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Title: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: Zbearclaw on May 08, 2010, 01:03:00 AM

Well after putting off the finishing of my knife to match my Black Widow recurve for alomst five months I finally finished it.

I used the same Helle blade as I did in dad's, however a big difference in this project was that I had my bow in hand to make it match, whereas with dad's I only knew the wood choice.

Here are some pics along the way.


Starting supply of phenolic I got from Black Widow and the wood Blanks I got for my knife from Ray Hammond.  I owe both for their generosity...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0031.jpg)

Here is my starting point after gluing the pieces together.  I used Devcon 2ton, two part epoxy and made sure the surfaces were cleaned with acetone and sanded flat...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0032.jpg)

Here you can see the top of the knife and where the tang would go.  That was just an initial pilot hole that I made much larger to fit the tang and give plenty of room for epoxy to go all the way in...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0033.jpg)

Here you can see the rough end cap where the knife goes into the handle.  I cut the groove with a dremel "heavy duty" cutting wheel and then used a small file set to get it the perfect size...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0134.jpg)

Here you see the knife clamped to the cabinet and the handle clamped to the knife during gluing...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0136.jpg)


Here are a few of the finished product, with a few with my bow too...
 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0138.jpg)

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: Zbearclaw on May 08, 2010, 01:04:00 AM

(http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0140.jpg)

 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/My%20Knife/IMG_0141.jpg)

 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/IMG_0147.jpg)

 (http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu112/ZekeB/IMG_0146.jpg)

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: Over&Under on May 08, 2010, 01:51:00 AM

That is only your second atempt??  NICE!!

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: prarieboy on May 08, 2010, 07:30:00 AM

SWEEEEEEEET!

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: skullworks on May 08, 2010, 08:08:00 AM

Very nice job!!!!!

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: Kevin Evans on May 08, 2010, 08:30:00 AM

Very nice job on that handle

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: Zbearclaw on May 08, 2010, 03:38:00 PM

Thanks guys, it was fun.

Next project will be a full tang knife.  After that I am going to make dad and I a matched set of Damascus blades.

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: aussieman8 on May 10, 2010, 06:01:00 PM

i need to start making knives

Title: Re: Second attempt at knife making
Post by: chris amos on May 11, 2010, 01:00:00 PM

Thats cool, well done!