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Tutorials - Making an Integral Criollo
Knife
Placing an antelope stag handle on
a criollo style knife. |
Grinding
the blade. (Picture 1)
Heat treating it. (Not this exact blade, as I didn't have
anyone to take a picture and I needed both hands) (Picture
2)
After HT with some cleaning of the working area. (Picture
3)
Making a groove for securing the handle. (Pictures
4 and 5)
Finishing it. (Picture 6)
Sanding the blade. (Pictures 7 and 8) |
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Almost
finished blade. (Picture 9)
Views of the groove. (Pictures 10 and 11)
Antelope horn. (Picture 12)
Boiling it on water and vinager to soften it and be able
to press it and get rid of some of the curves of it. (Picture
13)
Pressing it. (Picture 14) |
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Sanding
it. (Picture 15)
Roughly sanded, yet not polished. (Picture 16)
A little bit more sanding. (Picture 17)
Not yet polished. (Picture 18)
You can check out how it was flattened for a better grip
without loosing the patterns of the horn. (Picture
19)
This was the original horn shape.
The first piece isn't sanded, the second one (the handle)
it is sanded, and the third one, the tip, was sanded and
polished. That is how the finished handle will look like.
(Picture 20)
Marking a sterling silver sheet for the buttcap piece.
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Cutting
it. (Picture 22)
Cut piece. (Picture 23)
Testing it. (Picture 24)
Marking on the same sheet to cut the end part for the
buttcap piece. (Picture 25)
Cutting it (I broke the saw as you can see) (Picture
26)
Welding both pieces together. (Picture 27)
Putting the handle together. (Picture 28) |
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| Finished
Knife and Sheath |
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