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engine turning/jeweling
Just courious if anyone as tryed this in a project? I've been thinking about it since I started to consider re-working old ugly razors and though it would make a nice finish for those that arent collectable.
If I ever get out of this tiny Urban damn appartment :rant: Im going to go nuts with tools :p
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I think it would look cool on the flats ~~ tang, monkey tail, etc. I'd leave the grind a grind I think. Sort of like the swirlies on the tang of a Wonderedge.
Jeff
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Definatly not the grind :D
I was looking at a 7/8 TI at knife center with a wide flat spine and thinking to my self... "that would look awfully purdy with a jeweled spine.
I might have to drag my dremel toys out of storage this sprin and give this a try....I think it would make a boring spike into an interesting conversation piece :D
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Hey Kelly!:) Do you have a jpeg that will give an example of what you are talking about?
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Hey randy,
If your asking if I have a jpg of a razor that has been jeweled, then no I have yet to see it (however, I'll make a prediction that we'll now start seeing them in some custom circles :p )
Here is an image of the turning process done on a spyderco however for refrence to those who might not be familiar with the process.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...3/civilian.jpg
Oops... had to host the img my self... sorry about that :D
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Bill had some green "jewels" instead of the third pin on some of his restored beauties...
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Jeweling is a process of grinding a patter into metals, it's actually (technicall) called engine turning but since it's been used (and renamed) by bladesmiths and tinkers it's come to be know'n as "jeweling".
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oh, my bad... I would love to see some jeweled spines and tangs...
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think of taking a small abrasive disc or pad on a drill press, spinning the flat side on the tang until it makes a small circular sort of crop circle kind of pattern. Then overlap these all over the flats. A '76-'78 Trans-Am had a fake engine-turned finish around the instrument cluster. It looks like that, although on the TA it was just a sticker. Clear as mud? Hey I tried...
Jeff
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