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Aki cf big bear
"AKI 2015" Loveless style Big Bear. This is my first-ever knife of this pattern, which Bob gave to me when we parted ways, back in 1974, which features carbon fiber handles. OAL is 14? with a 1/4? thick blade that is 8 1/2? in length. $9750.00.
__________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift Last edited by Steve; 11-23-2015 at 11:43 PM. Reason: TYPOS |
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What is different about this pattern? I mean unless I am crazy, I've seen large sub-hilt fighters from you before. Maybe they were not 14" long? Stunning of course as always.
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It is a Big Bear with carbon fiber handles, that's all.
__________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift |
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Awesome work!
Tell us about carbon fiber. It is a good material to work with? Best regards. __________________ RICARDO ROMANO BERNARDES / RFA Romano Facas Artesanais (Romano Custom Knifemaking) Itajub?, MG - Brazil E-mail: cutromano@yahoo.com |
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I am not very qualified to answer that , Riccardo, but this is what I know:
It is very dirty, black hands when finished! You can wear rubber/plastic gloves, however. It his very small prickly particles that get into your skin, but if you wear good covering clothing it's not too bad. Grind at a slow speed to minimize dust. Be sure to wear a good quality dust mask and have all the vacuum system that you can put together, I had my due collector and two shop vacs going a the same time adn that helped. I'm sure that it is hard on regular Coun term-bores, I used carbide and it worked well. Buy top quality CF that is LVA? (Low Void Aerospace) Carbon Fiber, fewer holes to fill up. http://www.alphaknifesupply.com/zdata-carbonfiber.htm has this on hand, of varying thickness. Read their information about using it and how it is made, etc. It was "nice" to work with, although CF isn't really nice to work with at all, at least the two times I have done it. Some makers grind it with water on the wheel and slowly, which I think would help. Im sure that others know more about this than I do and perhaps we can get some more suggestions? __________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift Last edited by Steve; 12-01-2015 at 02:13 PM. |
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Thank you friend Steve Johnson.
A real lesson on the subject CF. I want to use CF, but I am afraid to work with this materail for not knowing better, but after your explanation, I created courage. Thank you very much. __________________ RICARDO ROMANO BERNARDES / RFA Romano Facas Artesanais (Romano Custom Knifemaking) Itajub?, MG - Brazil E-mail: cutromano@yahoo.com |
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Gorgeous Knife!
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Super cool!
__________________ Shane P. Atwood S.P.A. Custom Knives http://www.spacustomknives.blogspot.com/ Hi My Name Is Shane & I'm Addicted To Steel! Best New Maker Award Blade West 2009
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I will bet the carbon fiber makes the knife light and quick.
__________________ Zane Blackwell Member: Knife Rights |
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It's light and strong, should last for about 10,000 yrs, since the blade is 440-C, more corrosion resistant than most other current knife steels that I use. I wanted this one to LAST! Maybe I'll name it my "Forever Fighter!"
__________________ http://www.srjknives.com NRA Endowment Member Knifemakers' Guild Member since 1971 "May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift |
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Amen! 440c is a great steel in my humble opinion.
__________________ Zane Blackwell Member: Knife Rights |
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