rcmodel
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Silver solder cut and laid in groves for tinning:
Slots Tinned:
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Slots Tinned:
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Maybe I got one more knife left in me?
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rcmodel
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Rings soldered on balls:
Inlays soldered in guard:
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Inlays soldered in guard:
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rcmodel
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Then things went to hell in a hand basket!!
Left Side of guard.
Great, I can live with that!:
Right side of guard.
(MISTAKE #4)
Solder ran down in wire while it was on the bottom.
:banghead:
May have to melt it out and start over??
Or maybe I can salvage it by grinding out the excess solder down to the wire with a teeny tiny dental bur in the trusty old Dremel Tool??
rc
Left Side of guard.
Great, I can live with that!:
Right side of guard.
(MISTAKE #4)
Solder ran down in wire while it was on the bottom.
:banghead:May have to melt it out and start over??
Or maybe I can salvage it by grinding out the excess solder down to the wire with a teeny tiny dental bur in the trusty old Dremel Tool??
rc
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Valkman
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Maybe, but holy moly you're doing stuff I'd never have the talent to do!
I think I'd take it out and do it again.
I think I'd take it out and do it again.
rcmodel
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Yea, But???
Every Time that torch gets close to that guard, I'm risking melting the blade / guard silver solder joint!!
Been pure luck so far I haven't already done it!!
I've got some braided copper solder wick used for cleaning excess solder off of circuit boards.
Maybe Ill try that tomorrow and see if it will suck some of it out of there??
Too tired and disappointed to mess with it anymore tonight!!
rc
Every Time that torch gets close to that guard, I'm risking melting the blade / guard silver solder joint!!
Been pure luck so far I haven't already done it!!
I've got some braided copper solder wick used for cleaning excess solder off of circuit boards.
Maybe Ill try that tomorrow and see if it will suck some of it out of there??
Too tired and disappointed to mess with it anymore tonight!!
rc
ApacheCoTodd
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I've done like work though not so artsy with a ground tip on an electric soldering iron with a variable temp dial and a couple-three glass eye droppers to draw the excess away. One pull on each dropper and toss it.Then things went to hell in a hand basket!!
Solder ran down in wire while it was on the bottom.
May have to melt it out and start over??
Or maybe I can salvage it by grinding out the excess solder down to the wire with a teeny tiny dental bur in the trusty old Dremel Tool??[/B]
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rcmodel
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Gotta use an acetylene torch to get it hot enough fast enough to melt without transferring to the blade / guard joint and desoldering that!!
I don't think a glass eye-dropper wound stand the heat long enough??
Gonna try the copper solder wick tomorrow.
I'll Try to heat sink the other side that's good in a sopping wet rag to keep it from doing the same thing.
If that dont work?
I'll probably have to do it all over again!
rc
I don't think a glass eye-dropper wound stand the heat long enough??
Gonna try the copper solder wick tomorrow.
I'll Try to heat sink the other side that's good in a sopping wet rag to keep it from doing the same thing.
If that dont work?
I'll probably have to do it all over again!
rc
rcmodel
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Well, of course I couldn't go to bed tonight without trying to fix it at 11:00 PM!
Heat sinked it in a sopping wet shop towel, then heated the Glob of solder up and got some of it to flow into the joint.
(The copper solder wick didn't work.)
Then I buffed the snot out of it with 240, & 400, followed by Green Rouge.
Looks much better, but still not as good as the other side..
Maybe more buffing will get most of it?
The silver solder is much softer then the nickle Silver wire, so the solder should eventually buff out, and leave the N/S wire.
Left side:
Right side problem, looks better:
rc
Heat sinked it in a sopping wet shop towel, then heated the Glob of solder up and got some of it to flow into the joint.
(The copper solder wick didn't work.)
Then I buffed the snot out of it with 240, & 400, followed by Green Rouge.
Looks much better, but still not as good as the other side..
Maybe more buffing will get most of it?
The silver solder is much softer then the nickle Silver wire, so the solder should eventually buff out, and leave the N/S wire.
Left side:
Right side problem, looks better:
rc
bikerdoc
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That was quite an education on buffing and polishing. Thanks
Smokey Joe
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Wow!!
Just wow, RC!! Your skills and what you are doing with this knife are nothing short of amazing!! We stand in awe...And, also, thank you for all the illustrated lessons. I've learnt a good deal, just following this thread...Surely there are many others.
Gratefulness...
Just wow, RC!! Your skills and what you are doing with this knife are nothing short of amazing!! We stand in awe...And, also, thank you for all the illustrated lessons. I've learnt a good deal, just following this thread...Surely there are many others.
Gratefulness...
Sheepdog1968
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Just came across the thread. Very nice work RC. Have you ever taught knife making? I'm sure a local junior college org trade skill would love to have you teach your skills and pass it along to another generation.
rcmodel
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O.K.
I got side tracked on the knife tonight.
Mind wandered to a sheath design.
So this is a Quiz to see who's been paying attention!
What is this gonna be??:
HINT 1 = See post #1.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10019313&postcount=1
HINT 2 = See post #39.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10020704&postcount=39
HINT 3 = See post 62.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10022486&postcount=62
HINT 4 = Its a deer skull I've been sawing and grinding on all night.
(It stinks up the whole house like crazy.)
HINT 5 = That is real Sterling Silver rectangles on the cloth, just the right length to wrap around the 1/4" steel rod next to them.
Jewelers hard silver solder in the plastic bag.
(The flattened fork may or may not be relevant at this point. Just playing with another idea.)
So the Question? Whats it gonna be, and whats it got to do with this knife??
rc
I got side tracked on the knife tonight.
Mind wandered to a sheath design.
So this is a Quiz to see who's been paying attention!
What is this gonna be??:
HINT 1 = See post #1.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10019313&postcount=1
HINT 2 = See post #39.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10020704&postcount=39
HINT 3 = See post 62.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=10022486&postcount=62
HINT 4 = Its a deer skull I've been sawing and grinding on all night.
(It stinks up the whole house like crazy.)
HINT 5 = That is real Sterling Silver rectangles on the cloth, just the right length to wrap around the 1/4" steel rod next to them.
Jewelers hard silver solder in the plastic bag.
(The flattened fork may or may not be relevant at this point. Just playing with another idea.)
So the Question? Whats it gonna be, and whats it got to do with this knife??
rc
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Valkman
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You got me, you old codger!
bikerdoc
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Some thing to do with the scrimshaw?
Shanghai McCoy
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Guessing that the deer skull is for the decorative beads on the sheath. The fork would make handy spacer for laying out the stitching holes.
Other than that I got nuthin'...
Other than that I got nuthin'...
rcmodel
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You pretty much got it.
The 'thing' laying on the pliers will hopefully turn out to be a fake eagle talon.
A pair of them to make, Sliver mounted and attached to the leather lacing ends.
The two silver rectangles by the rod with be bent around the rod to make the mounts.
The fork may or may not turn into a belt clip?
rc
The 'thing' laying on the pliers will hopefully turn out to be a fake eagle talon.
A pair of them to make, Sliver mounted and attached to the leather lacing ends.
The two silver rectangles by the rod with be bent around the rod to make the mounts.
The fork may or may not turn into a belt clip?
rc
rcmodel
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O.K.
Got the silver & copper mounts for the sheath thongs done this morning.
And one Talon done.
Still got to slice another chunk off the Steenk'n deer skull!
Donor material.
R.I.P Mr. deer:
Overall layout:
rc
Got the silver & copper mounts for the sheath thongs done this morning.
And one Talon done.
Still got to slice another chunk off the Steenk'n deer skull!
Donor material.
R.I.P Mr. deer:
Overall layout:
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rcmodel
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10:50 tonight.
Got the scrimshaw artwork done.
Problem is, the last time I did Scrimshaw was in 1983.
32 Years ago.
When I could still see!
Anyway, I think I will try it.
If it doesn't work, I can sand it off and start over polishing.
Right side pattern - LIBERTY & JUSTICE:
Left side pattern - LIBERTY or DEATH:
I will flip the file reverse so the lettering is right, and print it on iron-on transfer paper, then iron it on the scales for lines to follow & scratch.
The actual Scrimshaw will not be as bright, more subdued colors, kinda old looking.
But colors none the less, maybe.
rc
Got the scrimshaw artwork done.
Problem is, the last time I did Scrimshaw was in 1983.
32 Years ago.
When I could still see!
Anyway, I think I will try it.
If it doesn't work, I can sand it off and start over polishing.
Right side pattern - LIBERTY & JUSTICE:
Left side pattern - LIBERTY or DEATH:
I will flip the file reverse so the lettering is right, and print it on iron-on transfer paper, then iron it on the scales for lines to follow & scratch.
The actual Scrimshaw will not be as bright, more subdued colors, kinda old looking.
But colors none the less, maybe.
rc
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Valkman
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Did you draw that? That is awesome!
rcmodel
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Draw it?
I can't hardly Draw a Beer, if somebody else taps the keg!
No, it was a photo I got off the the AlGorenet.
Then I used Microsoft Publisher to add the ribbon and lettering.
Then scaled it down small enough to fit the handle.
Then copied & pasted & flipped the right side for the left side, and changed the wording.
Been fooling with 6 different Eagles for a week trying to get all the angles of the dangles to fit between the pins and such.
There are a lot of Eagle drawings out there!!
25,000,000 to be exact!!
PS: Still gotta saw another slab off the Steenk'n deer skull for the other Talon tomorrow.
Haven't got the smell out of the house yet from the first one.
And it ate up a brand new 80" metal cutting band-saw blade the first dance!!
rc
I can't hardly Draw a Beer, if somebody else taps the keg!
No, it was a photo I got off the the AlGorenet.
Then I used Microsoft Publisher to add the ribbon and lettering.
Then scaled it down small enough to fit the handle.
Then copied & pasted & flipped the right side for the left side, and changed the wording.
Been fooling with 6 different Eagles for a week trying to get all the angles of the dangles to fit between the pins and such.
There are a lot of Eagle drawings out there!!
25,000,000 to be exact!!
PS: Still gotta saw another slab off the Steenk'n deer skull for the other Talon tomorrow.
Haven't got the smell out of the house yet from the first one.
And it ate up a brand new 80" metal cutting band-saw blade the first dance!!
rc
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bikerdoc
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Wow my sheaths are plain vanilla.
Real intersted in seeing the fork become a belt clip.
Keep the teaching coming my frend.
Real intersted in seeing the fork become a belt clip.
Keep the teaching coming my frend.
rcmodel
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Well, here's where I got the idea from, the internet.
But, It might not be enough on this real big knife!!
The stainless Steel restaurant fork is mighty darn rigid & strong though, so it might work??
(Really rather find an old 1800's Sterling Silver, Wm. Rogers fancy one though!)
But on the other hand, the stainless one wouldn't tarnish in contact with the leather?
rc
But, It might not be enough on this real big knife!!
The stainless Steel restaurant fork is mighty darn rigid & strong though, so it might work??
(Really rather find an old 1800's Sterling Silver, Wm. Rogers fancy one though!)
But on the other hand, the stainless one wouldn't tarnish in contact with the leather?
rc
Shanghai McCoy
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Neat idea.
I'm guessing it's riveted to the sheath and then the little cover is stitched on..?
I'm guessing it's riveted to the sheath and then the little cover is stitched on..?
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