D2 integral

[lerman]

Hallo,

i started working on my first integral (bolster), always wanted to make one

i started with a 15mm thick D2 bar and milled 5mm on each side leaving a 5mm blade and tang, i used a friends mill, it would have taken a year if i was doing it on my sherline mill

sorry for the purple pics, my camera is going crazy.

thanks for looking

 

[backtines]

Fantastic work, can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[lerman]

some more work on the bolsters

thanks for looking.

 

[Sean Jones]

Very nice...I like how that is turning out.

 

[Doug Humbarger]

That is s-w-e-e-t! You can peel some metal off with a mil huh!

 

[Bgbdwolf]

I'm diggin' that design, very sleek!

 

[Mark Behnke]

That blade is wicked, Knife looks great and you're not even done.

Mark

 

[A.W.Stovall]

I love that blade , thats gonna be a awesome knife you gotta show finished pics

 

[Diamond G Knives]

Thanks for sharing! Cant wait to see it finished!

God Bless
Mike

 

[Burl Source]

I can't wait to see this one when it is finished.
Thank you for posting the great photos and allowing us to follow along.

 

[lerman]

hallo, i finally had all the stuff i needed to continue working on this knife.

the handle matirial is a combination of carbon fiber cloth and stainless steel mesh that i made myself, ut turned out pretty cool

the CF cloth before gluing.

and after

the knife is not finished yet, still needs to be sand to HT, and some final shaping and finishing.

 

[Sticks]

Lee,

This is really nice. Great design! Well done. Thanks for posting this WIP!

Jay

 

[lerman]

finally it's done!

after a long wait...

blade: D2 5mm at the tang
handle: carbon fiber and stainless mesh
overall length: 22cm

sorry for the pics, it was very hard to take pics of this one.

thanks for looking

 

[Mark Behnke]

WOW excellent design and construction!

 

[Bruce Bump]

Wonderful and interesting WIP. I really like this knife. It has style and flair that makes it stand out.

 

[lerman]

thank you very much

 

[AJH_Knives]

Wow, Lerman... that is an attractive knife. It's amazingly sexy like a good looking woman!

Aaron

 

[SHOKR]

awesome looking knife and WIP!!!!

now when you say you made the carbon fiber/steel fabric yourself... you mean?
is that acquirable?

 

[murphda2]

Outstanding work!!!

 

[lerman]

awesome looking knife and WIP!!!!

now when you say you made the carbon fiber/steel fabric yourself... you mean?
is that acquirable?

i bought some carbon fiber cloth, it's not cheap stuff here, and got some stainless mesh, it's a very fine mesh used for filtration.
i then glued them togeter with epoxy layer by layer, i wanted to make some and sell it but i only have a limited amount of stainless mesh and buying it is just crazy expensive, when i did the math it turned out i would need to sell a pair of scales for about 100$ to make a profit :34: