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Old 01-04-2012, 05:02 PM
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Scholarship Knife WIP

Hello everyone. I'm going to do a WIP of the scholarship knife if y'all don't mind. I'm going to make a Woodsman with a curley cue forged into the tail end. Dan Eastland is going to make a matching box. I'll do a sheath. The handle of the knife is going to be Bloodwood and black canvas micarta.

So the first step was to grind the blank to shape and drill it.



Then I start forging the curley cue from that extra 'tail' that was left at the butt of the knife.









Once its all forged to shape, I go at it with a tiny ball peen hammer to texture it some. I did 4 on that morning.



The Woodsman is the top blank.



This is the plank of Bloodwood.



This is all the pieces necessary to make the handle scales.



Thats as far as I've gotten. I'll post more pics as I get further along. Any tips or suggestions welcome!

Thanks!
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Old 01-05-2012, 06:02 AM
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You're missing out on most of the fun just forging on that end Andy.

Yeah one suggestion.........give it to me to field test!
Look forward to winning that one (I'm a charter member and I haven't won one yet, dang it!).


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Old 01-05-2012, 07:52 AM
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Maybe that one will be yours and you can field test it thoroughly.
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:36 AM
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BB, Don't fell pregnant , I haven't won either. Something wrong with that picture


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Old 01-06-2012, 02:23 PM
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The grind is done. Heat treating now.

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Old 01-11-2012, 08:50 PM
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Looking good Andy!

I'm going to be down that way in early February, outside Atlanta (Mansfield?). I'm flying down for work. If I was driving I'd bring you down a load of osage. Found a guy up here in Ohio that's selling osage fenceposts for $7 a piece.

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Old 01-13-2012, 02:33 PM
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Seven dollars a fence post is an excellent deal. I have some pieces of fencepost, and the way the wood has aged on the outside is just gorgeous.
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Old 01-27-2012, 04:29 PM
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OK fellas. I have completed the scholarship knife.





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You sure made a passing grade in my opinion.

Great Work!!

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Old 01-28-2012, 05:03 AM
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'bout time!
Get your equipment moved in?


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Old 01-28-2012, 04:28 PM
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The actual moving starts tomorrow Carl. Yard still isn't going to be perfect, but I'm all out of patience....
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Nice job, Andy, my friend-------------


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Old 01-30-2012, 09:11 AM
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THanks Dad. You coming down for the meeting next week?
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