Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by MW76

Thank you sirs.

I used this stuff..

http://usaknifemaker.com/knife-handl...ner-black.html

.031" thick and sanded smooth on the inside.

If you could indulge mena bit 😊 how did you bond the metal to the wood and the liner to the metal?

Geek

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An important factor when making scales is that they are thin enough to have the flex to hold the pivot firm through the rotation of the blade, so if you are changing the materials that the scales were made out of, that also effect how thin the materials need to be. Some materials do not flex easily and need to be a little thinner than the originals. Some rimes it is a little trial and error, that is when mocking up with nuts and bolts is handy. As far as tapering them goes, I do that sometimes but mostly start with flat material and just because of shaping I may wind up with a small amount of taper but not really on purpose. To me a very small amount is a couple hundredths of an inch, nothing dramatic or noticeable. I have noticed some very slight tapers in some of the old scales.

Decided I had taken enough metal away and decided to leave some 'character' pitting and polish the blade up before redressing it.

This is up to 800grit.





Incidentally. Does anyone know how to roughly age a KROPP? It only has the KROPP marking on it. Nothing else at all.

Geek

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Amen, brother. I grit my teeth and bite my tongue....then sharpen when she is asleep.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

That's funny, I was just sharpening some kitchen knives too using the super hard brown hone I found a few weeks ago. Works great, I think it's similar to the brown hone in the corner of your first picture. Someone around my house (I'm not saying who) has a bad habit of chopping up vegetables then sliding them sideways across the cutting board using the knife edge. I find sharpening the knives to be easier and more fun than trying to break them of the habit!

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Amen, brother. I grit my teeth and bite my tongue....then sharpen when she is asleep.

I'm glad to say my wife doesn't use the decent knife. She cuts everything with a paring knife.

Geek

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Wish that were true here, but she has other redeeming qualities...one of which is putting up with me and my "hobbies".

Originally Posted by TheGeek

I'm glad to say my wife doesn't use the decent knife. She cuts everything with a paring knife.

Geek

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I've got these 'Twins' done for a friend and ready for honing.

Originally Posted by TheGeek

Incidentally. Does anyone know how to roughly age a KROPP? It only has the KROPP marking on it. Nothing else at all.

Geek, thats an interesting Kropp, 1st there is no other markings on the razor others then Kropp, 2nd all the Kropps razor ive seen are round point. Not sure if the razor was altered with, guess its possible, looking at many advertisement for Kropp razors there is no mention of different point but different scales and sizes all with round points.
Possible that the markings were etched rather then stamped and faded away or sanded away, nevertheless because of the shape i would say that this blade is later production 1925+ seems like the earlier Kropps were more curvy on the spine and tail.

That is a great point thanks. The original or bake lite or black celluloid maybe I am not sure I am going to horn which was 1/4" thick or close and the original scales were .130 at the thickest point and thinned out just ever so slightly, so I was going to shoot for .130" over all and see where that gets me. I honestly never thought about the different materials flexing differently glad you mentioned that.

Originally Posted by TheGeek

If you could indulge mena bit 😊 how did you bond the metal to the wood and the liner to the metal?

Geek

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I scratch up the contacting sides with some 80 grit. Then i use this epoxy..

https://www.systemthree.com/products...epoxy-adhesive

I clamp the sides together with binder clips.

Most of my process follows what i learned from Bill Ellis' CD.. Just want to give credit where it's due.