Knife re-handling project.

[Roadie]

I think the hardest part will be ensuring that both sides match, the actual sanding and assembly should be fine. But we shall see. Need to go get some more sandpaper at some stage though!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I think the hardest part will be ensuring that both sides match, the actual sanding and assembly should be fine. But we shall see. Need to go get some more sandpaper at some stage though!

Yeah, but don't get too neurotic about it , it is supposed to be fun after all

[Dunc]

Well I'm off to bed .

Night all .

Dunc

[Roadie]

Night mate

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well I'm off to bed .

Night all .

Dunc

Night matey, don't let the bed bug's bite...maybe the missus, but not the bugs

[Roadie]

Yeah, but don't get too neurotic about it , it is supposed to be fun after all

Trouble is with me i like to do a job to the best of my ability. But i know that i won't be able to make this perfectly and it's my first go so i'm not expecting miracles

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah, but don't get too neurotic about it , it is supposed to be fun after all

Trouble is with me i like to do a job to the best of my ability. But i know that i won't be able to make this perfectly and it's my first go so i'm not expecting miracles

Well if you do this one well, maybe you could start doing custom scaled sak's next

BTW I'm gona split this thread

[Roadie]

Good call on the split, was thinking it was a bit off topic

As for custom scaled SAK's, i doubt my work would be half as good as the more experienced lot, so i'll probably just leave it to them! Not saying i wouldn't give it a go though....if some one wants to lend me one to practice on.....

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Good call on the split, was thinking it was a bit off topic

As for custom scaled SAK's, i doubt my work would be half as good as the more experienced lot, so i'll probably just leave it to them! Not saying i wouldn't give it a go though....if some one wants to lend me one to practice on.....

Yeah, I'll just send you one of Ben's mate...he's got that faux boned handled 108 hasn't he, I'm sure you'd love to put a bit of wood on that

[Roadie]

Yeah, I'll just send you one of Ben's mate...he's got that faux boned handled 108 hasn't he, I'm sure you'd love to put a bit of wood on that

Yeah that things screaming out for rehandling

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah, I'll just send you one of Ben's mate...he's got that faux boned handled 108 hasn't he, I'm sure you'd love to put a bit of wood on that

Yeah that things screaming out for rehandling

Well I've got his address, and he strikes me as a ''key's under the flower pot'' type of guy, I'll see what I can do

[Roadie]

  That would be a really nice coming home pressie for him! A nice rehandled sak, made for him by his "friends" on the forum

[Roadie]

Also would this not have been better in the Edged Tool section rather than General Tool Discussion?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yes boss , don't you realise the difficulty of picking up one whole thread and moving it to another forum, several sub forum's down ...ingrate

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Happy

[WhichDawg]

very nice project Roadie. I'm sure it will come out very nice. I will also be attempting to put new scales
on some blades sometime this year.

like you were going to do, first I'll try and find some nice local woods, we have several to choose from.
then I'll go to a local knife maker and get some tips and pointers, we have many nice ones around
and they are very nice folks to deal with (I met several at a blade show here last year).

what I like the best (that's not local) is "ironwood" and "cocobolo" the later being a little toxic to work on but
I'll have ventilation and protection. they are so beautiful and I've read they can really last.

good luck mate and I can't wait for your final "work of art!" 

[Roadie]

Happy

Much better sir And no never had the privilege of being a mod so don't know how the process works

[Roadie]

very nice project Roadie. I'm sure it will come out very nice. I will also be attempting to put new scales
on some blades sometime this year.

like you were going to do, first I'll try and find some nice local woods, we have several to choose from.
then I'll go to a local knife maker and get some tips and pointers, we have many nice ones around
and they are very nice folks to deal with (I met several at a blade show here last year).

what I like the best (that's not local) is "ironwood" and "cocobolo" the later being a little toxic to work on but
I'll have ventilation and protection. they are so beautiful and I've read they can really last.

good luck mate and I can't wait for your final "work of art!" 

Sounds like a good plan Yeah i've seen Cocobolo and it does look great, but i figure for a first attempt i'll start with something a bit cheaper! Next time maybe

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Happy

Much better sir And no never had the privilege of being a mod so don't know how the process works

Your not yet bitter and twisted enough to be a Mod, get married and come back in a year, and we'll assess your application then

Night all

[Roadie]

Night mate I'll try working on my bitter twisted outlook on life

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Night mate I'll try working on my bitter twisted outlook on life

You do that mate

[Roadie]

Well went out to get some sandpaper today, and been practising going through the grits to get a decent finish. Hopefully this bar (had it lying around from a previous project) will fit in the holes in the handle, if not i'll have to get some more Taken this up to 400grit but still have 600 left, don't want to waste it though
Think it came up quite well, i'm more confident about doing all the sanding now though

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Looks good to me mate, I'd just use some files to get a rough shape then sand it off

[Roadie]

Wood arrived today Started to sand down the inside face flat so they sit against the blade nicely. Pics below
The blanks as they arrived:

My flat sanding "jig":

One blank done, one to go:

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Looking good mate

[Roadie]

Cheers just a shame you won't see that bit once its all together!! Well not directly anyway, if it wasn't flat you'd see the effects....

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Cheers just a shame you won't see that bit once its all together!! Well not directly anyway, if it wasn't flat you'd see the effects....

True, but just knowing it's there would probably drive you mad if it wasn't prefect and if your a bit of a perfectionist

[Roadie]

This is true Can't wait for the rest of the bits to arrive so i can see what its actually gonna look like!!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This is true Can't wait for the rest of the bits to arrive so i can see what its actually gonna look like!!

What are you waiting on, pins and stuff?

[Roadie]

This is true Can't wait for the rest of the bits to arrive so i can see what its actually gonna look like!!

What are you waiting on, pins and stuff?

Blade and the liner material...so nothing too important