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Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on September 8, 2013 at 11:19

Here's a little scale job I did.  AND I MEAN LITTLE!  lol

Start:

I put the dots on it with a Dremel and hated it.

Finished with AZ ironwook scales

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 21:52

Dale, I'll be looking at kits but I've also seen small sets (5-15) of slip joint knives on ebay that should provide practice knives.  I'd like to get a few of the same model to use the good parts from each to make good knives.  Well, usable anyway.  It'll probably take me two weeks to develop the skill to create works of art. :)  Ok, maybe three. lol

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on August 18, 2013 at 21:18

Knifekits.com has kits available .. a simple "screw parts together" kit can be had as low as $ 17 + shipping. A partial pin together kit (i.e. scales pre-attached) can be had for the same.

Blades are pre-tempered .. a little on the soft side for my preference .. one has a working knife upon assembly though .. a good learning experience. 

..... still cheaper to buy a couple abused knives @ yard sales. Dis-assemble those & attempt re-assembly. Repeat until reassembly successful.

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 18, 2013 at 20:34

Jack, SMKW has some Rough Rider kits.  They don't look to awful hard to put together and they are cheap.  Might be good for practice.

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 18:44

Oops.  I meant to say "it is NOT a "put parts together" kit.  Keyboard can't spell. lol

Comment by Jack Haskins, Jr. on August 18, 2013 at 18:41

I just looked for kits on usaknifemakers.com.  They have several.  I see a Gunstock 3.25" closed kit that looks interesting.  But, it looks like it still needs to be ground, heat treated, fit and finished according to the description.  So it's now just a "put parts together" kit.  I'll have to call them to see if there is any aspect I can't do.  I know I can't grind a blade.  The picture looks like the blade comes cut to shape but no FFG or hollow grind or anything like that.  If I tried to grind it I'd end up with a FFG, hollow and saber grind in different places on the same blade. lol

Comment by Jan Carter on August 18, 2013 at 17:43

Ron that is some cool information.  There are so many ways to learn the mechanics of a knife these days.  Buying a kit will help you understand how it all fits together

http://www.premiumknifesupply.com/servlet/the-259/Kit-S002-Osaka-Fo...

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on August 14, 2013 at 10:14

Oh yea, Colonial, a user man's knife company.

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 9, 2013 at 12:58

Robert, 

Ranger knives were made by Colonial Knife Company: http://www.colonialknifecorp.com/history.htm 

They actually had a patent for their system of pinning their blades and hiding the pins beneath the bolster, rather than piercing through it. Here is their design and original patent application.

 

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on August 9, 2013 at 10:59

Real good job, Steve. I'm not familiar with that brand "Ranger" but it looks like a sturdy knife.

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