More Knives

[Chris Cade]

here are a couple i finished up today. the one with cocalobolo scales turned out much better that i exspected. the one with mammoth tooth scales, well didn't turn out as well as i exspected. screwed up with the bolsters. i bet i measured the bolsters three times and still made a rookie mistake. oh well, guess it'll have to be a back up knife. enjoy!

 

[kevin beers]

NICE!

 

[LRB]

Nice try. I see no pin through the bolster what holds them on? I also see that the left scale of cocobola appears much thinner than the right. Is that just a photo illusion?

 

[RickD]

I didnt noticed a pin in the bolster either and was wondering how they were fastened

 

[50cal.cliff]

Sweeeeeet, I love the profile view of both knives.
Now I see what Wick and Rick are talking about how did you join the Mammoths tooth to bolster?
:hmm: Inquiring minds want to know.
I do like how you brought the material of the knife handle down and incorporated it into the into the bolster! I also like the contrast of the Mammoth's tooth to the wood. In MHO too often when folks transition from one material to another it doesn't seen to look right, but that just seems to flow. :thumbsup:

 

[paulvallandigham]

Guys: Use your good eyes. The two pins through the teeth are there, round, and visible to me. I have to assume that he has epoxied the wood portion of the handle to the tooth, and then also to the tang. Otherwise there would be gaps in the sides of the handles where the "saw-tooth " cuts are made into the edge of the tang.

 

[mazo kid]

Paul, I see 3 pins. Emery

 

[paulvallandigham]

yYep, your are right! That third one is almost at the back end of the handle, but its there. I still want to know if those slabs are unequal in thickness, or just an optical illusion. The Cocabolo wood looks almost like some of that " Laminated " handle stock, but its far more pretty to look at than the laminated stuff is.

 

[Chris Cade]

i just noticed big red letters, trad knives only. looks like the trad police are hinting that my knives aren't traditional, oh well. i attached the bolsters with industrial "superglue". i put a liberal amount on the metal, wood, and tooth. it will only let go at around 500 degrees. the only thing i worry about is the oil in the wood but i soaked in acetone before gluing. still can't figure out how i screwed up the bolsters. the bolsters are the same thickness, the knife is at an angle.

 

[paulvallandigham]

I must be missing something. 1. I haven't seen anyone criticize these knives for being non-traditional; 2. What about them is non-traditional?

I like both blades very much. I have seen fossilized mastodon, and wooly mammoth tusks, and teeth use in blades pictured in Blade magazine, before, and am still not sure I would use such a material for a knife handle, myself, but I think you have produced a One-of-a-kind knife that jumps out at you and demands to be touched. That, sir, if very good sculptural ART, as well as great craftsmanship. I don't think this site is so snooty that your work would be turned away because you choose to use some exotic material for handles. Swords and Knives were adorned, and decoraged, and made of all kinds of rare materials to market them to the wealthy, or make them as presentation gifts to royalty. The only thing you have available to you today that was not available 150 years ago is a better adhesive. If we can show off replicas of 18th century guns that have their barrel channels glass bedded, I think we can show a knife that has its handle slabs affixed to the tang with something better than horse hide glue. :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[RickD]

relax,,I was only wondering how the bolsters were attached..I wasnt attacking your work at all..As for non-traditional knives go mine are very non-traditional and I post my work on this site..

 

[Chris Cade]

i didn't know if it was my stuff that caused the trad only statement. paul, don't tell anyone, but i'll have to agree with you about the utilitarian aspects of the mammoth tooth scales. they weigh a ton, but dang they look good. i'm keeping the cocobolo knife for myself and selling the others to pay for it. that's about the only way i can afford to make this stuff for myself and i enjoy experimenting with different materials.