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  1. 11th December 2016, 10:04 AM #1
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    Not specifically a wood working tool but a hand made tool non the less.

    Forged out of a crowbar which is hard work by hand.



    This is my first real knife and attempt at doing any filework. I had a go at three different patterns and I made it more difficult than it needed to be by using a wobbly vice and whatever blunt crappy files were at hand.



    Now I need to find some nice timber for the scales to handle it and sharpen it up.
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    Cool. Now you just need to attach some decent knife scale
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    Quote Originally Posted by dai sensei View Post
    Cool. Now you just need to attach some decent knife scale
    Yep. As soon as find some.
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    Nice one Dale.
    That looks very nice [emoji106][emoji106][emoji3][emoji3]
    And may I say a man after my own tastes.
    Love how you have carved the back.
    Any idea on what sort of timber your hunting for??
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    A hardwood with some figure. Ringed gidgee is always my favourite, but bullock, sheoak, even some curly red gum would work.


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    Dale I have some sheoak or might even some nice fiddle Redgum still here
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    DJ, it won't need much. 2 pieces 150x35x10mm. If your coming past, or I can come out to you as I haven't seen your shed yet.


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    Going to Wodonga in the morning but I'll have a ferret on Tuesday for you
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    I like it, some nice American Rock Maple would look nice, well, I think so anyway.
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    Plan to stabilise some Ringed Gidgee, Rose Sheoak and Ooline knife scales tomorrow after cooking it to 0%MC
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    Lovely work Dale.
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    Hey Dale

    Got Redgum, Blackwood, Yellowbox and Sheoak, following pics are in order







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    Oooh that yellowbox is purdy


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    Yes it is, pretty sure that I have some Redgum that is similar as well.

    I'm home most days, so gives a call if you want to come up
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    Me thinks that Dale is a very happy boy, he ended up choosing the fiddleback yellow box and who wouldn't, it's magical figure.

    Back of his car might have also been a bit heavier, I certainly saw it drop when I put the block of wood in that he'll mount his anvil on, block was about 400x300x600mm long sugargum with no heart in it. Didn't get a pic of it but I'm sure that Dale will put one up.
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