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| Shalick Shaman Mask |
I know I have said in the past I am not interested in making any more knives (I did not say "never"), but here I am writing a post on making more knives. During my carving course I learned some new techniques that I have already used on other projects. While I have no grand illusions of becoming a carver, there is frequently a requirement where the skills are handy. Just carving an inlay yesterday, the new techniques I learned from Rick Wolcott made it go much smoother.
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Original Knives, one already
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I have had these Swedish laminated steel knives I bought from Lee Valley many (many) years ago which just have not found a use for me; one had even migrated out to the shed for cutting rope. The handles were just not comfortable for me, so they did not get used. The laminated steel blades held an incredible edge and they needed a purpose. While at the carving course decided then and there I had a new purpose for these blades.
The blades were promptly removed from the handles and the handles sent to the burn box.
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| Roughing the blanks with the Daed Mitre |
I picked out a stick of walnut which had a figured end on it and cut two blanks. The blanks were rough shaped and split in two on the bandsaw to take the blade, I carved out the inside to take the tang and epoxied them back together and let them cook for a day.
The next step was to do some rough shaping on the belt sander and then final shaping with sander and then sanded up to 1000 grit on the Festool sander.
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| The finished knives with a couple of coats of Tru-Oil and ready to do some carving. |
Tried them out this morning and as good as the ones I used in the carving seminar, a new tool for the arsenal!!
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