Brian Dougherty Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Ok, I'm too excited about this to not share it. I'm working on my second attempt at mosaic pattern, and just got my first glimpse of the pattern. I'm kind of bouncing up and down like a kid at Christmas right now... 6 2 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Wimmer Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Very nice. I like it. If I tried it would look like a cat coughed up a hairball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 WooHoo! Gary has really lit a fire under you, hasn't he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Blohm Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 That is really cool....well done!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Alan Longmire said: WooHoo! Gary has really lit a fire under you, hasn't he? Most definitely! I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for all the "How to's" he has posted. 2 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joël Mercier Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 That's a pretty cool pattern! Looks like clamshell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looks like yer gittin it figgerd..............................Nice !! 1 If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Mulkey Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Very nice, Brian. Proud of you. Edited January 6, 2019 by Gary Mulkey 1 Gary ABS,CKCA,ABKA,KGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASON VOLKERT Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 O man!!! That's beautiful !!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDT Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Very cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks everyone! I may as well show my progress as I complete the knife. I got the final polishing of the blade done, but am still working on getting the etch to where I like it, so I don't have any new pics of the it yet. Here are a few pictures of drilling holes for the blind pins for the bolsters, and shaping the forward edge of the bolsters. I use superglue to alternately hold each roughly shaped bolster in place while I drill blind holes. Then I use temporary pins and superglue to hold the two bolsters together while I shape the forward edge. These will eventually be soldered to the blade with the pins being primarily for allignment. At this point, the front edge of the bolsters are shaped and sanded to 800 grit. I'll buff them, and solder to the blade once the etching is done. All of the other bolster surfaces will get shaped with the rest of the handle, so they have been left unfinished. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 The etch is getting close... 2 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looking awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Ridiculously beautiful blade Brian......just amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Lovely blade Brian. Your bolster clamp is a g-clamp and pliers? 1 "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Charles du Preez said: Lovely blade Brian. Your bolster clamp is a g-clamp and pliers? Yes, it is an oddly shaped, but stout little pair of pliers 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Well, one piece of advice that I forgot to pass on to you all was to make sure you were rounding off the correct edge. Somehow I managed to mess this up and round over the edge that buts up against the wood Here are the messed up bolsters... So I made another set of bolster blanks, and rounded the correct face this time... Then it was time to solder them to the blade. I decided to try using Liquid Paper as a solder block based on someone's suggestion in the recent thread about using it as an anti-scale material. Without a solder block, I usually end up with some solder weeping out from the front edge of the bolsters, and I don't like trying to clean it up without messing up the finish. Here is a shot of the parts ready to be soldered. And finally, the bolsters soldered in place. I'm happy to report that the Liquid Paper worked great! The blade is wrapped up in a paper towel soaked in Windex to keep it cool. 2 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Damn.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Brian Dougherty said: Then it was time to solder them to the blade. I decided to try using Liquid Paper as a solder block based on someone's suggestion in the recent thread about using it as an anti-scale material. Without a solder block, I usually end up with some solder weeping out from the front edge of the bolsters, and I don't like trying to clean it up without messing up the finish. Here is a shot of the parts ready to be soldered. And finally, the bolsters soldered in place. I'm happy to report that the Liquid Paper worked great! The blade is wrapped up in a paper towel soaked in Windex to keep it cool. That's why this place is so amazing.......I now need to find wholesale amounts of Tipp-Ex.......but you'be potentially saved me hours in the future, thanks @Brian Dougherty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pierce Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 That pattern is sweet, great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 I used the White Out as a solder block on the forward side of the bolsters, but there is still some cleanup to do on the handle side. This is another trick that I believe I learned here: Hammer a graver/chisel shape out of a piece of brass rod. (Don't heat it, work it cold) this work hardens the brass a bit, and you can shave off the extra solder quite easily. Once it gets dull, I just touch the end up on the grinder to get back to a crisp edge. It works really well for cleaning up the inside edge. Unfortunately, I don't know who to credit the idea to 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) I got the handle scales fitted and epoxied into place while listening to my favorite NFL team getting pummeled in the playoffs this weekend. First I roughly shape the scales so that I can accurately fit them to the curve in the bolster. Then it is just a matter of tacking one side down with super glue, and drilling through the holes in the tang. Then tack the other side on, adn drill back through. I'm using G-Flex epoxy these days, but will probably switch to acraglas once I run out. I use cutler's rivets on kitchen knives, so I don't put the fasteners in until later. Here it is after the epoxy cured, and I had the handle mostly profiled, and had started shaping. Edited January 14, 2019 by Brian Dougherty -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) I don't put the cutler's rivets in until after the epoxy because unlike a corby bolt, you don't have much room to sand into the head of the rivet. Therefore the surface of the scale has to be pretty close to the final dimension before they go in. I felt the rivets I had in stock were either too small or to large for this handle so I took some of the larger ones, and turned the heads down to 1/4". Then it was just a lot of rasping, filing, and sanding to get the final handle shape. Here is a quick snapshot of the mostly finished knife. I need to do a few touch-ups, and get some glamor shots done. Edited January 14, 2019 by Brian Dougherty 4 2 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Mulkey Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 That was a very nice WIP as well as a quality knife. Thanks for sharing. Well done. 1 Gary ABS,CKCA,ABKA,KGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 And you, sir, get a pin! Nice job all the way around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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