Handle Frame of Mind

[Redmeadow Knives]

I think the black will go better with the bronze guard and bronze liners on a steel frame.

Now to cut out the guard material and get it slotted.

 

[Rupestris]

Now to cut out the guard material and get it slotted.

Well, let's get after it then. It ain't gonna slot itself.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

You ain't a kiddin, but I'm kicking some serious butt in Candyland.

 

[Rupestris]

Candyland!?
Remember what your Sensei taught you.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Oh I was paintin the fence alright!

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Ferrule/Spacer. I'm assuming this is mild steel, but maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be wrought iron.

Nothing but the best, this was an old bar I found in the back 40.

 

[Melvin-Purvis]

Remember what your Sensei taught you.

I'mma steal this...

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

2019 is off to a good start.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Kinda like dis kinda lookin thing.

Thermal cycling is done and the guard is fit. These FH's are like a puzzle piece of sequences.

 

[Mack]

Oh, yeah. That's looking cool!

 

[mitch4ging]

Gives me heart palpitations just looking at it!

Kinda like dis kinda lookin thing.

 

[Rupestris]

 

[Scott Hanson]

Off to a good start there.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Kinda like dis kinda lookin thing.
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Thermal cycling is done and the guard is fit. These FH's are like a puzzle piece of sequences.

Dammit John, you should warn us before you post pics like that! I gotta go change my boxers now...

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Slotting this chunky beast would have taken forever without the mini mill (specifically the steel ferrule but the guard as well). This steel ferrule will be the starting point for reference pins.

 

[RayseM]

Isn't it fun to upgrade to such time saving technology? Still, you might mess things up - even worse on occasion - as the "ELEMENT of RISK" in craft/manufacturing rises pretty fast with speed and power. The good side is that it allows you to do work that might otherwise be impossible or at the least, too daunting. Enjoy the new ride

Ray

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Well said Ray. Enjoying the possibilities this opens up. This ferrule for example needs to be a tight fit, at around 5/8", it would be tough to pull off with a drill press and files in steel. I would be forced to either change the material or the thickness.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

I rarely say this, but I could not be happier with the fitment of this, snugs right up.

 

[mitch4ging]

I rarely say this, but I could not be happier with the fitment of this, snugs right up.
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Looks nice and tight!
Mini mill already paying off?

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Absolutely, especially considering I'm still learning how to use it. There's a lot of hand fitting there becelasue the tang from the ricasso isn't 90 degrees, but I wouldn't have been able to do that by hand.