13 blade day WIP.

[Von Gruff]

Had a very welcome email from my US agent with an order for a few blades but more exciting was the news that it looks like he has a reliable and ongoing source of giraffe bone for handle work so hope to have it on hand by the end of the year.
A number of these blade will have the giraffe bone with some buffalo horn on one and 3 with impala horn. I decided to cut out a pair of chef blades as well while I was at it so I have them ready to go for when orders come in. They do not get the bevels ground in until after heat treating but all the others were ground and heat treated today as well. I am not doing any hand sanding before heat treating now with post heat treat clean-up done on the bet grinder with belts up to 600 grit before they go to the bench for hand sanding and handle work. 13 blades from barstock and ready for heat treating in 8 1/2 hours is probably about the best I have done so far.

An AH EDC, 5 Light Hunters, 5 Safari knives and 2 chef blades

Cut out with angle grinder

Profiled, handle holes drilled, makers mark on and ready for bevels.

All bevels ground to 120grit except for the chef blades which get done post heat treat.

Have them all HT and just waiting for the tempering cycle to finish for the chef blades now.

 

[Rick Otts]

That is some high volume work there Von!

 

[Von Gruff]

That is some high volume work there Von!

Thanks Rick. The grinding jigs for each type of blade have made a huge difference to set up and grind times.

 

[springer82]

WoW,,,,,
You were very busy!

 

[opaul]

Great work Von. You have it down to the point where your efficiency is at its peak.

 

[Daniel Macina]

very nice! I really like the profile of those chefs knives!

 

[Von Gruff]

Thanks guys. Next one to add to my standard offerings is going to be a carving knife

 

[Jason Volkert]

Nice I love me some giraffe bone. And its not the easy to come by/for a good price

 

[Von Gruff]

The chef knives that I HT the other day had their turn at the grinder to get the bevels ground in and there was such a dramatic reduction in weight between the one I had done and the one still to be ground that I decided to put them on the scales to see what weight reduction there was with the grinding. The unground one was 245gram and after grinding the weight was just 155 gram so there was 90 grams left in the bucket under the grinder or almost a 1/3 of its weight.

The other little chore that has kept me at the bench has been getting the rest of the blades handsanded and ready for handles allthough the material for them is not going to be here for a while yet so they will sit in the ready drawer til then.

 

[Billy harex]

Can i ask what the green is for

 

[Gliden07]

Can i ask what the green is for

Its tape to keep the hand sanded blades clean an scratch free till he puts his scales on.

 

[Von Gruff]

Its tape to keep the hand sanded blades clean an scratch free till he puts his scales on.

Yes this ^^^^^^^and stays on right through handle shaping and finishing when it comes off for the sheath moulding and blade sharpening.

 

[Billy harex]

Ahhh ok thanks i get it makes sense