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Title: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: sndmn11 on March 04, 2007, 03:29:00 AM

im really excited to show this. it is for my girlfriend. my stepdad and i made it today start to what is in the pics in about 5 1/2 hours. the middle is tulipwood, and the top and bottom is brazilian kingwood. we put a strip of cocobolo along what i would call the spine. the strip is actually 7 different pieces of coco because of the length of the leftover piece i had from my first knife.
neitherof us have any woodworking skill, and on my last knife i had to use leather spacers to fill the gaps of my poor cutting of the arcs. this time what we did was put duct tape both of the blocks (tulipwood and kingwood) and then super glue the tape together. we then drew our arcs on the top and cut our shapes from both blocks at the same time. it worked out pretty good, but there was a few spots where we bet too much pressure on the blade and the pieces didnt quite match up. the good thing about this is that we got this knife handle and another handle block out of the process that is the opposite of this knife (tulip, kingwood, tulip) that i will use on another knife in the future.
this hasnt been hand sanded or finished yet, but i just had to share. i will follow up with the final pictures if anybody is interested.
kyle
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s208/sndmn11/PICT0267.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s208/sndmn11/PICT0266.jpg)

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: Bodork on March 04, 2007, 09:35:00 AM

Yea I want finished pictures! Seein it like that is just a tease. I bet it looks beautiful when it's finished. Those helle blades are lots of fun.

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: Frenchymanny on March 04, 2007, 10:33:00 AM

Very nice!

I'm with Bodork there, finished pictures! :)

F-Manny

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: Mr.Vic on March 04, 2007, 10:49:00 AM

Very nice Kyle your getting that curve thing perfected.. the splice piece is awesome craftsmanship.

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: vermonster13 on March 04, 2007, 10:51:00 AM

Now that's just teasing. Not a nice thing to do on a Sunday! Of course we want all the pictures. :D

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: drewsbow on March 04, 2007, 11:20:00 AM

Looking Good < very nice :0)

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: JEFF B on March 04, 2007, 01:26:00 PM

hey if you keep that up you will get the bug. very addictive LOL!!! hey nice work kyle :thumbsup:

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: sndmn11 on March 05, 2007, 02:03:00 AM

well heres the finished product...
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s208/sndmn11/PICT0290.jpg)
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s208/sndmn11/PICT0287.jpg)

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: Grey Taylor on March 05, 2007, 03:10:00 AM

Nice work.
But something you said... "it is for my girlfriend."
You've got a girlfriend who appreciates a custome made hunting knife!? Dang, dude... you're not going to see many of those in a lifetime. Better treat her good.

Guy

Title: Re: my 2nd helle knife build (finished)
Post by: sndmn11 on March 05, 2007, 12:57:00 PM

yes she is very nice

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