A real test of Stu's skill that'll be, as I've never known anyone do that before.
He strikes me as a guy who likes a challenge Sounds like a good twist on your design though, I'd be interested to see how it turns out...
A real test of Stu's skill that'll be, as I've never known anyone do that before.
Me and my big mouthThere 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.
Stu, you know that 2mm of steel you just shaved off, can you put it back on? :yikes:
Now you tell me, I have been welding all dayJust winding you up Stu
Now you tell me, I have been welding all day
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.
Wait until you see it today James, check your email in 5 minutes.....
Wait until you see it today James, check your email in 5 minutes.....
What Jon means Dunc is that although the thumb rest is at 7mm, immediately forward of that, the spine of the blade will drop to 5mm, from 5mm it will taper forward to the tip, behind the thumb ramp the tang will taper away to whatever, that's easywell I have a 7.3mm RWL 34 version of my DSP ground it a while back (not as nice as Stu's grinds) tang down to 1mm but as its for me i still havent had time to put a handle on it
and all my current DSP carbon blades are cut from 7.3mm which i will either have to surface grind to the 6mm intended or taper as is
7.3mm is a comfy thumb rest tho
ATB
Duncan
What Jon means Dunc is that although the thumb rest is at 7mm, immediately forward of that, the spine of the blade will drop to 5mm, from 5mm it will taper forward to the tip, behind the thumb ramp the tang will taper away to whatever, that's easy
Watch this spaceAh gotcha yes mine sort of does that but thats because i set the angle a bit wrong and the and over ground it
yep thats gonna be a Bu@@er to get to look right
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Duncan
Ah gotcha yes mine sort of does that but thats because i set the angle a bit wrong and the and over ground it
yep thats gonna be a Bu@@er to get to look right
ATB
Duncan
Set the angle wrongAh gotcha yes mine sort of does that but thats because i set the angle a bit wrong and the and over ground it
Set the angle wrong
Freehand, it's the future, practice it and you'll never look back
lol yes and the 35 yrs practice you have helps a little
quite happy for a master class next time Im up or if you want a Busmans holiday on the south coast