C Craft
Well-Known Member
Please look at this site and the knife their.
http://www.basspro.com/Ken-Richards...roduct/99856/-1499959?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT
I am using only as a refrence to ask my question (nothing else). Pay attention to the area of the knife where the back of the guard is and imagine the brown part behind it being another piece of that brass guard.
I want to put a slight pocket in it too accept the handle. As this is what I am attempting to do!
I am building a bowie that will have a Wrought Iron guard on it that will transittion into a ferule W/pocket that will except a full whitetale antler w/crown on it as a thru tang knife. I am able to make the slot thru the guard portion OK. However I am not sure of the best way to do the ferule W/pocket portion that will transition on to the antler handle itself. Most knives I have seen do not make use of such a ferule.
The antler I will be using is in the neighbor hood of 3/4" in diameter. I have a forge and I have a drill press. I do not have a steel mill. I do not have a bit large enough to drill this pocket. How hard is WI to work, could I concieveabley make a mill style bit do the cutting for the pocket with a drill press.?
Would it be better to form the ferule by forgeing the pocket with a punch and then working the outside to the shape I need?
I guess what I am trying to do is get some suggestion on how might be the best way to approach this idea before I screw up alot of good WI! Anyone got any thoughts on what I am attempting to do with this knife. I had a crude drawing I was going to upload however my scanner crapped out last night!
http://www.basspro.com/Ken-Richards...roduct/99856/-1499959?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT
I am using only as a refrence to ask my question (nothing else). Pay attention to the area of the knife where the back of the guard is and imagine the brown part behind it being another piece of that brass guard.
I want to put a slight pocket in it too accept the handle. As this is what I am attempting to do!
I am building a bowie that will have a Wrought Iron guard on it that will transittion into a ferule W/pocket that will except a full whitetale antler w/crown on it as a thru tang knife. I am able to make the slot thru the guard portion OK. However I am not sure of the best way to do the ferule W/pocket portion that will transition on to the antler handle itself. Most knives I have seen do not make use of such a ferule.
The antler I will be using is in the neighbor hood of 3/4" in diameter. I have a forge and I have a drill press. I do not have a steel mill. I do not have a bit large enough to drill this pocket. How hard is WI to work, could I concieveabley make a mill style bit do the cutting for the pocket with a drill press.?
Would it be better to form the ferule by forgeing the pocket with a punch and then working the outside to the shape I need?
I guess what I am trying to do is get some suggestion on how might be the best way to approach this idea before I screw up alot of good WI! Anyone got any thoughts on what I am attempting to do with this knife. I had a crude drawing I was going to upload however my scanner crapped out last night!