16th Knife Just About Finished.

[dazcon]

Just about finished this one, a final polish and the edge to sharpen. 5mm 01 steel,green canvas micarta with red liners,stainless and brass pins. Jig filed bevels and nail-varnish saltwater makers etch. 240mm OAL,110MM edge.




Comments,good or bad welcome! Always looking to improve!!
Darren.

 

[k9trev]

Very nice indeed top job fella

 

[dazcon]

Thank you! Much appreciated!!

 

[ol smokey]

As nice a job as any I 've seen in a long time. Congratulations!

 

[Dunx]

Looks really good.

 

[Clouston98]

Great work!

 

[Salaud]

Loving this knife... Reminds me of a barky bravo 1..only problem is... I fail to see how you are going to improve on it.. :You_Rock_

 

[HHazeldean]

Wow thats nice, love the red liners on that, and the little bead is great too. How exactly did you do the makers mark? It looks tidy! Nice work

 

[ammo]

That is a great looking knife. Well done mate. ( I wish I had your skill )

 

[weekender]

Yet another confirmation that there are some very talented buggers on here😉 very nice....

 

[dazcon]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!!

The makers mark is etched in using salt water and a 9v battery. You coat the blade with nail varnish then scratch the design into the varnish. I use an old dart. Connect a wire from the positive terminal to the blade and a wire from the negative terminal to the end of a cotton bud. Dip the bud in salt water and apply it to your design. It will bubble and etch the design into the steel. Then just clean it up with nail varnish remover.

 

[Gill]

That is a beauty Daz ,That is up there with the best mate.

 

[VANDEEN]

That really is a very bonny bit of work!

 

[dazcon]

Thanks guys! The bead was just a left-over piece of micarta and a bit of the same pins.The lanyard will be dyed the same colour as the sheath once I get the time to make it.

 

[sgtoutback]

awesome work. Really nice.

 

[dazcon]

Thank you!!

 

[Paddytray]

Very nice you seem to have mastered what I am trying to learn myself. With the etch I found white wide masking tape works instead of varnish easy to remove .

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[dazcon]

Very nice you seem to have mastered what I am trying to learn myself. With the etch I found white wide masking tape works instead of varnish easy to remove .

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Thanks Paddy!

I've never heard about using masking tape mate! I'm interested! Care to elaborate on the technique? Can you scratch your design through the tape without it tearing up?

 

[Paddytray]

Same principle as with varnish just I've used tape (white so that it's easy to design on)

 

[Paddytray]

I don't know how the forge picture sneeked in there sorry for that lol