slipjoint nail nicks
the wharf rat
What's the best way to cut these? I have a knife I'd like
to carry but the nicks are too small for me to open the blades with.
So I'd like ot make them deeper. Is there a trick to getting them
to come out right?
J Buck
too small for me to open the blades with. So I'd like ot make them
deeper. Is there a trick to getting them to come out right?>
Instead of going to a lot of trouble and possibly ruining the integrity
of the steel (hey, it could happen) why not just let your thumbnail(s)
grow a bit?
Greg Wormald
> too small for me to open the blades with. So I'd like ot make them
> deeper. Is there a trick to getting them to come out right?>
Hmmm, there may be a really neat way of doing this---but I reckon with
bit of fiddling you could do a reasonable job with a dremel cut-off
wheel and one of the 'drum' sanders. It may take a while if the blade is
really hard.
Is the knife valuable, or a user? (I suppose it could be both!)
Greg
the wharf rat
J Buck <jbu...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>Instead of going to a lot of trouble and possibly ruining the integrity
>of the steel (hey, it could happen) why not just let your thumbnail(s)
>grow a bit?
>
Because that's a kludge :-) the bug's in the blade not
my thumbs :-)
All kidding aside, I've got a dozen of those slip-joint deals
and this is the only blade I can't get to. I don't want to grow one long
nail (1/10th of a Mandarin?) just for this.
the wharf rat
Greg Wormald <gr...@not.myaddress.com> wrote:
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>Is the knife valuable, or a user? (I suppose it could be both!)
Potential user, needs some work. Last guy sharpened it with
a file... It's a used Camillus 712, kind of a medium stockman but
with a pen blade instead of a spey. The nick on the pen is defective,
it's much smaller than it should be. I picked it out of a "These knives $10"
bucket at the gun show because I like the pattern...
Lachlan - Grand Exalted Most High King and Emperor of All the Universe
"the wharf rat" <wr...@panix.com> wrote in message
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I'd go for the dremel. But then again, I use my dremel for just about
everything except eating my dinner.
the wharf rat
Lachlan - Grand Exalted Most High King and Emperor of All the Universe <toadfish@(nospam)beeb.net> wrote:
>
>I'd go for the dremel. But then again, I use my dremel for just about
>everything except eating my dinner.
>
The cut off wheels work great on lamb chops.
So just tip a round grinder into the existing nick until it's
big enough or I come out the other side, huh?
the wharf rat
the wharf rat <wr...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> So just tip a round grinder into the existing nick until it's
>big enough or I come out the other side, huh?
>
By "round grinder" I mean one of those cylindrical stones
you use on dremels...
Lachlan - Grand Exalted Most High King and Emperor of All the Universe
"the wharf rat" <wr...@panix.com> wrote in message
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I'd imagine so. you could start with the cut off wheel.
Chas
> you use on dremels...
I use dental technicians' stones- for grinding on dentures, I would imagine.
They're small, shaped, different grits of abrasive- I use a Foredom to power
them.
A lot of nail-nicks were stamped into the blades- often they had decorative
upper-lines impossible to produce with grinders. Some were cut with a chisel
before tempering, some were cut with a serrated wheel heat-treated very
hard.
If you have to use a Dremel, I'd suggest clamping it down and holding the
workpiece. I find a finer touch to my cut if I bring the blade to the cutter
rather than the other way round.
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r payne
the wharf rat wrote:
On the folders I've made I used a dremel with a cut off wheel. I also
used the cut off wheel for the dremel in a drill press. I find it
easier and get a better cut if I secure the dremel (or wheel) and move
the knife blade to it. There are a couple ot different types of cut off
wheels and I like the fiber impregrenated ones, they are a bit thicker
thus leave a bit wider nick.
ron
alv...@example.com
> ...I've got a dozen of those slip-joint deals and this is the only
Does the handle need to be "lowered" in one spot to allow access to
the nick, instead?
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/green6392.jpg
If so, start with a half-round file and go from there. :)
The tricky part is to be sure to cut the brass so the "flashing"
left by the file is "inside the knife" not between the liner and
the handle slab.
Otherwise...
I re-shaped a Dremel's mounted stone (1/8" x 3/4"?) so it could
grind-in a factory-looking nail mark. Still got it, don't use it.
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/folderNM.jpg
Decided it looked "too factory" and not "home workshop" enough. :)
So swtiched to the simple looking groove made by the Dremel's
cut-off wheel. I prefer the non-fabric reinforced type for that
job and they come in two thicknesses and the thicker one, I use,
is called "heavy duty". ;)
In theory the groove is a |_| shape but in practice is really more
of a \_/ shape.
So, I tilt the grinder some... in an attempt to make a \_| shape to
the cut. YMMV, but works for me. :)
Ground clean through a homemade spey blade once (O1) looked kinda
cool and kinda dumb at the same time tho.
Alvin in AZ
the wharf rat
Chas <chascl...@comcast.net> wrote:
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>I use dental technicians' stones- for grinding on dentures, I would imagine.
Perfect. I found some very fine grit flying saucer shaped
stones on shafts that fit my Dremel. I picked out two different
grits and a very very soft fine one to buff out the marks I was going
to make when the stones skipped out of the notch. It took about .5 seconds
with each stone to cut the notch to be exactly perfect and then 4 minutes
to buff out the scratches I made when the stones skipped out of the notch.
Chas
>>I use dental technicians' stones- for grinding on dentures, I would
>>imagine.
> Perfect. I found some very fine grit flying saucer shaped
> stones on shafts that fit my Dremel.
Yeah; years ago they were clearing out a dentist's office/lab, and I bought
boxes of them for a buck apiece- maybe a dozen to a box, all different
shapes/grits. They've been a treasure for all sorts of silverwork, ivory,
stones-
Chas
Tommy
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Chas
> And maybe the occasional chipped tooth? ;)
I've used Swedish rifflers to file my teeth- not sure I want to try it with
a Foredom <g>
Chas
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