From Shell handle to Brass

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:29 am

Here is a project I have been working on for a while.
It started as a Colonial shell handle fish knife with one blade & a fish scaler/hook remover. I only used the backspring, did some file work on it & cleaned up the blade. Everything else I made. Most pieces I made 2 or 3 times, some 4 times.

Anyway here are a couple quick pics tonight & I will post some on the process tomorrow. It has Snake wood handles. It didn't come out as nice as I had hoped, but is is my first attempt at a Texas Toothpick. They can be tricky little buggers!

Dale

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:35 am

nice job dale. looking forward to pics.

Diligence · Post by **Diligence** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:37 pm

Dale - the file work looks just great....

wondering how you do your peening? How much pin do you leave sticking up, and do you create a small 45 degree bevel around the top of the pin first?

thanks,
j

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:59 pm

Diligence wrote:Dale - the file work looks just great....

wondering how you do your peening? How much pin do you leave sticking up, and do you create a small 45 degree bevel around the top of the pin first?

thanks,
j

Thanks guys for the complements.

On the rocker pin I actually used head spinners. If you note in the top pic the pin on the right sticks out farther. I still have not mastered the art of head spinning yet. I am going to remove the rocker pin and reinstall it. I will use a head spinner and then probably dress it up with a file afterwards.

I took the knife to our knife club meeting this morning. The our knife repairman (about 85 years old) gave me some tips on how to finish the pins. He also said that the handles should be thinner, about the thickness of the bolsters. So I have some more work to do on this knife before it is complete.

I experimented with a smaller slackner, only .012" and it is a bit tight just before the blade locks into the fully open position. But I think it will wear in. It has great snap on closing, a good half stop, but just doesn't snap into the open position. If I can't get it to wear in I may have to loosen it a tad bit.

Dale

muskrat man · Post by **muskrat man** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:45 pm

looks good Dale, I actually only use a .007 slackener .010 at the most