New knife.
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After playing around with Milliput, i have a rough handle shape.
It might look bulky but it fits my size hands perfectly. Once the Milliput has hardened i will smooth & refine the shaping.
My thoughts so far:
All my previous knives had pretty uniformly shaped scales, so squidging a mailable epoxy putty around the blank really showed up how i grip a knife. Looking at the handle i have created, it seems my hand is made for big butts!
Again, any comments are most welcome.
It might look bulky but it fits my size hands perfectly. Once the Milliput has hardened i will smooth & refine the shaping.
My thoughts so far:
All my previous knives had pretty uniformly shaped scales, so squidging a mailable epoxy putty around the blank really showed up how i grip a knife. Looking at the handle i have created, it seems my hand is made for big butts!
Again, any comments are most welcome.
The malleable slabs are a great idea, I used clay when I was experimenting. It's surprising how different the finished shape is different to your first ideas. It's definately the best way in getting the perfect slab shapes for your own hand.
you obivously have a CAD drawing to get it lasered in plastic
im just about to send an order to my Laser cutters for some more blades how many do you want
ATB
Duncan
im just about to send an order to my Laser cutters for some more blades how many do you want
ATB
Duncan
love the shape James,...
uncanny tho,....
not a concious thing i swear but this evolved over a week in the shed, (the bottom one),..
its for my comp givaway,...maybe i had your thread somewhere deep in mind when i kept grinding.....
sorry,...lol.....i threw the template away tho,....hahah
uncanny tho,....
not a concious thing i swear but this evolved over a week in the shed, (the bottom one),..
its for my comp givaway,...maybe i had your thread somewhere deep in mind when i kept grinding.....
sorry,...lol.....i threw the template away tho,....hahah
im just about to send an order to my Laser cutters for some more blades how many do you want
Thanks for the kind offer Duncan, but this one is destined to meet a certain Mr Mitchell of Sheffield
love the shape James,...
uncanny tho,....
not a concious thing i swear but this evolved over a week in the shed, (the bottom one),..
its for my comp givaway,...maybe i had your thread somewhere deep in mind when i kept grinding.....
sorry,...lol.....i threw the template away tho,....hahah
Haha, no worries fella
it not really my design in the first place, but an evolution based on one by Stu Barker.Yours look great too, can't wait to see them when they're done.
Thanks for the kind offer Duncan, but this one is destined to meet a certain Mr Mitchell of Sheffield
sok he can pick it up its his Heat treaters i use (as recommended by Stu ) just down the road
Well, I went to see Stu on March 6th. It was so much easier discussing options etc face to face.
As well as the mock-up, i left Stu with my sketch of the handle profiling around the finger area.
Now, i just have to sit here and count the days till i can get my grubby mitts on it
As well as the mock-up, i left Stu with my sketch of the handle profiling around the finger area.
Now, i just have to sit here and count the days till i can get my grubby mitts on it
Yep, both on the bench as I type, in fact there's quite a large batch on there at the minute, for me anyway, there's about 6 or 7 going through together....
When i went to the open day, Stu had one of your old blanks on show. Even without the scales on it felt a good size for my grip - almost made me think twice about my design
Is your new one the 7mm version?
It's the 5/6mm damascus Stu is currently working on. There is a 7mm in the works, which is an experiment to make the thumb ramp wider. After that, the blade will taper to a 5mm spine and then tapering down to a flat grind. The thickest part will be the tang area and ramp up at the spine. A real test of Stu's skill that'll be, as I've never known anyone do that before.
