Francie 6,368 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Griff your work is amazing mate, keep it up bud. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Griff your work is amazing mate, keep it up bud. Thanks Francie, it's all the positive comments & feedback that keep me posting. Griff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Just keep postin griff, cos its good reading, i just wish i could do some stuff ye do haha Thanks W.K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Started this commission for a drop point hunter today....a few WIP pics for you. Landy spring, paper design and hard-board template. Rough grind up with angle grinder to get rid of rust/ pits. Template clamped on ready for cutting. Plasma cutter in action On to the belt grinder Now the bevels 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 How long did it take from start to where your at now Griff ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 How long did it take from start to where your at now Griff ? Three hours. Thats all rough grind though it is the finishing & detail that takes the time. If using new stock it would be faster, but not the same satisfaction as taking something that is scrap and turning it into something of value. Griff 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 Ever thought about doing demos, or lessons griff, maybe have folk come to you an ye help or atleast let them help you make there own knife or summat? Ye got vids on youtube? No vid's.....took me all my time to sus out how to post pics As for teaching others.....I taught my lad what i know about making knives....now he is teaching me. Always happy to share info... but as for something official...too much red tape now a days to let the public loose on machines like mine with most guards and safety features non existent. Griff 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,320 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 Well son. I wonder at folks sometimes. When you make something as good as you do, the hours it takes and the finishing, cost is pretty much immaterial. I put an idea into Tony Glovers head the other day ( the snooker cue maker), and lo and behold we have started a project that will probably take about 3/5 weeks. A friend of mine has taken on the commission with a budget of £1500.00. My quest is to make a one off, never to be copied, identifiable exotic coloured woods, one piece snooker cue. The woods will probably never be available again unless some hoarder comes to the surface with stocks from long, long ago. I may have already mentioned that we are on the lookout for black bog oak which, I believe , can be carbon dated to over many thousands of years. (Google). I have a personal feel for orange, lavender and white with either black ebony or bog oak. This will be the cue to die for. Tony Glover deserves a mention as well. He just gifted me one of his first ever cues, made adopt 20 years ago and it is absolutely beautiful. Still can't play but hey ho. Jok. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 Well son. I wonder at folks sometimes. When you make something as good as you do, the hours it takes and the finishing, cost is pretty much immaterial. I put an idea into Tony Glovers head the other day ( the snooker cue maker), and lo and behold we have started a project that will probably take about 3/5 weeks. A friend of mine has taken on the commission with a budget of £1500.00. My quest is to make a one off, never to be copied, identifiable exotic coloured woods, one piece snooker cue. The woods will probably never be available again unless some hoarder comes to the surface with stocks from long, long ago. I may have already mentioned that we are on the lookout for black bog oak which, I believe , can be carbon dated to over many thousands of years. (Google). I have a personal feel for orange, lavender and white with either black ebony or bog oak. This will be the cue to die for. Tony Glover deserves a mention as well. He just gifted me one of his first ever cues, made adopt 20 years ago and it is absolutely beautiful. Still can't play but hey ho. Jok. Sounds intriguing Jok, look forward to seeing a pic of the finished cue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 A couple more WIP pics of the drop point. A bit slower progress than hoped for as the speed controller on my belt grinder blew up..a new one ordered but in the meantime all hand work to get the final shape/finish. Final shape & heat treatment/temper below. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Polished up ready for the handle. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,368 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Thats one fine blade mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stonewall 1,913 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Made up this simple folder at the weekend. Calling it "Tinkers Companion" as i made it from what was lying around. Blade id a piece of HSS knife out of my Planer/thicknesser cold ground to retain original temper. Handle a cutting of antler. Stainless pins with brass seats made from rollers out of old curtain track. Phosphor bronze contact plates. Silver buffalo end cap. More pics here http://s166.photobucket.com/user/gruffalogriff/library/Tinkers%20Companion?sort=3&page=1 what a piece of work.genius. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,859 Posted May 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 I snatched a bit of time here and there over the last week to do a bit more on the drop point. Blue denim/ red fleece micarta cast direct on the handle. Roughed out on the bandsaw Micarta shaped up and polished. Knife nearing completion. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 That's a bloody nice knife fair play ..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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