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Sithus, I like how you pinned that handle. What kind of wood again?
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It's walnut, a slice off of some gunstock lumber I picked up at a living history show.Clip wrote:Sithus, I like how you pinned that handle. What kind of wood again?
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Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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Hope you like it.
Train is online now Spyderco Forum Registered User
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Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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Hi everybody!
I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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Hope you like it.
I am new to this forum. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to will get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
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Hope you like it.
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Hi everybody!
I am new here. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is the one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
Sorry about making some mess with posts initially. But I have figured out how to insert the pictures after all!
I am new here. Though I am certainly not new to knives and to knife collection.
It is a great forum. I enjoyed reading it for some time now.
Finally decided to share something I have done myself.
There is the one I have made two or three years ago. The handle is made of buffalo horn and striped ebony.
Have four more blades purchased just recently. I Hope some time soon to get in the right mood to make another one ..... or few.
Sorry about making some mess with posts initially. But I have figured out how to insert the pictures after all!
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Beautiful job, Train. The M4 steel begs to be used, but the scales look too pretty to get dirty! 
How was the ebony to work with. I did an ebony scale set recently, and wasn't impressed. The wood was grainy and tended to tear out more than I liked. There are several different species of ebony, though - I was using Gabon ebony.
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How was the ebony to work with. I did an ebony scale set recently, and wasn't impressed. The wood was grainy and tended to tear out more than I liked. There are several different species of ebony, though - I was using Gabon ebony.
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yea it is great looking!phillipsted wrote:Beautiful job, Train. The M4 steel begs to be used, but the scales look too pretty to get dirty!
How was the ebony to work with. I did an ebony scale set recently, and wasn't impressed. The wood was grainy and tended to tear out more than I liked. There are several different species of ebony, though - I was using Gabon ebony.
TedP
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Thanks!
That was the second knife where I used this ebony for the handle. I liked it so far. It has a nice small grain (cannot see it on the photo of course) and it did not present any challenges. No evidence of cracking or any gluing problems. I know what you are saying about Gabon ebony: I had some too. It works out OK at the end, but it is very different. I do not know much about the origin of the block of the striped ebony I am using. But as I said I quite like it and glad that the block is still quite big. :)
That was the second knife where I used this ebony for the handle. I liked it so far. It has a nice small grain (cannot see it on the photo of course) and it did not present any challenges. No evidence of cracking or any gluing problems. I know what you are saying about Gabon ebony: I had some too. It works out OK at the end, but it is very different. I do not know much about the origin of the block of the striped ebony I am using. But as I said I quite like it and glad that the block is still quite big. :)
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Tease!!!!!phillipsted wrote:Just finished my Super Blue Mule in Cocobolo this evening. It's too dark to take photos - will post some shots this weekend!
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Guys - I've found an interesting addition to my scale attachment method I wanted to pass along. As many of you know, I use threaded pivot bolts and screws to attach my scales (instead of pins). This allows me to securely attach my Mule scales without having to resort to epoxy - I can un-bolt the scales and remove them as desired. This is the same approach that Halpern uses with its scales. I have expoxied a few Mules that were going to be used in the kitchen so that they were a bit more waterproof - but the majority of my Mules are just bolted.
I normally use a counterbore or stepped drill bit to countersink the bolt head. The trick is getting the counterbore hole drilled to the right depth so that you have a nice "shelf" for the screw head to rest against - allowing you to snug up the scales tightly. Too deep and the screw heads don't contact the scales. Too shallow and the screw threads can't reach down to the pivot bolt.
A couple of weeks ago, I was cruising around Amazon's "small parts" site (now rebranded as "Amazon Supply"). It is a fantastic shop, similar to McMaster Carr - with tons and tons of small parts (as the name implies!). I found some very small washers that are 0.250" in diameter with a 0.190" hole. This is the perfect size for fitting down into the hole in the scale - giving the screws a solid metal washer to rest against, and giving me more accurate matching of the pivot bolt to the scales. Plus, it makes the knife scales much stronger.
Here is the link to these washers. I'll post some pics this weekend along with my Cocobolo Super Blue Mule.
TedP
Precision Shim Washers for Inner Bearing Races
I normally use a counterbore or stepped drill bit to countersink the bolt head. The trick is getting the counterbore hole drilled to the right depth so that you have a nice "shelf" for the screw head to rest against - allowing you to snug up the scales tightly. Too deep and the screw heads don't contact the scales. Too shallow and the screw threads can't reach down to the pivot bolt.
A couple of weeks ago, I was cruising around Amazon's "small parts" site (now rebranded as "Amazon Supply"). It is a fantastic shop, similar to McMaster Carr - with tons and tons of small parts (as the name implies!). I found some very small washers that are 0.250" in diameter with a 0.190" hole. This is the perfect size for fitting down into the hole in the scale - giving the screws a solid metal washer to rest against, and giving me more accurate matching of the pivot bolt to the scales. Plus, it makes the knife scales much stronger.
Here is the link to these washers. I'll post some pics this weekend along with my Cocobolo Super Blue Mule.
TedP
Precision Shim Washers for Inner Bearing Races
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Sorry for the tease, guys. I was just so excited about this one, I couldn't wait to share the results. This is my Super Blue Mule shod in some Cocobolo purchased off the 'bay. The Cocobolo was a bit softer and than other cocobolo I've worked with in the past and had more of an open grain - it might be an alternate species. But the color and contrasts are very fetching. I'll probably end up sealing it with TruOil sometime soon.
As I noted in the previous post, I used the washers under the screws to provide a more secure attachment. The scales are just screwed on at this point - they aren't expoxied. There are good points and bad points to that, I know. But I wanted to be able to take off the scales and check the scales for discoloration/rust periodically.
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As I noted in the previous post, I used the washers under the screws to provide a more secure attachment. The scales are just screwed on at this point - they aren't expoxied. There are good points and bad points to that, I know. But I wanted to be able to take off the scales and check the scales for discoloration/rust periodically.
TedP
