Hobby Knife

[Painfullyslow]

Thanks to the inspiration from @KateHarrow and her Hempwood knife!

After seeing her great work, and the fact that I happened to be shopping on Amazon at the time, I ordered up a couple of these knives as I use them myself quite often. They arrived in two days and I promptly forgot about them.

I just 're-discovered' these in my pile of things to do and since I was about to try my first Alumilite cast, I thought that this would make for a good test.

I did a tube-in pour (since I don't trust my drill press to make a straight hole this long) and I am very pleased with the outcome.

No finish, just micromesh polish through the range and then Novus 3, 2, and 1

 

[KateHarrow]

Excellent!! I love the idea of doing the tube in pour. I drill them on the lathe and even then it takes pretty much the max that the drill bit has to offer. Nicely done!

 

[KMCloonan]

I too ordered the knives from Amazon - I did not have any 8mm tubes, so I ordered those as well. I plan to give this a try this weekend. Thanks Kate for the inspiration, and thanks Michael for a great example.

KC

 

[Joebobber]

Could you give me a link to the knives? I can't find them. Just cheap ones. Nevermind I found them. Excel blades.

 

[Painfullyslow]

If I'm going to make more of these I will need to fabricate some sort of bushing to keep the back end in alignment with the tube.

 

[KenB259]

I like your tube in casting method and I'm going to steal it, just so ya know.

 

[montmill]

Very nice. See what you started Kate. Ordered some from Amazon but got the wrong thing-box of blades.

 

[KMCloonan]

My contribution: Birdseye Maple, dyed with alcohol-based aniline dye.

 

[Painfullyslow]

My contribution: Birdseye Maple, dyed with alcohol-based aniline dye.
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Looks great!

 

[TDahl]

My contribution: Birdseye Maple, dyed with alcohol-based aniline dye.
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I like the cap idea on this one. It would be cool to make a fountain pen cap and barrel to go around the knife.

 

[Painfullyslow]

I like the cap idea on this one. It would be cool to make a fountain pen cap and barrel to go around the knife.

Just FYI, they all come with that cap. I just didn't include it in the photos


And immediately after I made the first one I had a request for one in green with white accents. I changed the shape up slightly and this was the result.

An interesting note: I am still very much new to this and still learning a lot as I go along. This time I finished the blank using micromesh and then going through the range of Zona paper (down to 1 micron) before applying Novus 2 and 1. It doesn't show so well in the photographs but the finish is like glass.

I will definitely be doing this method going forward.

 

[Jim15]

Looks great.

 

[KMCloonan]

Awesome! Looks amazing.

 

[KateHarrow]

Just FYI, they all come with that cap. I just didn't include it in the photos


And immediately after I made the first one I had a request for one in green with white accents. I changed the shape up slightly and this was the result.

An interesting note: I am still very much new to this and still learning a lot as I go along. This time I finished the blank using micromesh and then going through the range of Zona paper (down to 1 micron) before applying Novus 2 and 1. It doesn't show so well in the photographs but the finish is like glass.

I will definitely be doing this method going forward.

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LOVE the green!

 

[KenB259]

Gorgeous, I ordered a few but they won't be here until Monday. Green I my favorite color and I really like how you shaped this.

 

[TDahl]

Wow. Very nice.

 

[Painfullyslow]

Thanks all, I appreciate the comments. These are surprisingly fun to make!

Gorgeous, I ordered a few but they won't be here until Monday. Green I my favorite color and I really like how you shaped this.

I am sure that you will have a blast turning these! Please do keep us updated when you do make them.

And thanks on the color and shape. It was kind of an amalgam between my first attempt and the one that @KateHarrow made