Okay, so I tried again with shorter pins and they came out much rounder:
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- Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:12 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: First Attempt at Peening Pins
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3378
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: No Respect for Stilettos
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4890
Re: No Respect for Stilettos
Nice looking knives Tom! Thank you for your input.I'll take some time to consider which direction to go. (Maybe just buying pre-made stilettos is wiser choice). Are the manual stilettos a pain in the rear to make too? Torsion springs are showing up more and more in automatic knives. I own a rather i...
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:30 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: No Respect for Stilettos
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4890
Re: No Respect for Stilettos
I was looking to cut out my own knife blades from steel stock so I would most likely use a pattern of some sort to tell me where to cut the metal. There are thousands of patterns online (here's one example: http://dcknives.blogspot.com/p/knife-profiles.html) that aspiring knife makers can use to ass...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:10 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: No Respect for Stilettos
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4890
No Respect for Stilettos
So I've been looking at knife patterns online. Out of all of the custom knife makers who provide thousands of online patterns for knifemakers online, not one of them provides a single pattern for a stiletto blade profile. I'll disassemble the three autos I received recently and create my own pattern...
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:06 pm
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: Where to buy stiletto parts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7509
Re: Where to buy stiletto parts?
Thanks Bill. I'm working on cutting a pair of brass liners for a manual knife and am hoping to round up a pair of bolsters to use. I've got some metal coming to try creating my own back spring for this manual knife (and possibly a blade).I read a bunch of your advice in the SD forum pertaining to he...
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:42 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: First Attempt at Peening Pins
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3378
Re: First Attempt at Peening Pins
Thanks everyone! I watched a video last night of Mr. DeShivs peening some pins. He was doing domed pins, the technique seemed the same but there were a few extra steps to get the "domes". When I used to make jewelry we used a cup burr to give the ring prongs a nice rounded look. That same principle,...
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:37 pm
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: First Attempt at Peening Pins
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3378
First Attempt at Peening Pins
This is my first attempt at peening knife scale pins. The heads aren't as round as I would have liked but for my first attempt they're not too bad. A special thanks to Jim Brown257 for giving me this manual stiletto to practice with! I'll keep working at it until I'm happy with the results. http://i...
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:25 pm
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: Where to buy stiletto parts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7509
Re: Where to buy stiletto parts?
Thanks, I'll take a look!
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: Posting Photos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 978
Re: Posting Photos
Thanks! I'll give them a look.
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:52 am
- Forum: Blade pictures
- Topic: Posting Photos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 978
Posting Photos
Hey folks,
What site do you use to host your photos? I'm looking for free hosting!
Thanks.
Jeff
What site do you use to host your photos? I'm looking for free hosting!
Thanks.
Jeff
- Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:04 pm
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: Where to buy stiletto parts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7509
Re: Where to buy stiletto parts?
Thanks! I just grabbed those (not sure why but those never showed up on the SD website when I went there, I check a couple of times each day).
Jeff
Jeff
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:54 pm
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: Where to buy stiletto parts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7509
Where to buy stiletto parts?
I know that Roasdside Imports and a handful of other their related companies are problematic to deal with. So where can an aspiring knife builder go to acquire his needed parts (I'm talking about stiletto parts, bolsters etc.). And yes, I know that I can make these parts by hand if needed. I've look...
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:53 am
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: WTB: Broken stilettos - manual or automatics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2136
Re: WTB: A Couple of Cheap Broken Stilettos
Got a great manual to work on, still looking for an auto that needs some love. Contact me if you have something you think you can part with.
Thanks!
Jeff
Thanks!
Jeff
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:08 am
- Forum: Ask Vagrant
- Topic: The media
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11437
Re: The media
Media companies are owned by individuals and all individuals have agendas. Unfortunately, the average American is more than happy to absorb whatever is spoon fed to them. They spend more time on Facebook than they do researching day to day topics.
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:50 pm
- Forum: Buy & Sell
- Topic: WTB: Broken stilettos - manual or automatics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2136
Re: WTB: A Couple of Cheap Broken Stilettos
Thanks JimBrown257, e-mail is on its way!