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Old 04-15-2015, 07:29 AM
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lemons into lemonade hunter

This is my " lemons to lemonade? Knife.
Forged 1084 with a sharp distal taper.
15n60 guard with coined SS spacer.
Stabilized chery burl handle.


Here is where the lemons come into play.
I originally had a single 1/8" pin going through the Knife.
But during multiple fittings I accidentally opened up one of the holes too much.
Then I decided to countersink the hole after it was epoxied and set a diamond into each side of the handle, but I sunk too far.
So I drilled a 1/4" hole to set a mosaic pin but the drill bit wasn't true and it cut an oval rather than a circle.
I then sized up and drilled again with a 3/16" bit. Set the larger pin and let dry. Sanded the knife and realized the thin section of pin wasn't being held in.
So I removed it and filled the hole with black acarglas.

I am not liking the outcome, and was thinking about trying to break the handle off and start from scratch.

My question is did I end up with lemonade or just a fugly knife?






Sorry about the crappy pics i didn't feel like getting the light box set up for something I wasn't happy with.

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Old 04-15-2015, 08:32 AM
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I don't think its ugly. I'd prefer a little more shape/contour to the handle but overall it looks like clean work and decent design. If your wife had that big black dot on her face we'd all say it was a beauty mark (or suffer the consequences)...


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Old 04-15-2015, 08:56 AM
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I don't think its ugly. I'd prefer a little more shape/contour to the handle
Yeah, that was another of the "lemons". when I glued and rough shaped the handle the small crack I saw in the burl near the butt of the handle turned out to be much larger than I thought. By the time I sanded enough for it to be manageable that was all the handle i had left.

needless to say this was a rather frustrating build
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Old 04-15-2015, 09:04 AM
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Usually professional stabilizing will fill all the cracks in a burl but not always. Sometimes you get a blackjack and sometimes you bust ....


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Old 04-15-2015, 11:21 AM
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I'd say it looks pretty #### good!

I've filled cracks with CA. Apply, let dry and sand. Repeat and build it up in layers. Seems to work okay. If you are totally not happy with it, I will PM you with my mailing address. :-)

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Yeah, it looks pretty sweet to me man! If you're not crazy about it I'll take it off your hands too. That would be a sweet knife to carry hunting.


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Old 04-20-2015, 03:37 PM
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Lemonade on a hot summer day my friend. The blade is my favorite of your so far.
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Old 04-20-2015, 03:55 PM
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Thanks all, I guess it will be put back into the good pile.
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Old 04-25-2015, 11:25 AM
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Nice knife.
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