is the one . you will need to split it in half and grind it flat so you can fit it either side of the tang .

jigged camel bone looks just like antler and its died on the out side with a pattern to look like stag , but they are flat scales so you can fit them easy !!

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just a tip from when i used to do all mine by hand , you want a single cut file , i used drapers garden files (thats what they call them) old fashioned hard ware stores sell them .

because its sigle cut there is only one set of grooves on it , you can remover the metal much faster and more accuratly . and once the angles look right you can plain the metal with them ,

ok so you have removed the metal and got a basic beval , like this .

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now you can clamp it good and tight and plain the metal , to get it flat and clean . like this

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when its like that clean and flat , id start with sand paper 120 grit , you looking for uniform scratch pattern , dont go in all directions, pic one and stick at it until every serface it the same , this is important , use a backing for the sand paper allways hard , i wrapp the file in it on every grit !!!

when it looks good every where at 120 , change to 240 this will really show any pitting deep screatechs etc , change your direction again , the exact oposite of the last coures is best, change paper regularly and only use it dry at this stage , good tip halfords sell all the sand paper grade you will ever want very affordably , id say now is the time to think what sort of finnish you want on this knife , if you want mirror go through the grits to 600 wet and dry and polish on a buffing mop (on a drill from halfords or what ever you got) if its very shiny at heat treating the scale has not much to stick to and will come off easy , once heat treated you will not get any scractches out unless your like me a freak and will stand there until its done ha ha .

when its where you want it send it back for heat treating .

 

just to inspire you guys a few knives i did 100% by hand with fire files and sand paper .

a few options of finish to . the big bugger has 120 grit(polished) on the sides and 1200grit on cutting edge .

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and a couple just super shiny all by hand

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there just there to inspire you along guys , now is the time to go for that mirror finish id say !!

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just another thought guys your gonna strugle to find pins that correspond exactly to drill bits , ebay sellers are pretty good at measuring the diamiter of pins and drill for you before you buy .

i find steel drill bits to be most accurate (i think because they need to be) for example i bought some "advertised 2mm brass the other week , i asked te seller and they where actualy 2.06mm thick . then i thought ok drills are usualy over sized so went for a steel 2mm drill from B&Qand it came in at 1.96mm sounds nothing but the pins would not fit . so i had to cut them 1/3 to long put them in the drill and spin them with sandpaper wrapped round them , makeshift lathe idea , long story short they fitted with light hammer taps with out splitting the handle material . warning tho pilot with wood drill bits as steal will tear there way out when they break through , unless you back them with non ferrouse metal like alluminium .

its alot of fuss i know .

i will try to do a how to fit handles as soon as i can for anyone that is new to it .

tig and gas welding rods are used by alot of knife makers as pins they come in allsorts of materials to , they im told are usualy accurate with diamiters .

i use a loacl modeling shop for alot of stuff they have sheet brass ally tin , and a huge amount of tubing and pins for making prop shafts for boats etc . worth a try !!

 

is anyone going for the mirror finish file work etc ?

im enjoying this already nice to get a comunity thing going !

all the best , matt

 

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good man .

there are two blanks sat her , one for waidman i dont think he has paid ?

and one unspoken for .

shall we close the books at 7 places this time ?

 

 

i have another set of 10 blanks that i can offer up for the next comp if nayone is intrested ?

little more complicated this time but the metal work is done so it will be handleing in inovative ways !!

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