Bowie in Progress

[kbaknife]

 

[Kevin Evans]

Job Very Well Done My Friend!
I will have to probably barrow some of the techniques in your thread.
I think we will see all three knives in the Magazine in the future.
You got me kinda excited about using some of that handle material.

[LONGBOWKID]

Karl,

 Very nice looking knife! I do have a question though. Is there any particular reason the handle is slightly larger than the guard? I am sure it has a purpose.

Kid

[kbaknife]

It's a habit.
Rather than have handle materials shrink/expand or maybe create difficult areas when sanding that create sharp edges, I often leave the handle material proud of the surrounding hardware.
It's acceptable.

[LONGBOWKID]

Absolutely acceptable... I was just curious, not insulting your work. It is a good idea to give yourself a safety net incase of a shrink/expand scenario.

Kid

[Steve Nuckels]

Great thread!  

I love the modified old adjustable wrench "twisting gadget"!


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IN GOD WE TRUST

[Ray Hammond]

Karl

I'm having fun re-reading old threads and ran across this one! Wow.  Karl some of the images are missing.  Can you re-add them?  I'd like to get our mods to pin this one to the top!

What do you guys think????

[Todd Robbins]

Karl, can you bshare your polish and etch technique to finish your wrought iron?  I have some that's pretty clean and some that's really nasty and some in between, but I'm never able to get mine to etch out as nice as yours.

[kbaknife]

Ray, I must have deleted those pictures from Photo Bucket.
I have no idea which ones they were right now.
I'll have to go through my photo archives to see if I can connect the dots.

[kbaknife]

Todd, I just take my wrought to at least a 1200 grit finish and etch for about 1 hour, 4 times for 15 minutes each, cleaning off the oxides between segments.

[Todd Robbins]

Thanks Karl! I haven't been etching long enough.

[amar911]

That knife is insane, Karl! If I see someone coming at me with it, I'm going for my gun!!!!!!!!!!

Allan

[Ray Hammond]

Karl, that's a shame,  I must have missed it the first time but I don't  know how!  Can you show the twisting gadget please?

[Ray Hammond]

Karl, that's a shame,  I must have missed it the first time but I don't  know how!  Can you show the twisting gadget please?

[kbaknife]

I can't right now, Ray.
Everything I have is in crates and getting loaded for my move to northern Minnesota.
It's basically just a three foot long heavy round bar onto which I welded a 1/2" ratchet extension right in the center.
Then, I forge one end of the bar that is to be twisted, square.
On the extension, I place the appropriate size 8 point impact socket.
heat the bar.
Stick the non-square end in my press.
Twist with the long bar on the square end.
That will work for hand-twisting.
Since this thread, I've upgraded to Mr. Twister:

 

 

[Ray Hammond]

You could weld a pan on top of that I beam and have it double as a rotisserie!!!!          

Thanks Karl,  if I was closer I'd come help u move bud