Thank youYep…. Just as nice as I first thought
My On The Bench Today Thread
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Not my on the bench photo, but news just in...
Remember my mini ‘Butchers Scimitar’..?
I’m sure it’s a bloody nightmare to work with but to my mind these are just crying out with some beef shin bone scales
Straight in to use, this is what we knife makers like…
Phwoooaarr!!
This should be interesting…
I should get the white and blue ones finished today, I managed to c*** up the red one so that is coming off...
I should get the white and blue ones finished today, I managed to c*** up the red one so that is coming off...
One of the dozen, stabilised Poplar Burl.
The blue and the white knives above are actually going to be a set of three, there is a red one too, very patriotic you might think but the colours actually chosen to represent my clients football team allegiance.
Anyway, as mentioned elsewhere I managed to
the red one up, I simply thought that Kirinite, was Kirinite was Kirinite, it seems it isn't, having never worked with this pearlescent variety previously I cracked on as I would have done with the same brand material I have worked in the past, it seems this particular type is a bit more susceptible to heat damage, as you can see around the rear bolt in the photo below.
It was quite strange, the surface of the scale perfect, all the damage inside, so I was keen I was keen to get it apart as intact as possible, without destroying the scales, so I could have a look internally as it were.
So I carefully drilled and pressed out the bolts, they take some getting out.
Now I know the best next step here is to boil the scales off, but I don't have the facility to do that at the workshop, so with the steel being reasonably thin at 2mm I decided to pull the knife in the vice, flexing the thinner steel can pop them off, not a chance though.
I often use the term a wipe of adhesive, this is why they get that wipe.
As you can see, no fixings in there, just that adhesive.
I brought it home to boil it.
Anyway, as mentioned elsewhere I managed to
the red one up, I simply thought that Kirinite, was Kirinite was Kirinite, it seems it isn't, having never worked with this pearlescent variety previously I cracked on as I would have done with the same brand material I have worked in the past, it seems this particular type is a bit more susceptible to heat damage, as you can see around the rear bolt in the photo below.It was quite strange, the surface of the scale perfect, all the damage inside, so I was keen I was keen to get it apart as intact as possible, without destroying the scales, so I could have a look internally as it were.
So I carefully drilled and pressed out the bolts, they take some getting out.
Now I know the best next step here is to boil the scales off, but I don't have the facility to do that at the workshop, so with the steel being reasonably thin at 2mm I decided to pull the knife in the vice, flexing the thinner steel can pop them off, not a chance though.
I often use the term a wipe of adhesive, this is why they get that wipe.
As you can see, no fixings in there, just that adhesive.
I brought it home to boil it.
If anyone sees my wife, this did not happen, OK!?
I was hoping to do the same here
And yes, never thought of that, I am in good company here, eh..?
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