Wharncliff in dymonwood

New project, a very nice wharncliff knife

This one is to have layered black and red liners and walnut dymonwood

First step was to cut the liners to shape and epoxy the whole scale together

Clamped between some wood blocks

I then trimmed the excess liner material and sanded the scales down even, liners look nice I think, then cut it into two scales

Next up is drilling the pin holes, 4 slots for 1/16" aluminum pins

Now I rough cut and sand the scales down to shape

I've sanded them smooth on the edges. Now I just have to sand the front of the scales to how I want them and they'll be ready to attach to the scales for shaping. But for now I have to take a break, my son and I are camping out with the boy scouts tonight.

More to follow

Okay so I finished attaching the scales last night unfortunately i finished so late that I can't work them yet (2pm est) so I'll have to leave them till late again. pictures aren't

too much to look at I'm afraid, just the knife clamped with all the parts in place.

Here it is all ready to go...

Clean up the edges

 Start to shape it on the belt sander

 Now because this is to have contours I switch to hand sanding a lot earlier, which takes time and a willingness to make friends with a lot of sand paper

 I lock it in a  vice to hand sand it

 coming together

 cleaning up the details

Ta Dar! I skipped some steps, I stayed up late finished this one and it's quicker without having to stop to take pictures.

 I made the handle for a hand bigger then mine and kept the contours slight to increase the chances it's comfortable in someone else' hand.

If it's not comfy as heck it can be sent back to me and I'll fix that.

It's packed up and ready to ship out today.

Thanks all

Element 01 outdoors

some things I've been working on while waiting for curing and drying times to pass

8" overall
4" blade
1/8" thick O1 steel
Textured finish on flats
Saber grind
Green canvas micarta handle
Aluminum pins

EDC JK Iris in walnt

box of goodies 2015 editon

Design Contest Winner

Hey,

So I've been given a lot of latitude with this one, and I'm trying to go a few extra miles to make it special. It is after all, a winner.

Anyway I thought I'd leave it till towards the end to post pictures and have it be somewhat of a surprise but then realized I'll have to spend an extra two days on this one (even without hold ups which always happen) because of what I want to do with it so...nah.

So here's the knife, very nicely brought to life by JK Knives

 Incredibly ergonomic design by the contest winner

 Now my thing, picked out some handle materials, worked pins and holes till they fit

 Cut scale materials into needed pieces

 Check 'em for fit

 I'm essential trying to build some scales here out of the three pieces, more preparation (hence the 2 extra days) but a lot less trouble later on when it comes to cutting sanding and fitting it all together. The liner material helps me to do it this way by making a backing for the wood outer parts, but also needs more preparation. I'm scuffing up all the edges that will be secured together so give some gaps and space for the glue/epoxy to cling onto.

 lots of work to do

But I think this combo will make a nice package and it better because...

I'm honestly limited by the number of clamps I have right now, doh! So while this one has finished curing I'm going to get the second scale set prepped and clamped tonight. Hence two extra days.

So I'm going down there to do some more work, see you later.

I have them both ready now.

Time for some pin holes.

Discovered I'm out of 100 grint belts...have to put it on hold for a day or two till I can get some more supplies. Sorry folks!

Back in Business!

Took forever to get here, but I looked in the local hardware store and none of them had the size I needed so just had to wait for shipping to get done.

Lets get back to work.

Sorry about this but I got pretty sick for the last two days, started to feel better last night and wen ahead and finished it, didn't get any more in progress pictures though, just didn't want to slow up anymore to take them

Need and address for shipping,

thanks again and congrats on a great design :)