First slipjoint!!!

[kcorn]

Hey guys! I FINALY compleated my very first slipjoint. It has been quite a journey. Lots of mistakes and lessons learned but I have to say I am hooked! It is a small pocket knife patterned after a patern that Don Robinson sent me for a build on this forum (thanks Don!). It has nickel silver bolsters, curly maple handles and is made of O-1 tool steel that I heat treated myself. I also incorporated a 3/16" bronze bushing with a 3/32" id for the pivot pin as outlined in Tony Bose's tutorial. The rise and fall at all 3 positions was spot on with my rise and fall indicator but are maybe .002 off after assembly. Not sure as to why. Please feel free to comment good or bad. I appreciate all of the help on here!

[Don Robinson]

Wowzie, that's really a nice knife.

Congratulations.

[john smith]

fantastic
you built a great looking knife that you can hand down to your kids
I like the satin finish on the scales.
It's time for # 2.

[jdware]

Very nice work! I find that the rise fall indicator gets me close, but then I test assemble the knife to make the final adjustments. There's some play in the rise and fall indicator, the pins you use for test fitting get worn, lots of small variables. Then I test once more using the actual pins I'll be using on the knife.
J

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[Don Robinson]

The tension of the backspring causes the reading to be slightly off at final assembly. I just go over the back lightly with the belt grinder after assembly.

[DaveL]

It looks so nice. One for the ages...