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Post by paranger on Dec 9, 2022 13:37:26 GMT -7
I was fortunate to recently acquire an original dug 18th c. "Jambette a la dauphine" blade from Indiana. I extrapolated the sheepsfoot curve to make a template that accounted for the tip loss due to use/corrosion and forged a pair of reproductions, including the "V" cutler mark (noted in other N. American jambette blades, but as yet unidentified). The finished example is handled in European beech. Blade length is just over 5".   |
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Post by brokennock on Dec 9, 2022 19:55:05 GMT -7
Well done sir.
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Post by paranger on Dec 9, 2022 20:11:08 GMT -7
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Post by Black Hand on Dec 10, 2022 17:59:25 GMT -7
That'll do!
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Post by hawkeyes on Dec 12, 2022 11:49:09 GMT -7
Very nice friction folder indeed! When you make the pin hole are you drifting the hole or drilling?
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Post by paranger on Dec 12, 2022 12:36:44 GMT -7
Very nice friction folder indeed! When you make the pin hole are you drifting the hole or drilling? I drill it right before heat treating with a straight fluted carbide bit. |
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Post by Keith on Dec 12, 2022 17:51:03 GMT -7
Excellent, well done. Love it. Always great to handle an original piece. Something special about the real thing.
Keith.
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Post by paranger on Dec 12, 2022 18:03:01 GMT -7
Excellent, well done. Love it. Always great to handle an original piece. Something special about the real thing. Keith. Thanks, Keith. I quite agree: nothing like having an original to study. |
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Post by paranger on Dec 17, 2022 7:57:04 GMT -7
Finished the second: this time with a "capuchin" style handle in European beech. It was so-called because the finial at the end was said to resemble the cowl of a capuchin monk's robe. This is a sizable folder at 10.5" overall length (open).    |
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Post by Black Hand on Dec 17, 2022 8:34:44 GMT -7
Excellent!
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Post by brokennock on Dec 18, 2022 4:18:37 GMT -7
That is one nice finger-lopper-offer.
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Post by paranger on Dec 18, 2022 8:05:25 GMT -7
👆🤣
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Post by hawkeyes on Dec 19, 2022 7:05:16 GMT -7
Very nice folder. How's the friction fit being soft beech? I'd reckon over time one would have to peen the pin here and there to tighten things back up.
A very handy blade to have. I may have to make myself one. Personally find my friction folder sees the most use and is the one blade I grab often for various things in the woods and at home.
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Post by paranger on Dec 19, 2022 8:59:49 GMT -7
Very nice folder. How's the friction fit being soft beech? I'd reckon over time one would have to peen the pin here and there to tighten things back up. A very handy blade to have. I may have to make myself one. Personally find my friction folder sees the most use and is the one blade I grab often for various things in the woods and at home. This particular one fits pretty snug. It was almost TOO snug until I put an edge on it, and now I would call it just right. I think you are right, though: a little more peening on the pins and washers down the road if it does loosen up too much. Of note, it seems the Natives reached a similar conclusion about the utility of folders. At an Ojibwa site in Michigan (Fletcher Site, I believe), over 70% of the blades found were folders. |
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Post by brokennock on Dec 19, 2022 19:36:52 GMT -7
Funny, currently the only reason I ever grab any folding knife is if the cutting task is deemed unworthy of one of my fixed blade knives. Usually this is due to the cutting task involving something abrasive or that might leave sticky messy residue on the blade like packing tape on boxes.
I dont carry a tactical folder much anymore. Usually the folder that gets carried and used the most is my very modern Leatherman Charge. For historical stuff everything I do is with a sheath knife.
This isn't just due to my aversion to folders after one closed on my hand as a kid,,, most of the ones I still have and use have reliable locking mechanisms. Primarily I just find it easier to unsheath, cut, and re-sheath,,, especially of the folder involved isn't designed for one handed operation.
Apparently I'm the odd man out as usual, both contemporarily and historically 😉😆
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