Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by WW243

This tumbler thing reminds me Mike...my daughter was born on Crete, in a little town on the Mediterranean, a long time ago. I had to hand wash dirty diapers in a little plastic tub. Well, I fell behind and had a cool idea...there was a little tide pool (no critters in it) just in front of the house which would fill and drain. I tossed a big bunch of dirty diapers into the tide pool and fished them out later in the day. Presto-Change-Oh, they were spiffy clean! Possibly not the greenest option, but it was a long time ago (45 years) Carry on gents

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Originally Posted by WW243

I tossed a big bunch of dirty diapers into the tide pool and fished them out later in the day. Presto-Change-Oh, they were spiffy clean! Possibly not the greenest option, but it was a long time ago (45 years) Carry on gents

LOL, awesome story Bill.
And ever since, fresh fish from Crete has tasted like poop.
Coincidence???

From the vibra media web site it seems the P ceramic is zero abrasives.For burnishing,polishing and driving loose abrasive. So after 24 hrs the progress was pretty slow.

So I put the M media back in, also with polish this time and fired it back up.
We shall see. As far as I can see, no edge damage beyond basic blunting. Seems to have left the makers mark unscathed, not sure about the king cutter etching. It was faint to begin with so no loss, but I'm hoping I can still see it under the patina still.
Will check the bucket again in a few hrs..
Cheers.

Say! That Strand blade seems vaguely familiar??

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Say! That Strand blade seems vaguely familiar??

Hope to make it even less like you remember it, presuming it was scale less when you got it Tom..
Regarding scales, choices are dark, honey, or red horn, ebony, black wood, or that faux tortoise acrylic.
Thinking horn myself.
Thoughts?
And just checked the shaker, the m with polish is taking off all the black from the evaporust step happy to report. Will be crushed walnut tomorrow for a day. Definitely not a quick process, but there in lies the potential of this process I believe. Soft and steady oscillation of a fine grit media that shouldn't wash out the fine details of the blade as it never bears down with greater weight than the weight of the blade itself. At least that's what occured to me while reading Glens original post on the subject..
Looking ok so far.
Cheers.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Hope to make it even less like you remember it, presuming it was scale less when you got it Tom..
Regarding scales, choices are dark, honey, or red horn, ebony, black wood, or that faux tortoise acrylic.
Thinking horn myself.
Thoughts?
And just checked the shaker, the m with polish is taking off all the black from the evaporust step happy to report. Will be crushed walnut tomorrow for a day. Definitely not a quick process, but there in lies the potential of this process I believe. Soft and steady oscillation of a fine grit media that shouldn't wash out the fine details of the blade as it never bears down with greater weight than the weight of the blade itself. At least that's what occured to me while reading Glens original post on the subject..
Looking ok so far.
Cheers.

Dark horn would look good IMO Mike

Where my thinkings goin to Mike..classic black horn and lead wedge..
Tom, any thoughts on age of that one?
The boker is going to a friend of the sons. That'll be three new converts I've turned under 25 to the way of the straight now,, hehehe.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Where my thinkings goin to Mike..classic black horn and lead wedge..
Tom, any thoughts on age of that one?
The boker is going to a friend of the sons. That'll be three new converts I've turned under 25 to the way of the straight now,, hehehe.

I cannot remember where and what, but the blade shape is what drew me to it.
Turn of century, I suppose!
It seems likely! Horn and lead. Yep!

For shaping and polishing pins, I cut a 4 in piece of a bamboo chop stick and drill a small divot on the end, a bit smaller and shallower than what I want the finished dome to be.

Chuck in a drill press and make a mask, a piece of plastic from a water bottle with a hole punched from a leather punch to protect the scale. Put a dab of rubbing compound, Silicone Oxide paste or 1um diamond paste on the end of the bamboo.

Drill a small hole in a block of wood to hold the razor steady and do lite taps on the top pin until you get the shape you want, finish with another chopstick with metal polish.

You will quickly get smooth, shiny, perfectly round domed pins of the shape you want, with complete control of the shape.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

For shaping and polishing pins, I cut a 4 in piece of a bamboo chop stick and drill a small divot on the end, a bit smaller and shallower than what I want the finished dome to be.

Chuck in a drill press and make a mask, a piece of plastic from a water bottle with a hole punched from a leather punch to protect the scale. Put a dab of rubbing compound, Silicone Oxide paste or 1um diamond paste on the end of the bamboo.

Drill a small hole in a block of wood to hold the razor steady and do lite taps on the top pin until you get the shape you want, finish with another chopstick with metal polish.

You will quickly get smooth, shiny, perfectly round domed pins of the shape you want, with complete control of the shape.

A really clever idea sir!!
That ones goin in the vault, as despite my best rolling taps, I always see dimple marks on my domed pins at the end...
The wood and paste combo will totally work a charm.
Thanks for adding, and sharing!