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My latest project

Bionic

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Evening again all. I thought I’d share a few pics of my latest little project. This is another slipjoint knife, the sharp pointy bit is a smidge under 3 inches in length and constructed from 2mm O1 tool steel. The handle is brass inlaid with rosewood with stainless fixings and the whole thing can easily be stripped down for routine maintainance.
Thanks for looking :)
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Nice and sleek the brass and wood work well together :thumbsup: nice shape to the blade also :D.

How many hours into this one ? Am nosey :rofl:
 
Thanks chaps. As far as hours go @Ark79 I hadn’t dared to think about it but to be honest I bet I’ve put about 10 hours in to it not including heat treat and realistically I’d like to find another couple to finish it off (polishing and finessing a little). Considering how much an opinel costs it’s a terrible waste of time and resources but a mate of mines recently converted to Buddhism and in a way I suppose “grinding time” is my meditation :)
 
Nothing wrong with meditation:D I know exactly how time fly’s when in the shed...that’s why am not allowed in there that often:)

Lovely knife mate:thumbsup:
 
I totally understand the not being allowed in the shed thing. I think my mrs often wonders why I take the bins out so regularly and why I’m so keen to fix the kids toys etc and why it always takes so long. Any excuse is better than none eh? ;)
 
I totally understand the not being allowed in the shed thing. I think my mrs often wonders why I take the bins out so regularly and why I’m so keen to fix the kids toys etc and why it always takes so long. Any excuse is better than none eh? ;)



Oh yes.....better to ask for forgiveness than permission :D
 
Oooooh now that is nice (I’m sure I’d seen a bow down and worship emoticon somewhere but not now I need it) I think that wins this game of top trumps :thumbsup::thumbsup:, that really is a nice sharp :)
 
Out of interest how did you find the antler was to work with. A colleague has recently passed on a couple of fallow deer antler he found on the farm (knowing my interests etc). I nearly cut one up to use instead of the rose wood on this knife but decided it’d be a waste. It’s a material I’ve heard mixed reports on but I’d like to make the best of it, I’ve heard it’s a bit soft inside so did you have to stabilise it or was it ok just to go with ? :)
 
Out of interest how did you find the antler was to work with. A colleague has recently passed on a couple of fallow deer antler he found on the farm (knowing my interests etc). I nearly cut one up to use instead of the rose wood on this knife but decided it’d be a waste. It’s a material I’ve heard mixed reports on but I’d like to make the best of it, I’ve heard it’s a bit soft inside so did you have to stabilise it or was it ok just to go with ? :)




Rather easy to work with. Easy to sand and drill not unlike wood. The iner section (marrow) is soft so if using a hidden tang I would make the tang wider. Lovely to glue! As for knife scales... I found you have to get the right bits to use as you will be limited to how much it can be sanded on the finished side of the scales. One thing I will warn you about is the dust and smell when sanding lol it’s not nice to say the least.

Not sure how you would go about stabilising the antler... al I done was burnt the tang into the antler glued it in place then rubbed linseed oil over it.
 
Hi Bionic.

When you create a piece of work like that.....you owe it to yourself and the project to give it the extra couple of hours of polishing and finishing:thumbsup:

It looks great as it is mind you.

The covert visits to the shed and the following rollickings are so worth it :rofl::rofl:


With all the mass-produced stuff out there.....it's a pleasure to see people still handcrafting.....top job :thumbsup:
 
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I'm gobsmacked at the talent you folks display at hand-making knives, sheaths etc, it's very humbling. :thumbsup:

Bionic, that's a lovely wee folding knife - and able to be dismantled too, why'd I never anything like that before? :cool:
 
Thanks. It seemed silly not to make it readily stripable especially considering it’s a prototype to a certain degree (if a part isn’t right I can swap it out and try plans B,C&D :D) As far as the comment about taking the finishing a bit further goes, I’d agree the brass could do with a little polishing and finessing but having spent hours getting it perfect last time I found with it being such a soft material a day in my pocket with keys etc I may as well not have bothered so this time I didn’t :rofl: It was made as a daily carry for myself, if it was a gift or a commission that would have been different and I’d definitely put my best polishing and sanding hat on :)
Pics of the components if any ones interested although they’re all in a very unfinished state :)
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