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A few days back I got "The Call" Terry had forged up a Montero Blade with my name on it.Needless to say how thrilling that moment is for us knuts.
Anyways we had to settle on finish and handle details..I asked Terry to do his voodoo..but hinted that I loved his rustic finish on the last few pieces he had done.
what follows is a series of emails from Terry posted with his blessing.
Terry's words and pics..enjoy the lesson folks!
"I wish I had thought of doing this starting with the forging, but I didn't. I have quite a few pics of today's work so I'll send multiple emails with a few pics in each, and a description of what's being done."
"Since I didn't start taking pictures until after I'd already started the guard, spacer, and handle, I'll start this email with an explanation of what I do on this type of project and why."
"On a standard hunter I would just rough out the pieces, assemble the knife, then refine and finish everything at the grinder and by hand. On this one I can't do that, because it will have a textured and fileworked guard. So I have to*work the guard, spacer, and handle all together then disassemble them. Since*pieces must be*disassembled, I have to have a way to get everything back together later in perfect alignment."
"This is done by using indexing pins. A series of holes are drilled through the spacer, into the back of the guard, and into the face of the handle. Pins and a drop of cyanoacrylate are used to hold the three pieces together. I wish I had taken a pic of the procedure, but I was already well into this project when I thought about it. However, you will be able to see the indexing pins in a later shot where I disassemble the pieces."
pic1
"In Pic #1 you see the blade and the handle/guard assembly already well in progress. The guard, spacer, and handle have been shaped on the grinder. In this shot we are at* a 220 grit belt finish. From here I switch to hand work because 220 grit belts are the finest I have at this time. The blade will be lighter when I'm finished. Right now it has a heavy coat of Balistol on it for protection. The materials below the knife and handle are what your knife, guard, and spacer started as. The blade and guard are 1084 steel and the spacer is copper."
pic2
"In Pic #2 the guard, spacer and handle have been hand sanded to 2000 grit. Now I have to disassemble the pieces so I can continue work on the guard."
*pic3
"In Pic #3 I am carefully heating the guard just enough to start breaking down the bond of the cyanoacrylate. The guard and spacer will be removed and the residue from the cyanoacrylate will be cleaned up with acetone."
"I'll close for now and send more pics in the next email.
Anyways we had to settle on finish and handle details..I asked Terry to do his voodoo..but hinted that I loved his rustic finish on the last few pieces he had done.
what follows is a series of emails from Terry posted with his blessing.
Terry's words and pics..enjoy the lesson folks!
"I wish I had thought of doing this starting with the forging, but I didn't. I have quite a few pics of today's work so I'll send multiple emails with a few pics in each, and a description of what's being done."
"Since I didn't start taking pictures until after I'd already started the guard, spacer, and handle, I'll start this email with an explanation of what I do on this type of project and why."
"On a standard hunter I would just rough out the pieces, assemble the knife, then refine and finish everything at the grinder and by hand. On this one I can't do that, because it will have a textured and fileworked guard. So I have to*work the guard, spacer, and handle all together then disassemble them. Since*pieces must be*disassembled, I have to have a way to get everything back together later in perfect alignment."
"This is done by using indexing pins. A series of holes are drilled through the spacer, into the back of the guard, and into the face of the handle. Pins and a drop of cyanoacrylate are used to hold the three pieces together. I wish I had taken a pic of the procedure, but I was already well into this project when I thought about it. However, you will be able to see the indexing pins in a later shot where I disassemble the pieces."
pic1
"In Pic #1 you see the blade and the handle/guard assembly already well in progress. The guard, spacer, and handle have been shaped on the grinder. In this shot we are at* a 220 grit belt finish. From here I switch to hand work because 220 grit belts are the finest I have at this time. The blade will be lighter when I'm finished. Right now it has a heavy coat of Balistol on it for protection. The materials below the knife and handle are what your knife, guard, and spacer started as. The blade and guard are 1084 steel and the spacer is copper."
pic2
"In Pic #2 the guard, spacer and handle have been hand sanded to 2000 grit. Now I have to disassemble the pieces so I can continue work on the guard."
*pic3
"In Pic #3 I am carefully heating the guard just enough to start breaking down the bond of the cyanoacrylate. The guard and spacer will be removed and the residue from the cyanoacrylate will be cleaned up with acetone."
"I'll close for now and send more pics in the next email.
