NDK
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Post by NDK on Jul 28, 2015 10:56:10 GMT -5
I've had this knife for at least 30 years. I bought it for $5 at a local (now long gone) hardware store. I remember when I bought it like it was just last week. I remember thinking it looked like bone or ivory and my original idea way back then was to maybe someday try to do a sort of skrimshaw on it. That obviously never happened, and it has served me well so I decided an upgrade was in order.  I got a beautiful hunk of sodalite at The Gem Shop on Sunday & went to work. 
 It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but for my first try I think it's OK. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jul 28, 2015 11:45:16 GMT -5
Nice choice of stone and great first try. I am surprised you chose to do the full length rather then going the easy route and just replacing the white part. The thumb notch must have added a challenge.
Two part epoxy holding them on?
Chuck
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Jul 28, 2015 11:58:01 GMT -5
Like Chuck said, looks like a challenge for your first try. Great job. Cheers
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Post by orrum on Jul 28, 2015 12:27:09 GMT -5
That's a good un!
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jul 28, 2015 17:47:33 GMT -5
Thanks guys. The reason I did the whole side was becsuse the whole thing was plastic & worn off. If you look close at the original photo you can see plastic through on the blade end.
Chuck, I used e-6000 to glue them on because thsts whst I had handy, but I don't care for how that stuff works. I might gently remove them and use epoxy.
For the thumb notch I just used a diamond burr and a drum sander on my dremel. Quite simple actually.
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 28, 2015 19:07:01 GMT -5
Great job. The sodalite is especially nice.
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hsnopi
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Post by hsnopi on Sept 7, 2015 18:36:39 GMT -5
Is there a step by step on how to do this?
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2015 18:24:50 GMT -5
Nice Nick
real nice !
its the same knife as the top picture?
how you do that?
disassembled the knife?
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2015 18:27:43 GMT -5
o that e-6000 good stuff
you'd have to heat the stone to remove it
I would think
or maybe some chemical
but I have hearts ten years old that still hold
wait till it falls off
100 years from now
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Sept 8, 2015 21:01:23 GMT -5
Hey Ed, Yes that's the original knife in the top picture. The original plastic scales were just pressed onto small rivets on the knife handle. I removed material on the bottom side of the scales with a diamond burr in my dremel so they'd lay flat before glueing.
I don't use the knife very often, so I left them glued with the e-6000. In 100 yrs when they fall off I'll use epoxy lol
hsnopi - dig around on this site and google, there's plenty of threads showing more detail than what I have. Good luck!
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2015 21:29:01 GMT -5
hey Nick
what I meant is your stone traverses the whole knife body
o wait a minute maybe that an optical illusion
it looked like the ends or hilt were metal.
guess the original handle material was 3 pieces & all plastic ?
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Sept 8, 2015 21:41:15 GMT -5
Yup, all plastic. The ends had a sort of chrome overlay.
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Post by mohs on Sept 8, 2015 21:51:29 GMT -5
that notch in the stone for the blade release is happening!
nice job!
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