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thumb swoop on knife back #19015447 12/15/23
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	The last 3 knives I worked on had swoops for my right thumb. Pink Ivory done with a 1/2" carbide end mill Kao done with a 1" high speed steel ball end mill Snakewood done with a 1" high speed steel ball end mill There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19016166 12/15/23
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702 MOGC Campfire Outfitter
MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702	On purpose? Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19016171 12/15/23
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,299 Likes: 15 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna
chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,299 Likes: 15 TX	I really like the top one! "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19016419 12/15/23
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA J jackmountain Campfire Ranger
jackmountain Campfire Ranger J Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 23,686 Likes: 1 western VA	The bottom one could double as an ashtray.

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19036507 12/22/23
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	HSS 1" ball endmill was working on soft blade handles, but not so well on hard ones. I got a Carbide endmill. trying not to cut up the mill vise jaws African Blackwood my thumb fits There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19055257 12/29/23
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	Maple from a tree in the yard. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19091204 01/09/24
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	Ironwood handle The blade: https://www.ebay.com/itm/305314970488 The wood https://www.ebay.com/itm/384317512753?var=652668283621 the epoxy https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0166FFFD4 5/32" brass rod https://www.ebay.com/itm/284659300831 -- There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19151145 01/26/24
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	enlarge holes with 0.1" carbide drill cut 0.1" thick steel to match blade handle thickness cut out steel to fill around small blade handle epoxy blade, filler steel, sneezewood sides, and 6 brass rods draw outline of handle shape cut handle to shape with 0.5" carbide end mill cut out thumb swoop with 1" carbide ball end mill There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19151219 01/26/24
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702 MOGC Campfire Outfitter
MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702	. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19151364 01/26/24
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Re: thumb swoop on knife back Obsessed1 #19154328 01/27/24
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702 MOGC Campfire Outfitter
MOGC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 11,702	Originally Posted by Obsessed1 . Great minds think alike. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19155361 01/28/24
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 817 Carroll Co Mississippi C carrollco Campfire Regular
carrollco Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 817 Carroll Co Mississippi	Great post. I appreciate the effort that went into it. I intend to lift your ideas. Will Rogers said there’s 3 ways to get smarter: 1. Read a lot of books (or Campfire posts). 2. Hang around people smarter than yourself. 3 Sometimes you gotta pee on the electric fence to find out for yourself ( trial and error). Helps shorten the learning curve. Well done. I also make a few knives for family and friends. You make a great blade by the looks of it. A 3” blade is super handy for most jobs.

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19157543 01/28/24
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,279 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,279 Likes: 27 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” 👍 If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: thumb swoop on knife back Clarkm #19222543 02/17/24
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,392 Likes: 4 WA rain forest	Black Locust Wood, brass rod, and a blade from Pakistan https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EB86I58 Blade with holes carbide drilled out to 1/4", Wood cut out, drilled with F size drill and finished and masked where it butts to the blade guard, 5 minute epoxy, popsicle stick, cup, disposable gloves, 1/4" solid brass, and 1/4" brass tubing plugged up with Q tips After epoxy sets Milled for thumb swoop, chamfers sanded, rubbed with boiled linseed oil There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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