Seeing as I have no work, knifemaker and good friend Dave Ricke decided to put me to work and make a few knives. Dave is a new sponsor, please check out his work.
Basically I stopped at his shop to bs & he hands me a piece of steel & says make a knife :eek: Oh oh, my new name is knifewrecker!
I`ll post some random pics of his shop & my attempts at making something that is Ricke shop worthy.
A few shop pics.
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Finishing room
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I look forward to seeing your project.
OOOO! I like the Ricke Knives I saw last year at the PBS thing in WI. He was set up in the booth next to my wife and I. Not a bad bow maker either. I will watch this one.
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Heat treating oven.
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Scary high speed buffing wheel.
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Some random pics of Daves knives that hang in the shop.
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More knife pics.
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Down to business, I dont have a lot of the rough stage, I did most of the drudgery of cutting & grinding so no pics. Here is Dave fixing one of my blade grinding screw ups, so you know I did some work :knothead:
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My skinner being sanded, more drudgery. I cant screw that up, I hope.
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My buffalo horn scales, added some super glue for stabilizing.
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Laying things out with red liners.
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Glue up and ready to grind & sand. We used stainless pins & laynyard hole.
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Some blades Dave had me cut & grind for practice.
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One of Dave`s knives ready for etching. The scales are a special dying process cow bone he does, the pics dont do it justice. It was sooo cool.
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Some handle pics after I shaped & did some sanding, you can start to see why I love this horn material.
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Wow! A great looking knife! And you have a great friend and a well equiped shop to work in too!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
ABS Apprentice
Great thread!! Your knife is looking good and I think I just slobbered on my key board over his work shop! :thumbsup:
My other blade is the one on the left after heat treating.
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After the guard is soldered on. The scales I think will be the ebony in the pic. I wanted the bufalo horn again, but my piece is not big enough.
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Dave showing me how to sand the guard.
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Brian,
You sure know how to make a guy jealous. :readit:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
A few almost done pics. We will make the sheath Monday I hope. I will take some pics if we do.
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Very nice!!
The blade after much sanding & high gloss polish.
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lay out before gluing the handle on
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glue one side first.
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Handle shaped & pins getting ready.
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sanded ready for the brass center pin.
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sanded with brass .
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Making sheath patterns with a high tech paper bag
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Nice work Brian!!!!!!
Nice! Keep it coming, and thank you for sharing!!
Lucky Dog! How's it going, Brian? Chad
Thanks for the kind words. Just about done with the last knife & sheaths. I will try and post pics tonight. Sure was fun, it makes one appreciate the price of a custom knife. Dave will be at Waterloo with a dispay and I`m going to tag along to help in his booth.
ah oughts a knife now mate!
jeez feel sorry for Dave
Not nice, Dave loves me!
Dave loves when you dont show up
Dave loves when you leave
Dave loves caller ID so he doesnt have to listen to newbe questions
yup your right Dave loves you
Hey sparky post a pic of that Colorado knife
I am still waiting for the points and condensor for my computer so I cant see anything
Great thread. I was lucky enough to get one of Dave's knives in the swap a couple of years ago. Great little hunter that I carry into the woods every time I head out.
Beautiful knife (actually knives as they are all great). Wish I could afford to bid what this one is really worth. Someone will be a very happy bidder.