This will be my first November Project

[Hatchdog]

In the picture at the top your twist clamps look like a couple of AI robots.

I’m liking the simpler clean lines of this knife. Don’t take that to mean I haven’t liked your other more complex efforts but this knife really appeals to my simple mind.

[BrokenolMarine]

In the picture at the top your twist clamps look like a couple of AI robots.

I’m liking the simpler clean lines of this knife. Don’t take that to mean I haven’t liked your other more complex efforts but this knife really appeals to my simple mind.

I think it will turn out really nice. I will get out and work on it after several cups of coffee. We were up until about 2am watching the returns. After the speech, which was awesome, We finally went to bed. That Elon story was hilarious.

watch this space...

[BrokenolMarine]

Got out this afternoon and evening to work in the shop. Split the time so I could watch the concession speech. No comment on the political speech. Back in the shop to work. I spent hours with the pencil dremel polishing the metal work. Worked up thru the five grades of stick polishing fibers and got the metal looking pretty good.

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I worked on the wood early in the afternoon before the metal then after the metal as well. Took it to about 800 grit. I stained it Dark Walnut, and then two coats of wax. I'm happy. There is a slight gap on the one side. I may address that, or leave it. It's real wood, but I have been beyond those gaps in most of my work lately. I could use a thin saw and cut a Kerf between the copper and the wood on BOTH sides and put a bone accent inlay in on both sides. Or... it's a working knife, it'll get beat up. I could leave it.

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[BrokenolMarine]

Maybe a sheath for this one and send it to a friend who really admired it. He recently sent Miss Tina a gift she liked.

[Hatchdog]

That’s a nice classic look. Love that walnut.

[BrokenolMarine]

That’s a nice classic look. Love that walnut.

I need a better picture, I'll take one today after another couple coats of wax and buff. I have an errand to run when a call comes in.

[BrokenolMarine]

As promised, I brought the knife in and spent an hour or so adding more coats of wax. (Five additional) Then new pics. She is looking better. I still see the small flaws I'd like to fix, but I keep telling myself, Work Knife not show knife.

Here is a nice view down the spine. That copper tint added to the two part epoxy really adds a tone to the tooling work when you fill IN the tooling gaps to match that accent piece, huh?

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The grain on the belly really looks good in my book... you can tell I bookmatched that walnut.

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A view of the left scales

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and the grain on the right scales....

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I'll start on the leather work tomorrow.

[BrokenolMarine]

If I had decided this was going to be more of a show piece, I would have gone up to 2,000 grit on the sanding and shaping rather than stopping at 800. I would have addressed every flaw in the wood and not left them as "Character" in the finished project.

* Okay, to be fair those of you who know me know I'm likely to sand it up to 1500 to 2000 the 1st time I have to refinish the scales, as well as fix any and every flaw I see at that time. I gotta be me.

[r80rt]

Looks dang good to me.

[Hatchdog]

Beautiful, love it!