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Post by connrock on Dec 22, 2009 14:04:28 GMT -5
I did as Adrian asked and took almost 200 photos as I made the fillet knife. After editing I ended up with 71 photos and this link will lead you to them as a slide show. I have the viewing speed set at 7 seconds.You can change it in the upper right hand corner if you like. You can also hit "pause" if you would like to view an image for a longer period of time and then just hit "Play" again. Joe's Fillet Knife
This knife is a 2009 Christmas gift for my oldest grandson Joe.
This is N O T a tutorial on how to make a knife!!
This album is a "photo journal" of how I made Joe's Fillet Knife.
I took almost 200 photos as I went along making this knife but after editing I ended up with the following 71 photos.
I left a lot of the many steps in making this knife out due to time and frustration.
I started the first knife about the 2nd week in October 2009,trashed it and started this knife about the 1st of November 2009.
I finished it about 13 December 2009. imageevent.com/tcknkk/joesfilletknife?p=0&w=1&n=1&c=3&m=-1&s=0&y=1&z=9&l=7Merry Christmas,,,,, connrock |
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 22, 2009 14:28:20 GMT -5
WOW! I there would had been any doubts about you being a professional, that slide show blew them away!
Opticon, vacuum pump, lead wool, your arsenal seems to be limitless!
Congratulations both for the knife making and for the beautiful slide show.
Adrian
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Post by Toad on Dec 22, 2009 14:32:30 GMT -5
Very nice. Thanks for all the work on pics for the process.
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Post by NatureNut on Dec 22, 2009 16:23:10 GMT -5
Holy Toledo Connrock!!! That was awesome!
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Post by moondragon on Dec 22, 2009 17:22:15 GMT -5
Connrock.
This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen.
And one of the most funniest too:) Scene one Take two was great:)
I never even noticed the opals with the fish hooks until I saw your video.
Excellent Craftsmanship and Top Class Photography:)
Thank you,
Sara
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Post by spicer m on Dec 22, 2009 21:03:05 GMT -5
Thank You very much for making the slide show for us to enjoy. And I did enjoy it
Very nice knife Too. I realy like the second set of handles.
Mike
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Post by NDK on Dec 22, 2009 21:56:29 GMT -5
Connrock, thank you so much for unselfishly sharing your work with us. It is definitely top notch all the way, and very beautiful!
Nate
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Post by sitnwrap on Dec 22, 2009 22:25:18 GMT -5
Tom, I loved the slide show and what I really came away with after watching it was a much greater appreciation of the amount of work it took to make that beautiful knife and the show case. I know you are very demanding of your own workmanship and it shows in every one of the stunning creations you have posted.
Bravo!
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Post by Rockoonz on Dec 23, 2009 23:46:42 GMT -5
Nice tutorial, I had no idea how much work went into the knives.
Lee
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Post by RockyBlue on Dec 24, 2009 4:46:47 GMT -5
Outstanding Job Tom!A lot of people wonder why quality hand made knives are so expensive,this is the reason.It`s a LOT of work, But the end result is worth it.................Rocky
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Post by connrock on Dec 24, 2009 9:36:37 GMT -5
Hi folks and Thank You ALL!!!
Something you all have to understand is that this is NOT the way to make a knife,,,,
It just the way Tom made it! I am NOT a knife maker but only a guy trying to learn with what I have at hand to do the job.
If the proper tools and equipment are used it is MUCH easier to do with much better results.
I'm kind of a Michelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with a 24" roller!
PLEASE don't take this slide show as being a tutorial as it is only a photo journal of some of the steps it took to make the knife.
I wanted to make a CD with the photos to give to Joe but I don't know how to do it! LOL LOL LOL
Can ya put computer URL in a box???LOL
Merry Christmas,,,,,
connrock
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Post by karock on Jan 3, 2010 11:40:42 GMT -5
Whatever you think of your skills or tools, this was a very enjoyable post, and the finished work is just amazing.
Karock
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Post by chromenut on Jan 3, 2010 13:36:36 GMT -5
Thanks for that, very inspirational... what adhesive did you use to secure the scales to the knife?
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Post by Tonyterner on Jan 4, 2010 14:59:35 GMT -5
Dang Tom that is an impressive amount of work. I've never put that much effort into anything, including some of my more ornate woodturnings. You did good there big guy. If you want I can do the CD for you. I'll email you about it.
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Jan 5, 2010 9:37:01 GMT -5
Tom, that was flat out amazing and so enjoyable watching the process and tools envolved. Your shop is amazing but your craftmanship and attention to detail are what make that gorgeous piece of artwork!
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Post by connrock on Jan 10, 2010 8:08:20 GMT -5
VERY sorry for the late reply!!! KAROCK, Thanks, Many of my tools and equipment are of a home made variety only due to the lack of funds to buy the real McCoy.It gets pretty frustrating at times when I know what I want to do and have to spend from an hour to many days making what I need. Don't get me wrong ,I do have a LOT of tools and equipment but I keep getting into different things and would really need a warehouse size shop to support all that I would need. Chromenut, Thanks, I use a 2 ton epoxy to set the scales. I rough up the shank and scales with a 36 grit sanding disk(shank) and a rough diamond burr(scales). I also silver solder a few pins on both sides of the shank that are lined up with small holes I grind into the scales.This helps the epoxy to hold the scales a lot better. Tony, If you ever saw what I go through to make one of these knives you would think I was a total whack-oh!! lol When the first set of scales broke during drilling I was so sad,frustrated,disappointed,mad and a whole bunch of other things I thought I would just pack it in.( a "normal" person would have)  I knew that if I stopped for the day I would NEVER make another knife like this again in my life so I kept on going with a totally new design and scale material(s). Another thing that hurt a LOT was scrapping the first brass guard I had made. You can see it here,,,  and here I am trying to mill it to meet my new design but it didn't work so off it came,,,,  You can see it laying here along side the blade and partially under the white scale template after I un-soldered it,,,  It took me 2 full 10 hour days to cut that +/- 0.002" 0.046" slot in it,form it and solder it to the blade.I have a lot of very small milling tools but none of them were the right size.I had to drill a series of holes to rough cut it and would you believe a fine tooth hack saw blade was too thick to cut the rest of the slot?I had to grind down the teeth and the "set" on the hack saw blade,break a piece of it about 4" long and VERY carefully cut that darn slot,,,,,,,scrap!! In a model making shop it would have taken but 1 hour!! lol Also I'm finding that I have to cut as many as 30+ slabs to get one lousy set of scales that are big enough and free of flaws! Now go ahead and try grinding them without making ONE mistake or it's the scrap pile again,,,,and back to square one at the slab saw!!! Yeah I beat myself up pretty bad at times but just to see that HUGE grin on my grandson's face when he opened that Christmas package made all my work worth every second of it. I LOVE to make people happy!!!!!! n's,rocks, Thanks, If you ever saw my "so called" shop you would run for fear of a land slide!! lol Thanks all,, connrock |
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 12, 2010 15:15:13 GMT -5
Tom:
You are such a perfectionist and like Adrian I think you guys could build anything you set your mind to. What a project, I bet your grandson was truly touched and overwhelmed, what a great family heirloom for him to treasure.
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Post by connrock on Jan 13, 2010 7:15:22 GMT -5
Amber,
That's funny you should mention Adrian! I just PM'd him about his talents and wishing we could meet and "create' together!
LOL,,,,We'd prolly end up fighting over which way to do what!
I'd still like to give it a try though!
My grandson Joe has a HUGE "beaming' smile and he was wearin it when he opened his Christmas Gift!
I don't know who was more surprised ,,,him or his mom,she still can't believe I made it!! lol
She immediately told him that he was NOT going to display it in his bed room but that it WAS going into her Disney Characters display cabinet in the living room!
He said,,"Ma,,,it won't fit ,,,,there's no room" She said (with that look only a woman can do),,"Joe,,,,I'll make rook"!
We all had a good laugh over that "battle"! lol
It's one of those "ya hadda be there" things but Joe is 15 years old and stands 6"5" tall and just a "tad' taller then his mom and dad!lol
When he gives his dad (our son Tom) a "downward" look Tom just says,,"don't even think about it kid,,,you WILL loose"! lol
Teenagers just HAVE to "test the waters"!!! lol lol lol
I spent a LOT of time fishing with Joe this past year and we had such a great time together.I only hope and pray we can keep enjoying each other for years to come and that he will think of me when he looks at that knife and display!
connrock
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