PDIB's Making MODs!

[glassgal]

@glass: well, this one is my "woodworker's" knife. dead flat on one face, tip designed for . . . . . . . "tippiness". I got a lot of good use from this one on the job. Not to mention that I had it sharped up to where it would slice your eyeball just fer lookin' at it.

Ahhh... I could tell they were tools for something, just not what... woodworking! That's pretty neat. You made those?

 

[glassgal]

Correct me if I'm ..... well ..... incorrect but thought these metal made to look like wood?

No... they are made to look like mokume gane.

Ahhh...I am mistaken, it's the GUARD part of the samurai sword, NOT the blade part, which is not called mokume gane!! And yes, it is the attempt to make metal have wood patterns.

Been a long time since I looked at that stuff.

Sorry, had to find it to correct myself... the BLADE for the old samurai swords was tamahagane, not mokume gane. The mokume gane was the hilt piece that takes the hit when blades cross and slide down.

Tamahagane is also layered steel, and looks a lot like the mokume gane anyway... thus the confusion.

 

[pdib]

You made those?

yeah, just a little hobby-fun from a couple years back.

 

[Gigdujour]

if I were still making knives, I might be interested in a little mokunugamegame.

So yer saying we can get switchblade dibis? Sign me up


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

 

[pdib]

i could probably embed a hat pin if you want to go all "batty ol' lady" n s_it.

 

[glassgal]

i could probably embed a hat pin if you want to go all "batty ol' lady" n s_it.

lolol!!!!!

 

[X-Puppy]

Absolutely gorgeous, however I'm going to have to ask you to stop distracting pdib, he's got lots to do
Seriously, that is one beautiful squonker!

Thank you, it really is a sweet looking mod. But I have to say in pdib's defense, he drilled out a pile of atty's during our visit and his tutelage will will pay dividends when I fire up my new drill press and pay it forward.

LOL, he's a busy man that's for sure!

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

So yer saying we can get switchblade dibis? Sign me up


Master of Bassets...and not much else.

Me too!

 

[MFarley]

A couple corrections about mokume and damascus.
Mokume gane roughly translates as wood grain metal. Usually contrasting metals like silver, copper, bronze. Gets used for fittings on knives & swords, and for jewelry. Does not get used for blades because it is not hardenable metal so will not hold an edge.
Damascus steel is the current accepted name for pattern welded steel. Different alloy steels are stacked and forge welded together. Folding and use of dies create different patterns in the steel. After forging, grinding and polishing the blade gets etched with acid to reveal the pattern. This etches the steel causing the different layers of steel to react different from each other. Example one alloy steel may look black while anther is less reactive. These are some examples of Damascus on some blades I own.

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

A couple corrections about mokume and damascus.
Mokume gane roughly translates as wood grain metal. Usually contrasting metals like silver, copper, bronze. Gets used for fittings on knives & swords, and for jewelry. Does not get used for blades because it is not hardenable metal so will not hold an edge.
Damascus steel is the current accepted name for pattern welded steel. Different alloy steels are stacked and forge welded together. Folding and use of dies create different patterns in the steel. After forging, grinding and polishing the blade gets etched with acid to reveal the pattern. This etches the steel causing the different layers of steel to react different from each other. Example one alloy steel may look black while anther is less reactive. These are some examples of Damascus on some blades I own.

As a knife lover I am just...wow...WOW!!!!

 

[B2L]

A couple corrections about mokume and damascus.
Mokume gane roughly translates as wood grain metal. Usually contrasting metals like silver, copper, bronze. Gets used for fittings on knives & swords, and for jewelry. Does not get used for blades because it is not hardenable metal so will not hold an edge.
Damascus steel is the current accepted name for pattern welded steel. Different alloy steels are stacked and forge welded together. Folding and use of dies create different patterns in the steel. After forging, grinding and polishing the blade gets etched with acid to reveal the pattern. This etches the steel causing the different layers of steel to react different from each other. Example one alloy steel may look black while anther is less reactive. These are some examples of Damascus on some blades I own.

Those are beautiful, wonder how much it would cost to have a Dibi body CnCd out of a block of Damascus

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

Those are beautiful, wonder how much it would cost to have a Dibi body CnCd out of a block of Damascus

You would have to get that in my brain!!

 

[B2L]

You would have to get that in my brain!!

Sorry, enquiring minds want to know

And who knows, it may only take a second mortgage or not eating for a couple of months

 

[turbocad6]

speaking from some experience, I think this is the kind of thing where it sounds like a great idea at the time, but once you actually built it and started using it you'd realize that although you thought that was what you wanted, you'd realize that it's really not as great as you thought it'd be. it would be annoyingly heavy and in the end the wood would just feel so much better in use. I went through this when I built a stainless steel bottom feeder... sounded like a great idea but once it was built it winded up just being so heavy that it is better at being a weapon than it is as being a pocket mod

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Mundy!! I hope you're healing well! *gentle hugs*

Thank you Megan. After a setback last week that involved the ER and another CT I am progressing much better. For the last 4 days or so I have seen magnificent improvement each day. I saw the surgeon yesterday on my followup and he is pleased with my progress and says I am about 80% healed. Unfortunately he gave me some news I was not prepared for. Due to the extent of damage that he repaired and the fact my abdomen lining is fragile I am under orders not to lift, pull, push, etc. more than 30 pounds for the rest of my life or I could cause very serious damage that could (worst case) be life threatening. Since this precludes me from the physical work I have done most of my life I am in a state of disarray. I can manage my small company but cannot do the part of the physical labor I have been doing so I have hired another employee. We (my wife and I) will have to supplement our income in some fashion since this will not allow sustainability for us and our daughter whom has had a very hard time with her MS and cannot work. Hopefully she will find an employer who understands and can work around her needs. She had a job with Expedia and they were really pleased with her work, but they dropped her when lesions appeared on her spine and she had to be away from work unscheduled for IV treatments. Exasperating all that is the fact she is of age that next year our insurance will not cover her as a dependent. We will figure it all out and prevail, but it is hard when just a year ago everything was roses and all is happening so fast.

 

[B2L]

speaking from some experience, I think this is the kind of thing where it sounds like a great idea at the time, but once you actually built it and started using it you'd realize that although you thought that was what you wanted, you'd realize that it's really not as great as you thought it'd be. it would be annoyingly heavy and in the end the wood would just feel so much better in use. I went through this when I built a stainless steel bottom feeder... sounded like a great idea but once it was built it winded up just being so heavy that it is better at being a weapon than it is as being a pocket mod

Party pooper

Actually, thanks for the input. Coming from you, this caries a lot of weight (pun intended )

Its probably for the best anyway, I've grown accustomed to eating.

 

[B2L]

Mundy, sorry to hear about these turn of events. You and your family will be in my prayers.

 

[supertrunker]

I would have thought a metal Dibi would be ideal for Turbo, since it would be harder to break. I'd buy one too for just that reason.

Bought an Atomic clone last week and finally got round to making it b/f today - dremel channel method. Dual coils and it's not a bad change from my pregnant igo-w4.

Glad you're making progress Mundy. I reached an age (30 i think!) where i decided that all that physical labour was bollocks and i'd no longer do it. When container lorries of gear arrive at my work i have drawings and paperwork to do!

T

 

[damselle]

sorry to hear of all this bad news for you Mundy.

 

[Vwls]

So yer saying we can get switchblade dibis? Sign me up

Me too!

LISTS!!!!!!!!!!