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Old 05-27-2009, 01:40 PM
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Did some more work today Will post pictures later after I don the bullet proof vest lol.
Just for the record after squaring things up and making the tangs as true to the design as I could Things look like I think they are supposed to. I set the rise and fall and the springs returns to the open position in all three positions. That kinda mean im on the right track... right ?
James, get your vest on.

It's the fall position that matters. You want the spring to return level with the liners when it's all the way open and closed. That's what people see when they look at the knife.
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Old 05-27-2009, 01:41 PM
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HAH Victor I think I found that out yesterday :P

I know what you mean!!!.....

This friend I told you about, Romano, always says that if things are getting difficult, then is being done wrong!....hehehe
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Old 05-27-2009, 01:44 PM
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Can we see some of Romano's work?
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Old 05-27-2009, 01:47 PM
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Mr Robinson, after a lot of consideration, i started my first slipjoint today Not a toothpick, but a doctor's knife. If you don't mind, i'd post some pics here.

take care, Ondrej
Papi, please do show us your WIP. A slipjoint is a slipjoint.
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Old 05-27-2009, 01:55 PM
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Sure Don!




The swaybacks were done when we started to study slipjoints.
He, together with Luciano Dornles and Rodrigo Sfreddo are the top three in Brazil, IMHO.
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:14 PM
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Wow!! Fantastico, as someone might say in Spanish. I don't know how fantastic translates to Portuguese though.

I like red stag jigged bone, but can't find any more.

I see those 3 folders all have the same angle on the back of the tang like your design. Now that you're making your own designs they'll keep you busy.

Has Romano seen this thread? If so, ask him what I'm doing wrong.
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:17 PM
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Victor, how is the spring tensioned without a 3rd. pin showing in the back end? Using the lanyard tube?

Or is the pin hidden under the scales?
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Old 05-27-2009, 04:54 PM
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Wow!! Fantastico, as someone might say in Spanish. I don't know how fantastic translates to Portuguese though.
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Portuguese and Spanish are very much alike, don?t know why but we can understand them but they don?t understand us.....
Fantastico is also for Portuguese, the matter of facts that almost every word you said in Spanish was just like in Portuguese, that?s why I told you the other day that you?re Portuguese was good!....
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I like red stag jigged bone, but can't find any more. :
I?m not sure but I guess I saw it the other day somewhere in the net?.I?ll find out for you!
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I see those 3 folders all have the same angle on the back of the tang like your design. Now that you're making your own designs they'll keep you busy.
That?s the problem!!!....as if I didn?t have anything else to do!!!.....
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Has Romano seen this thread? If so, ask him what I'm doing wrong.
hehe....Romano is a great knifemaker and an extremely nice guy.
He?s a young fellow and I call him "My Master"......
Oh come on Don!.....you are The Master here!....
He didn?t join us because he was extremely busy finishing some knives for the Blade, he wanted me to join him this year but I just hate leaving home?..
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Victor, how is the spring tensioned without a 3rd. pin showing in the back end? Using the lanyard tube?

Or is the pin hidden under the scales?

Don, just perfect!!
Instead of a pin we put a lanyard tube

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Old 05-27-2009, 05:06 PM
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When I see something interesting on the SBC forum, if I read really fast I can usually follow the dialog.

Great knifemakers there.

Not many folders, though.
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Not many folders, though.

yeap!!!....keep asking myself why???
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Old 05-27-2009, 06:54 PM
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To you Don, Mike Victor and the rest of the lot of you who take the time to respond to these things /cheers mates I thank you for all that you do...

Round 2 ding.. and please dont be gentle I think I can take a punch...now

So where do we start. Well first we squared things up a little better. Its amazing the blade tip came back from the spring the edges now lined up as I made the notch deep enough for it to sit on. Looking at the original plans the kicks on mine were way more rounded and I had plenty of room to start working.

So I started on setting the rise and fall. Full open mark the edge of the spring.. Half mark where it was at.. Hmm found it a little difficult to see when I got close exactly how close I was getting to hitting the same line.

Sooooo i placed a white peice of paper on the plate.. I marked an aligning mark at the lower right to make sure the transparanceis will line up.. Ill get to that in a minute. in the right corner I wrote full open. Then Marked a line for where the spring full open is.
So the gap here between the knife and the spring is because i dont have any pressure on the spring



So then I took the blade off and placed a peice of transparacy of the paper and placed the knife back on the pins and after applying pressure to the rear of the spring, maker a line for 50% closed. I also lined up the alignment cross and wrote 50% in the upper right.




Finnaly I added a final layer of transparacy and assembled at put the blade full closed with the little pressure to the back of the spring and marked



So in theory if it looks like 1 sharpie mark im there right ??



I think its there if not really close ?





Again please point things out and thanks again for your feedback
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Old 05-27-2009, 08:14 PM
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Looking good now, James.

Try inking the area on your plate and use the point of an ice pick to scribe a line on top of the backspring if you don't have a scriber. That may get you a little closer.

By the way, I'm glad you feel better about the critiques. No questions, no answers, no learnie. Learning is what we're doing here. It's too bad some of the other people aren't participating.
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So Things may be moving in the right direction Don ?

Do you think I still need to make a new spring and raise the hole up some towards the spine?

I know I still have the liner hurdle up ahead. My next one.. Yes I fully plan on making more will have the holes drilled all at once.


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Old 05-27-2009, 08:38 PM
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James you're doing a good job!!!.....
Good night everyone!!
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