Ya, just thought of you when I saw it. Since you seem to be in DFW regularly. I don't know if it's a deal or not.Those look like they would make awesome handles !
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Ya, just thought of you when I saw it. Since you seem to be in DFW regularly. I don't know if it's a deal or not.Those look like they would make awesome handles !
It's actually a decent price, but it's also a relatively large lot. It looks like my next big purchase will be another bar of steel.Ya, just thought of you when I saw it. Since you seem to be in DFW regularly. I don't know if it's a deal or not.
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Had some of that rosewood one time. Was nearly finished with the knife, just needed to form the grips and do the final polishing. Some jerk stole it.@General Zod this might interest you.
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The link goes to Honduran rosewood for knife handles. If it's broke search Honduran rosewood in market place.
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Pro tip.
Find any custom cabinet makers in yiur area and ask to go through their scrap bin. 2"x3/4" cabinet qood finished 4 sides can be cut down.
Pallets (US made) are fequently made of Oak. Foriegn made are quite often made of Mahogany. Sometimes other types of exotic scrap lumber that looks really nice when finished.
Exotic Lumber distributors sometimes have scrap cut offs they can't sell as well that you can cut down for really nice handles.
Places that do custom counter tops frquently have pieces of man made marble and Corian, and similar, pieces of scrap that make a novelty handle.
It is a little heavy but can be used as an accent or as a heavy novety handle as a counter weight to balance a blade. Like a heavy cleaver. And they will glue up to wood with standard epoxy.
I used to make and sell jewelery and keepsake boxes make of them or scraps of wood with accents. Works great and looks good.
Scrounge!! I will sometimes get you the best and most unique stuff.
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@General Zod I have some foreign-made pallets that appear to be mahogany, a very nice material. I have thought about trying to make some 1911 grips. PM me I will be happy to give you some if we can find a way to meet.
Very interesting process. You might consider one of those ice water cooled headbands when your getting hot like that. I’d leave the forge roar in the background. It compliments the overall vibe of the setting.BTW, one of the first things I'm looking at getting when I can afford it...is a bluetooth microphone to combat the forge roar. If anyone was wondering.
Very interesting process. You might consider one of those ice water cooled headbands when your getting hot like that. I’d leave the forge roar in the background. It compliments the overall vibe of the setting.
All right...I finally resorted to Dropbox to get the video from my phone to the computer so I could edit it. So now...here's how I turned a square with a slot in to a vaguely cleaver-shaped object.
Would an option be to separate the handle and forge-weld it onto the main piece? Quicker? Just wondering.
Yes, I understand that the forge welding can be tedious as the carbon will accelerate oxidizing if heated much past initial yellow, even with good fluxing. I would think that your current method has the most integrity anyway.Maybe quicker...if I could forge weld. So far I've had no success with it. My understanding is that it's more difficult with gas forges, and I simply haven't invested the time and propane into learning to do it right.