Wood Scales
Having had the regular scales off and back on his defective Outdoorsman several times, until at this nonce they may be a little loose, left unglued, Crumby decided to see how hard it would be to make some wood scales from scratch. Crumby had some Juniperus ashei, (that the ignorant majority in these parts call cedar), limbs he sawed up for the scratch. Pictured is the first attempt at the Ashe juniper scales.
OK. Crumby decided that he would employ only sak tools for the process of fabrication. But then Crumby grew impatient with rounding the ends off with the teeny files and useless saws. So Crumby used his grinder for that. But for everything else, Crumby used sak tools. For example, the cutout for the corkscrew was done with the very chisel featured.
Aggravatingly, that particular chisel is the only sak chisel in Crumby's collection. It lives on a Champion Plus that is mint except for the chisel. Dang it!
By the way, the Victorinox chisel is the most dangerous sak tool Crumby has ever used. Why? Because when an average wood worker like Crumby chisels with it, it wants to fold up. And when it folds up, fingers or what not may be caught as the chisel levers itself. Mercy! Also, the temptation, when operating the chisel, to beat on the back of the knife with a jeweler's hammer is gut-wrenching.
Alas, these scales are not serviceable. Because, in attempting to flatten the surfaces that attach to the liners Crumby whittled too much off the sides. Therefore, these scales are too little. Plus, Crumby never could get the scales sufficiently flat to attach properly by whittling. He needs to employ a plane. Or better yet, start out with paneling so the dern wood is flat to begin with. For Goddess sakes! Except where is Crumby fixing to find any Ashe juniper paneling? Especially since all the dumbasses call Ashe juniper, cedar.
Crumby still feels like, even with all the perils and pointless difficulties, wood scales fabricated entirely with sak tools is a worthwhile project, consistent with hobby type behavior. So he may try, try again. Note: That presumptive scale on the left includes the layer just under the bark which on junipers, Crumby feels like, is a nice color pattern.
Another interesting fact Crumby has discovered is that of all Crumby's saks, his home-made Passenger gets the most pocket time. And the only reason the Passenger gets to go, is because of its name, Passenger. Which is crazy. Any knife that gets to go is a passenger. Yet only one of those knives has the proper name, Passenger. It's like psychological.
OK. Crumby decided that he would employ only sak tools for the process of fabrication. But then Crumby grew impatient with rounding the ends off with the teeny files and useless saws. So Crumby used his grinder for that. But for everything else, Crumby used sak tools. For example, the cutout for the corkscrew was done with the very chisel featured.
Aggravatingly, that particular chisel is the only sak chisel in Crumby's collection. It lives on a Champion Plus that is mint except for the chisel. Dang it!
By the way, the Victorinox chisel is the most dangerous sak tool Crumby has ever used. Why? Because when an average wood worker like Crumby chisels with it, it wants to fold up. And when it folds up, fingers or what not may be caught as the chisel levers itself. Mercy! Also, the temptation, when operating the chisel, to beat on the back of the knife with a jeweler's hammer is gut-wrenching.
Alas, these scales are not serviceable. Because, in attempting to flatten the surfaces that attach to the liners Crumby whittled too much off the sides. Therefore, these scales are too little. Plus, Crumby never could get the scales sufficiently flat to attach properly by whittling. He needs to employ a plane. Or better yet, start out with paneling so the dern wood is flat to begin with. For Goddess sakes! Except where is Crumby fixing to find any Ashe juniper paneling? Especially since all the dumbasses call Ashe juniper, cedar.
Crumby still feels like, even with all the perils and pointless difficulties, wood scales fabricated entirely with sak tools is a worthwhile project, consistent with hobby type behavior. So he may try, try again. Note: That presumptive scale on the left includes the layer just under the bark which on junipers, Crumby feels like, is a nice color pattern.
Another interesting fact Crumby has discovered is that of all Crumby's saks, his home-made Passenger gets the most pocket time. And the only reason the Passenger gets to go, is because of its name, Passenger. Which is crazy. Any knife that gets to go is a passenger. Yet only one of those knives has the proper name, Passenger. It's like psychological.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, January 26, 2014
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