Thread: What are you working on?

From them:
to this
and this:
An unmarked blade. Somewhat thin to remove those holes on the tail.
It was a project I've been thinking for a few months, it's not perfect but it's ... unique
The next step is sharpening the blade.

Working on some upgrades for some shavettes

Masecraft Imitation Ivory, faux tortiose & faux MOP with black G10 wedges and tails
Once these full synthetic versions are done there is a pair of light and black horn sets to do for the fun of it

A couple of unique projects going on.
I really like the paper micarta. That was a very clever idea and well excecuted.
The shavette project is interesting. I don't understand the assembly with the G-10 tails. I am curious about the details of that. Looks like a fun project.

Thanks Rez the tails of the shavettes are plastic same as the scales while the blade holder is thin hollow stainless sheeting to allow for the blade and it holder clip
The tail is a plastic insert and base the pivot hole through it

I posted a couple of weeks ago about how I tried out some Evapo-Rust on an old Henry Sears. Lots of stuff to do at work meant I couldn't get back to it except occasionally, but it's back together now.



Lots of pitting under the rust:



Scales had bug bites:



Did the epoxy thing. I thought these were honey horn dyed to look like tortoise shell and I still think that, but the brown didn't come off when I cleaned the scales with mineral spirits before epoxying.



I used tape to hold the epoxy in position. Had to pop bubbles with a pin so I wouldn't get voids.



But they came out okay -- not beautiful because they were beat up to begin with, but the epoxy isn't totally obvious:



There was a big Sheffield-style hole in the tang (I kind of wonder if this thing was Sheffield-made, it sure kind of feels like it) so I used the pop rivet trick I learned here:



And I pinned it up.






As you can see, I didn't try to get all the pits because I was taking off a lot of metal already. Anyway, off to the hones! This guy has a weird (symmetric) tapering spine, so that's going to be interesting.

Looking good I just hope that those scales aren't gassing and causing that rust on the blade. If they are dyed horn your fine--

You should find out real quickly. Let us know

I am pretty sure they're dyed horn -- lots of bug bites!

Originally Posted by jmabuse

I am pretty sure they're dyed horn -- lots of bug bites!

I've never know of bugs to eat celluloid!

Great job on that blade and esp the scales! Looks a home-run to me!

Nice work around here lately! So nice to see your projects moving forward and the great results. I've been sidetracked by other things and have been missing my workshop time dearly. I have a couple projects on the bench but they probably have dust on them at the moment. Hope to get back in there relatively soon. Nice work fellas!