Post tutorial requests here!

[ZDP-189]

:confused: New Makers

Is there something you always wanted to do but never knew how to do properly, or just wanted to see how other people would tackle your problem? Well, this is the place to post requests for tutorials.

:noggin: Old Hands

It's also a good place for experienced makers to come looking for ideas of things to do. And if you are already working on an interesting project and see a request here, why not make a tutorial out of it?

:biggthump

Dan

[ZDP-189]

I'll kick off:

Handle: Two piece morticed hidden tang

Leather: Scandi sheath tutorials (basic plus variations)

Leather: Sheaths of all styles

Leather: (Well plastic) Kydex tutorial and techniques

Blade: Stock reduction

Blade: Bevel grinding

[Dave Barker]

I'll kick off:

Handle: Two piece morticed hidden tang

Leather: Scandi sheath tutorials (basic plus variations)

Leather: Sheaths of all styles

Leather: (Well plastic) Kydex tutorial and techniques

Blade: Stock reduction

Blade: Bevel grinding

ZED

I think trond did a scandi sheath tutorial for the felleskap knife.

If not then I'll have a go when i get ahold of a camera and when i start making another sheath.

[Trond]

I did, i will try to look it up, i also have a San-mai/ scandi blade forging tutorial somewhere, il try to find that one to:)

[ZDP-189]

Trond, let's get cleaned up versions posted into the read-only tutorial archive.

Other guys, especially the new makers.... any requests?

[ggfh666]

basic scrimshaw (geometric figures, knotwork) : tools, stain,...
sharpening of different knifetypes

[Stew]

basic scrimshaw (geometric figures, knotwork) : tools, stain,...


I'll second that!!
:)


Also, what about filework.

I remember Martyn doing this before:

http://www.synobyte.com/pics/filework.jpg

[clcuckow]

Colin did an pouch sheath tutorial

[clcuckow]

Also Anso did a great kydex tutorial

[Tacol]

And I did an Axe tutorial

Stéphane

[MotorbikeMan]

How about basic handle shaping, cos I'm having HUGE probs getting mine symmetrical :censored:

[ZDP-189]

How about basic handle shaping, cos I'm having HUGE probs getting mine symmetrical :censored:

I mostly do mine my eye, working slowly with a belt sander, and get fairly accurate results (see the Easy Method Tutorial knife below)

http://uberlevel.com/link2image/br12409q03.jpg

But point taken, I will give some thought to it. I have been thinking of some device or method on and off for a while now.

[Dave Barker]

How about basic handle shaping, cos I'm having HUGE probs getting mine symmetrical :censored:

I knock the corners off the shaft with a file or knife then use a strip of course ( 40-50 grit) cloth backed paper of about 80 cm.

Fix the shaft in a vice and use a shoe shine type action

As long as you took equal amounts off the courners, it gives a symetrical shape every time.

[MotorbikeMan]

Zed posted

I mostly do mine my eye, working slowly with a belt sander

The luxury :wink:

Thanks for the tips guys :biggthump

[PB Knives]

Symmetrical:

I recommend using files!
It´s slow work and you can check on result under a lamp often. Whatch it from every angle, several times.
I´ve tried a belt grinder once... never again.

(maybe off topic...)

[ZDP-189]

Good advice! Hopefully this thread will stay more-or-less on topic and one of the more bored members can scan through it for ideas for tutorials.

[PB Knives]

Leather: braiding, lacing etc

[PS_Bond]

Ah... Schwert would be your man for the braiding. About all I can do is nod vigourously and say "what he said". Kangaroo is much, much nicer to work with than cow even if you do have to cut the lace yourself.

[dtalbot]

How about one on putting together a traditional tanto? Mushi has the start of one in his great pics but I'd like to see a step by step.
Cheers
David

[Danzo]

FELLESKAP!

:D

Danzo

[JohanB]

I will recommend http://knifenetwork.com/workshop/tut_skinner_hearn.shtml

Its where i learned everything about making fulltangs! (almost)

[stonehard]

Ah... Schwert would be your man for the braiding. About all I can do is nod vigourously and say "what he said". Kangaroo is much, much nicer to work with than cow even if you do have to cut the lace yourself.


2 questions how do you cut the lace evenly? do you have to get one of those cutters from pierce and tandy.
2/ where do you get kanga skin from?

[Jon]

2 questions how do you cut the lace evenly? do you have to get one of those cutters from pierce and tandy.
2/ where do you get kanga skin from?

http://www.davidmorgan.com/browse.html?category_name=Hand%20Cut%20Lace&ticket=661611-5284210&sequence=193272

lots of Skippy stuff, and books on braiding.

[ggfh666]

A how to solder , or in my case "soldering for dummies" would welcome.
I've got a nice bowie blade and will have to fix a guard, and I want it to be good.
- tools
- step by step
- drawing/pictures
- dangers
- ....

[PB Knives]

A how to solder , or in my case "soldering for dummies" would welcome.
I've got a nice bowie blade and will have to fix a guard, and I want it to be good.
- tools
- step by step
- drawing/pictures
- dangers
- ....

I second that!

[PB Knives]

About braiding.

If this is ok? A link to a BCUK tread, where Schwert has put lots of info in, and you can find A LOT about braiding.

http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=2176&page=1&pp=15

And I´m ordering the book mentioned today!

[ZDP-189]

Why not? But maybe you could do your own braiding tutorial too!

[ANDYLASER]

A how to solder , or in my case "soldering for dummies" would welcome.
I've got a nice bowie blade and will have to fix a guard, and I want it to be good.
- tools
- step by step
- drawing/pictures
- dangers
- ....


Try Here (http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials_hints_tips3.htm) , half way down page. Complete with pictures.

[ggfh666]

Try Here (http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials_hints_tips3.htm) , half way down page. Complete with pictures.
Cool. Thx

[ZDP-189]

A how to solder , or in my case "soldering for dummies" would welcome.
I've got a nice bowie blade and will have to fix a guard, and I want it to be good.
- tools
- step by step
- drawing/pictures
- dangers
- ....

I've done all but the pictures. You can see (and comment on) the tutorial here (link (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=99926)).

[PS_Bond]

2 questions how do you cut the lace evenly? do you have to get one of those cutters from pierce and tandy.
2/ where do you get kanga skin from?

There's nothing like a speedy response... And this was noth... Ah, never mind.

You can cut lace with nothing more than a sharp knife. I've tried it, it is quite doable, but I found it far too easy to stuff it up. Basically, you hold the knife solidly and vertical, using your thumb as a depth guide beside the lace as you cut it.

I've got both the Australian strander & the lace cutter, they get used for different things - basically, the lace cutter cuts from a hole in the centre of the leather outwards, the strander cuts from the outside. If you are careful, you can go round the skin a few times getting a continuous lace off it, but the strander is also useful if you want a central yoke where the laces are joined.

The roo skin came from Tandy, although they were out of it last month.

[davep90]

is there a tutorial here somewhere for a stck tang handle sure i seen 1 b4 cant find it now i need it

[Basemetal]

If by stick tang you mean like a Scandinavian Knife -try ZDP-189's Easy Scandi Tutorial.
Under "How To"s on the Front Website page.

Easy Scandi (http://www.britishblades.com/home/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=27)

or for hidden Tang (ZDP-189 again)
Hidden Tang (http://www.britishblades.com/home/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=23)

[Edgehog]

A closer look at draw filing methods might be handy.

[maverix]

OK my first rookie question (how many can i have?)
done a fair bit of searching through the forum and cant find one that details putting a handle on a full tang.

Am i being dense? Is it really a matter of epoxying the whole lot (scales, pins etc.) together clamping it and leaving it? Or is there an order to which bits i stick in first?

Narsil ( whos walkthrough i am soon to follow)mentioned that its allready been done any suggstions?

[Stew]

Hhm, doesn't look like there's one in the archive.

Try this one posted on BCUK by Rapidboy instead:

Knife & Sheath Tutorial (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=9693)

[maverix]

Outstanding,

Many thanks confirmed what i had suspected glue and clamps all the way

[wdboss]

it would be good to have the tutorials added to the main website tutorials page that way wouldnt need to search the forums for those ones people have done

p.s step by step blacksmiths knife would be cool. building a forge at the moment