OK, this is my first every folder to build from scratch. I designed knife with AutoCAD, checking rotation of blade/backspring to be sure everything worked. Printed to paper, glued paper to metal, cut metal out.... then the next few hours with a rise-fall indicator getting tang & backspring fitting.
The liner/bolster are milled from a single piece of 416SS. Blade and backspring are Sandvik 14C28N (I like that stuff - Thanks Calvin). Heat treated and tempered per Sandvik's HT'ing info with -5ºF freezer. I wound up with Rc about 59 for the blade. Handle is Mammoth Ivory. I got the nail nick a bit too far from tip, and I didn't have the right tool for a nice "curved" bottom of nick.
Sorry the photos aren't any better, sure need a light box. Knife is a bit "beat up" as the wife nailed it first off and has been carrying in her purse for a while. Lord at the stuff it's banged around with.
![Mammoth_Folder-Top.jpg Mammoth_Folder-Top.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32932-66e7abfb76521d966afdcf52abb2ecf7.jpg)
![Mammoth_Folder-HalfStop.jpg Mammoth_Folder-HalfStop.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32934-ef95132355000df41756dd1aaa3a59ed.jpg)
![Mammoth_Folder-Closed.jpg Mammoth_Folder-Closed.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32933-e6432042a970afeb6a50e3e3a8debf3e.jpg)
Comments, suggestions for next slipjoint are more than welcome - that's how I learn.
Ken H>
The liner/bolster are milled from a single piece of 416SS. Blade and backspring are Sandvik 14C28N (I like that stuff - Thanks Calvin). Heat treated and tempered per Sandvik's HT'ing info with -5ºF freezer. I wound up with Rc about 59 for the blade. Handle is Mammoth Ivory. I got the nail nick a bit too far from tip, and I didn't have the right tool for a nice "curved" bottom of nick.
Sorry the photos aren't any better, sure need a light box. Knife is a bit "beat up" as the wife nailed it first off and has been carrying in her purse for a while. Lord at the stuff it's banged around with.
![Mammoth_Folder-Top.jpg Mammoth_Folder-Top.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32932-66e7abfb76521d966afdcf52abb2ecf7.jpg)
![Mammoth_Folder-HalfStop.jpg Mammoth_Folder-HalfStop.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32934-ef95132355000df41756dd1aaa3a59ed.jpg)
![Mammoth_Folder-Closed.jpg Mammoth_Folder-Closed.jpg](https://knifedogs.com/data/attachments/32/32933-e6432042a970afeb6a50e3e3a8debf3e.jpg)
Comments, suggestions for next slipjoint are more than welcome - that's how I learn.
Ken H>
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