My latest work

Did Scagel make any folders? If so, do they look something like that? :) What's different? If not, what do you suppose -would be- different? Anyone?

I really like 11, 12 and especially 13.

Funny being on the other side of a flaw like the pin in 13. :) It just plain doesn't matter to me! :) It would otherwise. :/ No kidding. I'm actually kind-of liking it or something? I'm getting a wierd-feeling from this pin... A feeling of confidense or a new feeling of self-empowerment even?

Was the pin too short to start with tho? :/

I've been checking that out a little closer lately... and so far have decided on... 2/3 to 3/4 the diameter of the rod sticking out on both sides as being... not too short and not too long.

YMMV!

Or like you said, you just didn't hammer it enough to fill the hole all the way, even tho you had plenty of pin material?

BTW, BTDT, both ways, on the same handle even. ;)

Cool. :)

But you're "style" is still coming through. Believe it, Ron? :) You got a style ...and it shows? :)

Alvin in AZ

Scagel did make some folders. Have only seen pics but none looked like that. From memory, all of the ones I have seen had bolsterless, stag handles with an Indian arrow head shield. Nail nick was a slot cut through the blade. A bloke on knifeforums makes quality replicas. Dave shirley, I think.

If this was a perfect world, we, probably, wouldn't be in it.

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to me it's a flaw, a mistake I made. The best I can hope for is to learn something from it and maybe cover it up someway.

I've been leaving around 1/2 the diameter on the handles. That gives enough to make the pin tight without much risk of splitting the wood. On this one, I use a pair of pliers to pull on pin when I was test fitting. Before I brought the bolster down flush with the handle that gap wasn't there. I think I still had some pin sticking up and if I'd known it wasn't flush below the surface i could have hit it some more.

Me?? Style???? Now if I could only get a life. :) I just do what the hammer and anvil tell me to, so I guess it's the style of my personal muse.

ron

PS Alvin I've got the picts of the innerds for the slip joint. An image is heading your way. PPS If yall are interested in seeing the parts before assembly, I think we can get a link posted if Alvin wants to host it.

don't like forging below freezing? it's a surefire way to keep you banging away...:)

did you hammer all those blades or grind?

this one pushes all my buttons. i'd buy it in a heartbeat and cherish it every time i used it.

nice work, good craft. keep it up, and hell, if you get tired of that knife, let me know. i'd give up some treasure for it.

carl

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yeah- fair number of them survive.

The scales are stag; big silver arrowhead escutcheon- he even made some fixed blade knives with folders in the hilt. The blades are pretty much what you'd expect- flat ground, distal tapered, deep nail nick, working shapes.

Chas

I don't mind working outside in the weather, but when the anvil is cold it sucks the heat out of the piece I'm working on way too fast.

Everything was forged as close to shape as I could manage.

Accually I'm wanting to get a sheath to carry that one for a while myself. Glad to hear there are people out there who like my work though.

ron

Why go up for the second temperature?

I like the blade drop for the cutting ability which is similar to a recurve without the sharpening problems.

Can't give any good reason. I mostly muddle along at this stage in the game. I was just doing the one temper and start reading on some of the knife forums of people doing multiple tempers so gave it a try. If anyone who knows better cares to enlighten me, I'll change. In fact I'm planning on trying some at 325 F since I've run across a graph (I think from Alvin) showing a peak in strenght there.

ron

This is usually the same temperature or slightly lower, some argue that the same temperature repeated does nothing but others advocate it. There is a lot of contradiction in the various books, often because some things are too simplified and various steels have exceptions.