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On convex grinds I grind them before HT. I do Scandi's after the handle is attached and totaly finished.
When do you plan on doing another run in this manor?
Guys, two announcements:
1. I have pictures of the steel, and also of Dan laying out the knives, cutting the blanks to size, and profiling of the blades that I will post later today. I'm getting excited. Dan will drill the holes next week, and after that I will be grinding and heat treating this.
2. The second announcement is that this hasn't worked in this format. I'm going to finish this one run and scrap the idea. I have over 150 e-mails about this 10 knife run, and I've had dozens of phone calls as well. The overhead is already ten hours behond what the knives will take to make. Additionally, several knives on this run are not in any way going to fit into the idea of the thing. Every aspect of the knife has been dictated, and is nothing like what was offered. I thought this would allow folks that hadn't had luck getting the model they wanted, but it has just turned into a custom order run. I am not, and will never be taking custom orders. I've explained why this is bad business, and I am not going to start it. I may try to re-think the premise, but I think the best thing is to simply call this a failed experiment, finish the commitment, and move on.
And what glue or epoxy might you be using?Andy, it looks like we lost the "profiling position" pic, which I would like to see. You mention that the geometry of it is important.
Later, a couple of you are sanding and wearing respirators - do you wear it pretty much all the time, or because another fella was making dust?
What type of respirator is it?
Is it staying fairly clear without scratching? My crappy faceshield and paintmask combo sucks. The faceshield is cumbersome and scratches easily. Lookin' to upgrade.
In addition, how do you treat your handle and tang before glue-up? Do you drill the tang to allow glue to grip, or roughen it, or what? Dimple the scales for the same thing? I've seen a bunch of different methods in use, but how do you do yours?
If you don't mind my askin...![]()
When do you plan on doing another run in this manor?
Thanks ridge. I misunderstood something andy said in a latter post.
Andy, it looks like we lost the "profiling position" pic, which I would like to see. You mention that the geometry of it is important.
Later, a couple of you are sanding and wearing respirators - do you wear it pretty much all the time, or because another fella was making dust?
What type of respirator is it?
Is it staying fairly clear without scratching? My crappy faceshield and paintmask combo sucks. The faceshield is cumbersome and scratches easily. Lookin' to upgrade.
In addition, how do you treat your handle and tang before glue-up? Do you drill the tang to allow glue to grip, or roughen it, or what? Dimple the scales for the same thing? I've seen a bunch of different methods in use, but how do you do yours?
If you don't mind my askin...![]()
And what glue or epoxy might you be using?