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Premium Knife supply - Blade blanks for customization

Over the last week I acquired 4 blade blanks for customization. The materials they use for their "S" line of products are 440C, manufactured in China.

The ones I selected are pictured below:

The top one will definitely receive a Stag taper handle, the Guthook blank will receive a Purpleheart Wood scales w/ Pink liners(for the younger niece). The bottom 2 are to be more detail specific in the handle materials. I would like some ideas on the materials for those, but keep in mind my skill level when making those suggestions. Novice.

Part Deux:

The knife Fairy brought these to me Tuesday:

Again: Some other blanks that showed up sometime ago:

Tags: Blade, Customize, Knife, Premium, Supply, blanks, handles

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Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 6, 2014 at 9:03

I am kind of feeling the pressure to do the Subhilt some real justice. Keeping my fingers crossed that no frivolous errors occur.

Jan Carter said:

The wood and buffalo are reserved for the Sub hilt.

Man O Man will that subhilt be beautiful

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 6, 2014 at 16:09

Knife Fairy left this on my desk today.

1/4" Mosaic pin. It looks girly enough for a Purpleheart wood handled guthook hunter. Right? Those look like flowers?

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on February 6, 2014 at 17:19

Brad, I like that a whole bunch !! I not only think it would look great with the purpleheart guthook, it is one of the nicest mosaic pins I have seen in general !! Nice choice !!

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 6, 2014 at 18:32

Now I have just got drill out the hole in the blank handle to 1/4", it is actually at .2235.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 8, 2014 at 13:07

Handles and pins glued, will sit until Monday. It is turning out okay so far.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 10, 2014 at 11:42

Okay, I pulled the clamps off this morning and did some finish sanding and here is what I have left.

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on February 10, 2014 at 14:21

Looking good, Brad.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on February 10, 2014 at 14:33

I did learn that I should check the pin positions before leaving the epoxy to set. They are not positioned symmetrically.

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on February 10, 2014 at 16:10

Been there and done that with the pins. A mistake many of us have made on our early lnives- Had it occured to me I would have warned you ahead of time.The guthook looks great-My only suggestion would be since this is for a young niece, some further sanding with microfine grit would make that purpleheart shine like a new penny !! Might make it a little more "girl desirable" --

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Robert Burris on February 10, 2014 at 17:23

I am sorry, I don't understand what you mean about pin positions?

Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on February 10, 2014 at 17:35

Robert,

I believe what Brad means is that the patterns on the mosaic pins do not align with each other. If you'll notice the diamond shape in the center of the pin you can see how they are offset from each other, ever so slightly. For instance, if you have a line like this on one pin --- and then the other pin has a line like this \ you can see how they are not aligned with each other. This is what he's talking about with his pins not being symmetrical. The pins should look like this to be perfect --- ---

The diamonds are not PERFECTLY aligned with one and other.

I hope that helps you to understand what he means?

BTW ~ Brad, I think it looks terrific and you have learned another lesson along the way to becoming the ever elusive Perfectionist. The learning curve is a hard pitch to hit! lol

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 10, 2014 at 18:31