Various knives

[Chris Christenberry 352]

Wow, Gary, you're a knife makin' machine.  Really like those knives.

[Garry Keown 995]

9 hours ago, Chris Christenberry said:

Wow, Gary, you're a knife makin' machine.  Really like those knives.

The blades for the 6 safari knives had been ground and ready for some time waiting for the giraffe bone to arrive.  

[Garry Keown 995]

18 sheaths cut out, belt loops sewn on, welts glued in then got them all dyed. They could then be glued together, edges sanded marked for stitching and the holes all drilled so they will all be ready for final stitching tomorrow to finish out the week. Hot waxing and blade sharpening next week so they are ready for shiping.

[Garry Keown 995]

Leatherwork done bar the hot waxing. The few spare ones are for knives still on the bench. 

[Garry Keown 995]

These are ready to ship

#1 is a Hunter skinner with raindrop damascus, buff bolsters and macrocarpa handles.

#2 is another giraffe bone handled Safari Knife

#3 is a buffalo handled Hunter skinner

#4 is an Acacia handled skinner and

#5 is a Skinner for me with curve backed copper bolsters and giraffe bone handles. Have given thae previous ones away but might just keep a hold of this one.

[Garry Keown 995]

These two ready to ship off after sharpening tomorrow. A Fireball stainless damascus Wapiti knife with curve back buffalo horn bolsters and giraffe bone handles (Titanium pins) in lightly tooled sheath. The second one is a J T Ranger with copper bolster and buffalo horn handles (copper pins) on the 1095 blade in cross draw sheath.

[Garry Keown 995]

So have this lot of sheaths all done so juts the edge to do now and they can be shipped off.

Among them are this group of 5 skinners.

A giraffe bone handled 5 1/2 in 12C27 chef

A mini skinner in 12C27 with black paper micarta bolster, blaze G10 spacer and liner with OD canvas micarta handle and lanyard tube.

A 1095 J T Ranger with buff horn and exhibition walnut

Two damascus light hunters. Top one has exhibition swamp kauri over buff horn while the lower one has eucalyptus root over buff horn.

This pair of 1095 PH EDC,s has spalted eucalyptus over buff horn

And last is this pair of 1095 PH EDC's has ebony over brass

[John Myshkoff 134]

The exotic wood in these knife handles  is absolutely beautiful.  

[Garry Keown 995]

8 hours ago, John Myshkoff said:

The exotic wood in these knife handles  is absolutely beautiful.  

Thanks John. 

[Gerhard Gerber 357]

Hi Garry

 

Excellent work, you are a knife-making machine! 

 

I couldn't find the relevant thread so I'm just putting it here.....

 

I boiled some Oryx horn in old Canola quench oil, the very bottom part split down the middle as well as a nice handle sized section from higher up.

 

The oil was about 300C, clamped one of the bottom pieces between two pieces of wood and it flattened perfectly with some cracking on the outside edge.

The second piece I put between my quench plates and they literally crumbled like cookies....kinda obvious what happened there.

 

The upper piece I put in a vice and squeezed oval, two tint cracks at the bottom end, just trimmed those off and I'm left with a lovely shaped handle.

 

Haven't tried it yet, but the good word from the South African grapevine is the same can be achieved using heat gun, if that works no worries about the oil messing with the glue.

My pieces don't feel particularly oily.....

 

[Garry Keown 995]

15 hours ago, Gerhard Gerber said:

Hi Garry

 

Excellent work, you are a knife-making machine! 

 

I couldn't find the relevant thread so I'm just putting it here.....

 

I boiled some Oryx horn in old Canola quench oil, the very bottom part split down the middle as well as a nice handle sized section from higher up.

 

The oil was about 300C, clamped one of the bottom pieces between two pieces of wood and it flattened perfectly with some cracking on the outside edge.

The second piece I put between my quench plates and they literally crumbled like cookies....kinda obvious what happened there.

 

The upper piece I put in a vice and squeezed oval, two tint cracks at the bottom end, just trimmed those off and I'm left with a lovely shaped handle.

 

Haven't tried it yet, but the good word from the South African grapevine is the same can be achieved using heat gun, if that works no worries about the oil messing with the glue.

My pieces don't feel particularly oily.....

 

I did do one set in the oven but thinking about  the dry heat was why I changed to the wet heat of the water and found the flexability was better than the dry heat

[Garry Keown 995]

Finished this lot bar an edge on them which will be tomorrows task and they can all head off to new homes EXCEPT for one for me and one I did just to see how it would look.

A PH EDC in 1095 HC with eucalyptus and ebony

A kitchen petty in 12C27 SS with beech burl

Skinner in 1075 HC with cherrywood

A Bushcraft Hunter  in O1  with giraffe bone and leopardwood

a Bird and Trout in 12C27 SS with brass under the 1/8 in blue G10 liner amd black limmen micarta handles

A 5 1/2 in chef in 12c27 SS with fancy oak (for my cousin from the tree in her yard cut down some timme back) 

And one for my with a new meat slicer having a slightly reshaped blade and deeper hand;e section in 12C27 SS with brass and Gidgee

Edited December 4, 2019 by Garry Keown

[Garry Keown 995]

A fillet knife ready to head off after I put an edge on it. Brass and Buffalo horn on the 12C27 blade

[Garry Keown 995]

I had been asked a few times if I have done any knives with deer antler, and while I had done one small one I hadnt really had much in the way of antler to work with. Last year I was given and old white (very weathered) set and a new set so thought to see how it would work with a stick tang. I gave the antler a short soak in potassium permanginate and it came up rather nice after I had sanded the tips of the ridges back a bit. Still have to do a little clean up on the brass and make a sheath but it shows potential for a good using knife

 

Edited December 20, 2019 by Garry Keown

[Chris Christenberry 352]

I don't see any reference, Gary.  How long is that knife?

[Garry Keown 995]

Blade is 4 3/4 in 1084 and 9 1/2 in OAL

[Chris Christenberry 352]

Thanks.  Larger than I imagined.

[Gerhard Gerber 357]

Very nice Garry!

[Alan Longmire 2,839]

Love the pic showing where the knife handle bit came from the whole antler.

[Garry Keown 995]

3 hours ago, Alan Longmire said:

Love the pic showing where the knife handle bit came from the whole antler.

As much as anything that was to show the old white weathered state of the antler as I got it.

[Charles dP 501]

Really liking that knife Garry. How strong a solution of the permanganate and how long a soak did you use? I tried it neat once (just moistened) and that was definitely overkill.

[Garry Keown 995]

7 hours ago, Charles du Preez said:

Really liking that knife Garry. How strong a solution of the permanganate and how long a soak did you use? I tried it neat once (just moistened) and that was definitely overkill.

I  put a teaspoon of the powder in a  1/2 liter of water and left the antler in it for about 5 minutes before giving it a good wash and dry

Edited December 21, 2019 by Garry Keown

[Garry Keown 995]

Two more ready for some leatherwork. The Thumbrest Skinner in 1084 with Giraffe bone and some lovely character lines.

 

 another Safari knife in 1095 with curve backed buff bolsters and giraffe bone

and a new table knife design which will allow for cutting steak but also for spreading a slice of bread where some of the finer pointed blades make this cross purpose less than ideal. 12C27 with red liners under the linen micarta.

 

[Garry Keown 995]

A pair of Light hunters in 1084 with giraffe bone

 

And a Buffalo Hunter in 1095 with curve backed buff horn bolsters and exhibition walnut handles.

 

[Garry Keown 995]

Pigsticker in 1095 with stainless bolsters, black G10 and nickle silver spacers under the ebony handle