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A real looooong shot here , but Roy I am real glad to hear you're finally going to get a boner

quiet as a church mouse..................

Tapered tangs to the bottom of the bolsters. Lapping the holes to install bolster

Rick. I love the design on the right.

Actually did the same thing today. Nice break from the folders if you ask me.

Nothing like a small group buy to soothe the soul Bret..........

Just posted one.

Rick, I hope you don't mind, but I had to monkey around with that first picture to better see those beautiful Rosewood scales.

I think the knives with scales of beautiful wood, weathered elk or stag, or even real ivory look exceptionally good...but I'm gettin' to where, especially with Rick's knives, I think the ones he makes and uses paper or canvas micarta, or G-10 for the scales...those are just as handsome in my eyes as any of the others previously mentioned.

Hear! Hear!

Totally agree. I prefer the micarta and G10. Although some stag looks pretty good�..

They are all nice & the great thing about a hand made knife is there is choices for handles,etc.
I have come to like micarta in the kitchen,for durability, and have learned that for hunters in the field (field dressing) , in colder temps, I've grown to like wood ,as it has a "warmer" feel.
Recently I've added a few wood handled knives that I myself have hafted,to my set of kitchen knives,and I'm enjoying the feel of the wood .
I've said this before,but you can see many , many vintage knives with wood ( un known species ,sometimes) ,that are loose & wiggle,some tight as can be,but the point is,some can be near a 100 yrs. old,some more or less. They are put together with cutlery rivets ,adhesives of the times (who knows what that was,if any at all) , and yet somehow with these components have heald together for a long,long time.

I think the modern day knife enthusiast,collector,accumulator,or whatever you'd call oneself should consider these ideas.

Many knife makers have asked about this. You will never have another pin show if you do it this way.
Use a tapered pin reamer 4/0 from McMaster for 3/32.
Clean the pin stock and the hole w/ Acetone
Use a pin press
Use the flat side of the hammer polished / to do the final work.
Used this method maybe 15 years and don't recall one ever showing

when you hitting a pin it swells from the bottom up.

Pretty cool explanation.

Not only does it help the pin not show but pulls the bolster closer to the side of the knife. So nice you can make it looks like one piece of steel out of the three pieces.

No solder needed.

Gonna be some good looking steel there Rick. The bark looks great. Its cool to see how some of them come together.

Reno

I'm guessing that making integral bolsters are a real pain in the arse and a lot of milling with a lot of wasted metal ?

Unless you are a whomper. at our next shop tour Ray Kirk as a demo is going to do an intregal with all the steps to finish. Will see if I can video it and maybe post it. It will be the first weekend in May.

Mornin' all ya'll


Finally a bright crisp day. Not a cloud in the sky.

Ya'll have a good one.

Best,

GWB

Thats some nice looking wood on that knife.