making my EnZo knife kit part 1, 2 & 3

[xander]

Right i thought i would take photos and post them up here so you can all laugh at someone who has never made anything like this before lol
this is my kit

i then fit the bits of wood to the blade so make sure thay fit

next i taped up the blade so i didnt chop off my fingers

next i saw this funny photo of sam and thought i would post it again lol

next (not sure you can really see it) i scuffed up the handle end with some sand paper so the glue would have somthing to bite on to

then i mixed the glue and stuck on the wooden handle bits screwed on the brass bits and clamped it all together

im going to leave it over night and carry on tomorrow

 

[Two Socks]

Good job!

I really need to do one of these once. I`ve heard so many good things about trappers, I started wanting one.

 

[Springheeljack1]

Looking good, one day I'll pluck up the courage and try doing myself.

 

[HHazeldean]

Looks pretty good so far, did you make the sheath or did it come with it?

 

[xander]

it came with it

 

[Siberianfury]

im doing one of those kits as i type, great job.

 

[adriatikfan]

Looks really good. What glue did you use?

Best Wishes
David

 

[xander]

i used epoxy resin and yes i did glue my fingers to it lol

 

[Man of Tanith]

nice work so far mate
apart from the pic of me
swine

 

[xander]

right day 2

so i left the knife over night to let the glue set i then got some coarse sandpaper

i then sanded the edges of the back of the handle till they were flush

i then ran into a problem !! the front of the handle is shaped so your fingers fit nicely making it imposable for the sanding block i swiped off my dad to work properly ????

my tiny brain went in to over drive thinking how on earth am i going to do this ??? wot am i going to use ???? as always my mind ran to the gutter "i need something mildly phallic to wrap the sandpaper around" my first idea was to use something from my wifes "special" draw but thinking this was not appropriate moved my mind out of the gutter and in to my sorry excuse for a tool kit and found this

this seemed to work well very well and in no time at all id got it all flush too

unfortunately sam aka man_of_tanith as threatened to knee cap me if i show any more funny photos of him so ill have to wait till he has forgoten this threat then post them lol

 

[Man of Tanith]

looking good mate
and yes i have the drill ready if you misbehave

 

[T1Viper]

Looking good mate cant wait to see it finished!!

 

[xander]

DAY 3

today i went over my m8 jons house and when he was showing me his new model plane i swiped this

when i got home i then set to fileing down the brass bolt/pin bits

this was harder than i had thought but i put on stargate universe that i had recorded last night and set too it and by the first ad brake id got half done

and by the time stargate had finished the handle looked like this

i then started to sand it down i used a fine one this time and spent a lot of time trying to make it as smooth and symmetrical as i could

i then got worryed i was taking too much off so i nipped over to see my m8 sam aka man_of_tanith as his village is not far from bedford to have a look as some of his knifes
this is his current fav i think and my trapper

after looking at his knife i was pleased with how well i was doing i then spied a bottle of raw linseed oil and after telling sams better half that she needed to get a move on and give birth (she is a week over due) i grabbed it as i was bustled out the door

next i put on bear grylls and with him on for inspiration i set about oiling the handle

before

after one coat
these nex pics are after 3 coats of oil with 30-40 mins between

ive now put 5 coats on and will carry on till i go to bed and may be depending on wot it looks like tomorrow morning too

 

[luckylee]

looking good mate.

 

[DaveWL]

my first idea was to use something from my wifes "special" draw

Surely you could have fashioned some sort of power sander using something battery operated ....

This looks like a great project matey.

Best of luck with it.

 

[xander]

Surely you could have fashioned some sort of power sander using something battery operated ....

dude for some reason i never thought of that lol hmmmm next time i think lol

 

[winger]

Nice work xander!
Wheres the best place to get an EnZo kit? Direct from Brisa or is there a uk place?

 

[welshwhit]

Really nice to see this develope!

Great stuff

 

[xander]

Nice work xander!
Wheres the best place to get an EnZo kit? Direct from Brisa or is there a uk place?

i used this place http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/

 

[winger]

Kl thanks