Job Very Well Done My Friend!
I will have to probably barrow some of the techniques in your thread.
I think we will see all three knives in the Magazine in the future.
You got me kinda excited about using some of that handle material.

Karl,

Very nice looking knife! I do have a question though. Is there any particular reason the handle is slightly larger than the guard? I am sure it has a purpose.

Kid

It's a habit.
Rather than have handle materials shrink/expand or maybe create difficult areas when sanding that create sharp edges, I often leave the handle material proud of the surrounding hardware.
It's acceptable.

Absolutely acceptable... I was just curious, not insulting your work. It is a good idea to give yourself a safety net incase of a shrink/expand scenario.

Kid

Great thread!  

I love the modified old adjustable wrench "twisting gadget"!


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IN GOD WE TRUST

Karl

I'm having fun re-reading old threads and ran across this one! Wow.  Karl some of the images are missing.  Can you re-add them?  I'd like to get our mods to pin this one to the top!

What do you guys think????

Karl, can you bshare your polish and etch technique to finish your wrought iron?  I have some that's pretty clean and some that's really nasty and some in between, but I'm never able to get mine to etch out as nice as yours.

Ray, I must have deleted those pictures from Photo Bucket.
I have no idea which ones they were right now.
I'll have to go through my photo archives to see if I can connect the dots.

Todd, I just take my wrought to at least a 1200 grit finish and etch for about 1 hour, 4 times for 15 minutes each, cleaning off the oxides between segments.

Thanks Karl! I haven't been etching long enough.

That knife is insane, Karl! If I see someone coming at me with it, I'm going for my gun!!!!!!!!!!

Allan

Karl, that's a shame,  I must have missed it the first time but I don't  know how!  Can you show the twisting gadget please?

Karl, that's a shame,  I must have missed it the first time but I don't  know how!  Can you show the twisting gadget please?

I can't right now, Ray.
Everything I have is in crates and getting loaded for my move to northern Minnesota.
It's basically just a three foot long heavy round bar onto which I welded a 1/2" ratchet extension right in the center.
Then, I forge one end of the bar that is to be twisted, square.
On the extension, I place the appropriate size 8 point impact socket.
heat the bar.
Stick the non-square end in my press.
Twist with the long bar on the square end.
That will work for hand-twisting.
Since this thread, I've upgraded to Mr. Twister:



 

You could weld a pan on top of that I beam and have it double as a rotisserie!!!!          

Thanks Karl,  if I was closer I'd come help u move bud