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swizz View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 12:12 PM Post #116
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	YES! A dowsing knife, I like the way you think. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

swizz View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 01:22 PM Post #117
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Finished at last! Sorry but these pics are not of my usual quality. I'm not happy with them but this will have to do. I recently broke my Olympus E420 DSLR and these were taken with my Droid RAZR. Best can do with what I have right now. Oh well.... Nessmuk ATS-34 steel - draw-filed flat bevels, Texas Knifemakers heat treatment with Cryogenic quenching for ultimate hardness Scales - stabilized Black Ash Burl w/black spacers, brass pins (#1500 finish and Carnuba wax) Blade finish - #400 grit, then Scotch Brite pad Spine and exposed tang are mirror finish - #1500 then hand buffed Specs: Spine thickness - 1/8" Blade height - 1 3/16" Blade length - 3 3/4" OAL - 8" Handle width - 9/16" Top Bottom With Base Note: I installed a powerful magnet (Neodymium) into the driftwood. Holds knife securely in place when displayed. Magnet is recessed into the wood 1/16" as not to scratch the knife. Balance -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

Denise View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 02:29 PM Post #118
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4	Wow!! Amazing work Chris! Great idea adding the magnet and great balance. Sure looks like top notch work to me...... -------------------- Education is the key to the future, and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥

russau View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 07:27 PM Post #119
russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43	you have become very talented in this venture! im sure that you could sell quality knifes and make good money at it! true story, but not ment to imply anything towards you .....there was once a man where i used to .........work,and he made some beautiful knifes and had a portfolio of them to show off his talent. unfortunatly he got fired for doing this at work useing scap metal and "new" saw blades for his knifes. all the boss' knew of his work, but someone got their feelings hurt and complained to security and they HAD to fire him even though some of the guys in security had him make them a knife also.

swizz View Member Profile	Oct 20 2012, 08:54 AM Post #120
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	I started my next build. Another Nessmuk that I designed... a little different than the last one. This has a thumb-stop on the top of the tang and a different handle shape, overall a little more ergonomic. I may do some detail file work on this one for fun. Steel is ATS-34 and currently in an annealed state. This is my drawing, template, and profile that I cut. I'll post occasional progress. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

CP View Member Profile	Oct 23 2012, 09:39 AM Post #121
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3	Bet your dad is going to love that first Nessmuck style, it turned out very nicely! I really like the style of the Nessmuck too, look forward to seeing this one progress. If you do choose to go with detail filing vine work with it that will really be a nice finishing touch for sure! -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!!

swizz View Member Profile	Oct 23 2012, 04:09 PM Post #122
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Well... Dad opened his birthday present early and he loves it! That was the perfect thing or him. Maybe I'm back in the will. I just ordered a set of diamond needle files for $20 from Jantz.... what a deal! That should make the detail work a little less painful. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

swizz View Member Profile	Oct 29 2012, 09:38 AM Post #123
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Quick progress update on the Muk II. The diamond files worked great. I'm about to start the laborious process of creating the primary bevels (draw-filing) but thought I'd show a quick pic of a tool that I fabricated to help the process. It is a 'file-guide'. I made it from two pieces of leftover billet steel. It sandwiches the bade where the bevel-plunges will start and will keep them symmetrical throughout the process. They cost anywhere from $40+ but I was able to make this for pretty much free. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

swizz View Member Profile	Oct 30 2012, 10:31 AM Post #124
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	This is a billet of metal that Woody gave me and will not be a knife... just a practice piece to get better at detail filing. Here I have filled in the file-work with a pigmented epoxy (black) and wanted to see if the black epoxy would stain or bleed into some red spacer material. The spacer material is vulcanized paper and it worked well. I had to try it before doing it on the real thing. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

Denise View Member Profile	Nov 1 2012, 06:13 AM Post #125
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4	That looks great Chris, sweet design detail!! -------------------- Education is the key to the future, and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥

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Thanks!
I now have this one ready to be sent off for heat-treat. I will be using 8 of the holes in the tang... the rest were drilled to achieve balance.

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swizz View Member Profile	Nov 19 2012, 01:24 PM Post #127
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	I sent the Muk 2 to Texas for heat treat & cryo. It won't be back for a week or two. Meanwhile I'm working on another stock-removal. This will be a drop-point camp knife or small hunter. First I designed and drew the knife (center). Then I put it on my copier and cut it out... traced it onto a steel billet. Next I used an angle grinder and bench grinder to cut the knife profile from the billet (bottom). Once the profile was created I traced it onto my design sheet for future use, labeled "template" (top). The steel I am using here is CPM154CM and superior to anything I've used thus far. A little more pricey. "CPM" stands for "Crucible Powder Metallurgy". The process creates an extremely uniform and stable steel matrix. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

swizz View Member Profile	Nov 23 2012, 08:01 PM Post #128
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CP View Member Profile	Nov 24 2012, 09:00 AM Post #129
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3	Whew! Looks like that's a job in itself right there and x 2 for the reverse side. Nice work Swizz. -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!!

Denise View Member Profile	Nov 25 2012, 07:01 AM Post #130
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4	It's looking great Chris, coming along very nicely. Looks like you have a sweet vise set up to do what you need. Careful though, your leather gloves has holes and you don't want to find one of those with the knife blade. -------------------- Education is the key to the future, and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥

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