A one off WIP for Blade.

Brad Southard · May 22, 2011

Sometimes I just want to do one off designs. Often they are designed based on a piece of material I have, or something like that.

This time, it was based on an peice of Ed Schempp damascus steel. 1084/15n20 Turkish Twist Damascus with a core of radials.

Anyways, here we go.

Starting with the blank steel.

Gotta get it flat.

Off the Surface grinder, and cleaned up on the disc.

It seems I forgot to photograph anything else on the blade till it was profiled and spot drilled. So, here it is!

Old school style cutting of titanium. IE Drill a bunch of holes. Pattern layed out on titanium liners.

Holes drilled, profiling.

Basic profiles done and ready, stop pin locations set on blade as well.

Thats all for now, this is gonna be a little at a time, cause I have alot of other cool stuff going on for blade.

Thanks guys!

Terry L. Vandeventer · May 22, 2011

That is so cool. A bicycle-powered surface grinder!

Cheers,

TV

Terry Vandeventer
ABS MS

stabber · May 22, 2011

Cool Thread

I wonder why not cut the Ti? I figure the way you did it is how it must be done

xaman · May 22, 2011

Looks great so far, thanks for taking time to do this, especially when you're crazy busy preparing for the Blade show...

Brad Southard · May 22, 2011

stabber said:
Cool Thread

I wonder why not cut the Ti? I figure the way you did it is how it must be done

I dont have a good method at my own shop to cut titanium, so although its an odd and annoying method. I can do it at home... hench holes, lots of them. Its actually really quick.

Frank Niro · May 22, 2011

Just get a 14 teeth per inch or more for your band saw if you have one and away you go, real easy like. I usually use a high speed band saw but had a guide break on me and have gone to one with trhe regular speeds of cutting.I hope this helps. . It does a good job as well. Frank

Knifeologist · May 22, 2011

Looking forward to the progression of this WIP thread.

T.K.C. · May 22, 2011

I am looking forward to seeing more!!!

Brad Southard · May 23, 2011

Time for some bolsters.

Backspacer time!

I really wanted some pivot rings around the pivot, and pivot screw. I wander how many times I can use the word pivot in a sentence.

Started to shape the bolsters, and cut the bolster shape.

ROBB · May 23, 2011

Its starting to get interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Brad Southard · May 24, 2011

Got alot done yesterday and it seems my camera either wasnt working right or I screw something up, but it didnt take any of the photos of making the scales, or heat treating the blade. But alas, I did get some!

So, cutting the lock!

After heat treat I barrel lap the pivot out to perfect size, it also leaves silky smooth finish.

Time for a pocket clip!

starting to get it shaped correctly.

You can also see the lovely Macassar Ebony scales I made for it.

Ready for some anodizing. I also tapped the pocketclip into the backspacer for a extra strength.

Doing some turning on the thumbstud, and a little preview pic.

stabber · May 24, 2011

Great thread! Lookin good Brad!!

lemmuhj · May 25, 2011

This is cool....

Brad Southard · May 25, 2011

All finish!

Let me know what you guys think!

Ed Schempp damascus blade, Chad Nichols Damascus bolsters, Macascar Ebony scales, titanium linerlock, with titanium backspacer and clip!

ROBB · May 25, 2011

That is a beauty!!! :thumbup:

mysticmirage · May 25, 2011

Awesome!

Dago Red · May 25, 2011

That's gorgeous!!!! Wow, talk about a nice folder!

Red