Drop point hunter

[jon creason]

This one is made out of 1084 steel, edge quenched. It's 9.25" OAL, with 4.5" of sharp. The scales are walnut, with copper pins. I'd love any critiques or criticisms before I finish it out.

[BarryC]

Looks good Jon but since you asked I would sand the handle down a little to get rid of the chip out around the pin holes. Here is a little tip someone passed along to me. Use blue tape on the back side when you drill and clamp the scale to another piece of wood to help eliminate or reduce chip out. Then when you epoxy the pins leave them about 1/8" proud on both sides and gently very gently hammer them around all around the outside of the top. You're not trying to peen them just expand them a little to fill in the holes and get rid of the halo effect from the hole being just a teeny bit bigger than the pin.

[ncrobb]

That's good info Barry.

Jon, it looks like the wood is raw. I have used boiled linseed oil, tung oil and Tru Oil to finish walnut and they all turned out nicely.

Robb

[Fishbum2000]

Originally Posted by BarryC

Looks good Jon but since you asked I would sand the handle down a little to get rid of the chip out around the pin holes. Here is a little tip someone passed along to me. Use blue tape on the back side when you drill and clamp the scale to another piece of wood to help eliminate or reduce chip out. Then when you epoxy the pins leave them about 1/8" proud on both sides and gently very gently hammer them around all around the outside of the top. You're not trying to peen them just expand them a little to fill in the holes and get rid of the halo effect from the hole being just a teeny bit bigger than the pin.

I needed this tip Thanks