New folder

[Roughcountry]

I worked up a  little different lock
back this spring. Made several mistakes but it will work for a work knife. I have a silver engraver that lives close and she wanted to try engraving stainless. She did two different types of engraving and Turned my work knife into a go to church blade.
 
 
Amy did a heck of a job on my folder. I started another to try to fix my tuning mistakes while its fresh in my mind.

[D.Ellis]

Nice folder. What kind of wood?
The engraver did a good job.......nicely formed and well laid out scrolls.    
Darcy

[gudspelr]

Wow, that looks great. I'm working on my first folders...slowly... There sure is a lot to getting them working right. Thanks for sharing this one.

Jeremy

[Alexander13]

Very nice!

[Roughcountry]

Thanks Guys. Darcy, The wood is from Calif. and they call it Redshank. It's very dense and hard to get pieces big enough for scales. I have a enough for a couple more small blades.

Jeremy, I'm also working slowly trying to learn. I'm getting closer to what I want but still have only made one that didn't have major flaws. I don't have a mill and it's a challenge to get everything plumb on a drill press. I'll get a picture of my redneck fix.

[akaboomer]

Very nice Robin. I really like it and the engraving is the icing on the cake. Perhaps when you get the bugs all worked out you could post some work in progress images for us? Thanks for sharing.

Chris

[Lin Rhea]

It's beautiful Robin. May have to work a trade soon.  

[FerretWYO]

Holy wow. That is awesome Robin.

[Track]

Great looking knife. Nice touch with the engraving.

[Kevin Evans]

WOW that's nice.          
I have never done back lock.
If you need any help on the finger nich or anything let me know
I was up to Doug's not long ago got to hold one of yours in person.
Anytime you want'a swap just say so

[Cyclic-Rivers]

That one is classy!

[Roughcountry]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I've got to give Amy Raymond credit for making this one look better than it is.
The one I'm working on now is tuned way better and it will get Amy's magic also. I haven't ground the blade yet so I still could mess it up or warp it in the heat treating.

Kevin, I do need help on finger nitches. It's hard to hold a dremell steady.

Lin, I'm already in your debt and need lots of practice before I can build something for you. But I'm gonna work on it  

Here's the one I'm working on now. I use a true thickness hardwood board to drill all the holes. That way it will be easy to tune the spring and lock and duplicate all holes as long as the table and spindle are true to each other. I also think I can make more than one blade on the same board if it turns out to be a winner.
   

[gudspelr]

Yup-a mill and a surface grinder would make life regarding folders easier in a number if ways...too bad I have neither   . I did get a decent quality bench top drill press that I made sure the table was nice and square to the spindle on. I locked it down good and tight and use 1-2-3 blocks to raise different thickness material closer to the bit. That way I'm keeping things plumb and square without having to move the table up and down.

I've never done a nail nick in the blade, but have heard of guys using a drill press and cross slide vise. They chuck up a little Dremel cutoff wheel and lock the up/down travel at the appropriate height. Put the blade in the cross slide vise, then ease it into the spinning cut off wheel. Once you've cut into the blade the depth you want, begin turning the other handle to make the nick the length you want it. Keeps things more rigid instead if having to try to hold the Dremel so still as to give a really clean nail nick. This same method can also be used to cut the lock bar in a liner for a liner lock folder.

Jeremy

[Doug Campbell]

Very nice Robin, your getting those things down pat          And yep the mill and surface grinder sure can make life easier.

Robin I did my first nail nick by shaping a rubberized abrasive wheel to what I wanted and carefully "grinding" the nick in with a dremel. Had to reshape the wheel a couple times but it turned out pretty decent.

I've got a good mill/drill I'm thinking of selling Jeremy if you are interested in one.

[Roughcountry]

Good info on those nicks. I do have a cross slide vise. Maybe I can talk a timber faller out of a sharpening wheel for a chisel bit chain. I could build a arbore for it and chuck it in the drill press.

[gudspelr]

There you go, Robin-wheels already turning on how to make life easier   . And Doug-you're killing me, man...may have to send you a message...


Jeremy