just finished heart dagger

[EdStreet]

I just finished this one tonight, I think. When she see's it may want some minor changes to be made but here it is. red dyed buffalo horn and nickel/silver pin. Was a major pain getting the bottom shaped correctly.





Think my white balance is off on these.

Ed

[justice]

very nice i like the scales alot!!



....justin

[garrisonknife]

looks nice....did you have to use a file on the tip?

[EdStreet]

the bottom i did have to use a file as the hole is quite small and it could use different techniques on the next one. The tip next to the blade I used a flap wheel on a dremel.

[BMiller]

Ed,

I did one almost identical to that one too! I covered up the top hole though and rounded the end off but the rest is basically the same. One thing you can do is when you get the scales cut out, shape the blade end while they are off the knife. I have even put a small drop of super glue to keep them together while doing this but I shape and get the end to the final polish I want for the rest of the handle. Then after I install them I put a small piece of blue tape to cover where the blade and scales meet. This helps prevent any unwanted scratches on the blade near the bolster or scale area. Make sense?

Good work!

Bill

[EdStreet]

that's basicaly what i did cept i did't use glue or tape i just held them together and used my flex shaft with a sander.

Biggest problem I have is the red dye is at most 1/64 deep on the top layer only. if you sand it smooth then it's no longer red. Am considering doing the stabilized dye to see how that works. Gotta be a way to get the dye deeper and keep it there.

Next time I will do both top and bottom before I glue, the sides im not worried about as that's the easy part.

Ed

[BMiller]

I used some sort of acrylester I think. It had some dark marbling throughout but the colors went all the way through. I can't tell by the pictures but did you file some kind of design in the top part inside the hole? It looked like it had some edges on it or something.

Bill