DUCKWING 302 Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 CHEERS JB , I REALLY DO ENJOY MESSING AROUND MAKING STUFF FOR MYSELF FROM NETS TO KNIVES ............ BUT ITS NICE TO GET FEED BACK FROM OTHER KNIFE MAKERS / USERS ON THEM ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 WELL LADS , TODAY I MADE A SHEATH FOR MY THIRD KNIFE , IT WANTS THE LEATHER TREATING NOW BUT THE SHAPES THERE NOW WITH THE WET FORMING .... THE KNIFES A NICE SNUG FIT ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fletcher 0 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 V nice mate, where do get your leather? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blando 0 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 have made a knife from a kit, but i now want to make my own handle does anyone know of any laminated carbon steel blades for a resonable price that can be vouched for? i hate stainless cant ever get a decent lasting edge on it. i was looking at the brusletto ones but not sure what they are like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gin 498 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 V nice mate, where do get your leather? http://www.leprevo.co.uk/index.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 have made a knife from a kit, but i now want to make my own handle does anyone know of any laminated carbon steel blades for a resonable price that can be vouched for? i hate stainless cant ever get a decent lasting edge on it. i was looking at the brusletto ones but not sure what they are like. HAVE A LOOK ON THE BRISA SITE , AND THE BRITISH BLADES FORUM , BOTH LINKS ARE BACK AWAYS ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamperman 12 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) knives knives knives knives Edited January 12, 2007 by lamperman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blando 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 just a quick knife i made from an old plane blade, an some oak i had about, not brilliant but only just to keep in the truck as a spare, keeps a nice edge tho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 NICE OLD USER THERE BLANDO , WAS THE PLANE BLADE YOU USED FROM A MODERN TYPE STEEL PLANE OR AN OLD WOODEN ONE ? WHEN SERVING MY TIME , I OFTEN MESSED AROUND WITH OLD WOODEN PLANES , BELIVE ME THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE AS EFFECTIVE AS A STEEL PLANE IN A WORKSHOP .......... HOWEVER GETTING BACK TO MY POINT ,,,,,,,,,,, I FOUND THE BLADES FROM THE WOODEN PLANES TO BE OF A HIGHER QUALITY THAN SAY THE MODERN RECORD / STANLEY ETC , HELD A BETTER EDGE BY FAR , SO WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A KNIFE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fletcher 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 This is my nearly completed secound knife, a small pocket skinner, the blade is a Lauri PT 63mm, silver nickel bolster and ebony handle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 WELL FLETCH , JUST NOTICED YOUR KNIFE ....... WELL DONE MATE IVE BEEN MAKING ONE INBETWEEN OTHER PROJECTS ........ THIS FELLA I MADE FROM SCRATCH THE BLADES MADE FROM HSS STEEL , CARBON ..... FROM A PLANER KNIFE FROM A PLANER / THICKNESSER MACHINE HANDLE ............. BRASS BOLSTER [ FIRE SIDE SHOVEL ] , MASTURI CURLY BIRCH , RED VULCANISED FIBRE SPACERS , EBONY COIN AND AFRICAN PADOUK PHOTOS TAKEN TONIGHT WITH A FLASH SO NOT THE BEST QUALITY ...... BUT HERE GOES FITS THE HAND REAL NICE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Love the kukri style handle. Where do you source your hardwood? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blando 0 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 NICE OLD USER THERE BLANDO , WAS THE PLANE BLADE YOU USED FROM A MODERN TYPE STEEL PLANE OR AN OLD WOODEN ONE ? WHEN SERVING MY TIME , I OFTEN MESSED AROUND WITH OLD WOODEN PLANES , BELIVE ME THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE AS EFFECTIVE AS A STEEL PLANE IN A WORKSHOP .......... HOWEVER GETTING BACK TO MY POINT ,,,,,,,,,,, I FOUND THE BLADES FROM THE WOODEN PLANES TO BE OF A HIGHER QUALITY THAN SAY THE MODERN RECORD / STANLEY ETC , HELD A BETTER EDGE BY FAR , SO WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A KNIFE ALL THE BEST DUCKWING i used one of the old wooden ones but i have now realised the steel as laminated and does not keep a very good edge in the center of the steel if that makes sence so i think for my next one i will have to find an alternative Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DUCKWING 302 Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 WELL BLANDO , PERSONALLY I LIKE THE LAURI PT BLADES ....... WHICH ARE CARBON . .... TRY BRISA FOR THEM MACNAS , THE HANDLES KEEP EVOLVING A BIT EACH TIME , THEY ARE BASICALLY A SCANDI STYLE BUT SHAPED A BIT MORE ON THE TOP LINE ....... THE SCANDI HANDLES TEND TO BE IN THE SHAPE OF A FISH FROM THE TOP , JUST TOOK A PHOTO TO SHOW YER .. AGAIN WITH THE FLASH SO EXCUSE ME THE FISH TAIL LEADS TO AN EXTREMELY GOOD GRIP FOR ME AS IT SITS NICE AGAINST THE HEEL OF A HAND AS FOR WOOD ? WELL THERES LOADS OF GOOD SUPPLIERS OUT THERE ............ A FRIEND SENDS TO HEXHAM HARDWOODS , ALWAYS RECIEVED TIP TOP GEAR IVE BEEN LUCKY AS A FEW MATES ARE WOOD TURNERS , THEY HAVE BLOCKS OF EXOTICS WHICH ARE LEFT OVER AND BRING THE ODD ONE IN .......... TODAY I GOT A NICE BLOCK OF WENGE ............... IVE GOT ON STOCK BITS RANGING FROM PURPLE HEART TO BLACK PALM ........ SO PLENTY TO GO AT ALL THE BEST DUCKWING Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 You're spoiled for choice then! You'll laugh at this, I was due to make a buttplate for a gunstock I had in for repair, but I'd run out of walnut and had nothing but some teak, which of course nobody wants to work on if at all possible. So I took the small fella to a playground and while I was there I saw that all the swings and slides had been replaced, and the chippies had left some odds lying about. I picked up a nice thick 2 ft of some type of hardwood, that I still have no idea about. Made a nice buttplate out of it, works well, no blunt tools and takes a nice finish. Out of something I picked up off the fecking ground! Just goes to show, best to keep your eyes open eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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