Knife porn thread

Yeah, I managed to get them from Burrfection previously, when they allowed uk orders under £135 and free postage over £125. That avoided import taxes, but I see now that they only allow orders about £135, and taxes etc are calculated at checkout.

Replacing them isn't going to be so cheap!

Cracking! Hope you are enjoying it?

I was thinking about asking what people do for their airbnb knives. This looks like a great choice!

I didn't quite get which of the two you bought.

@ChasnotRobert
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
That CRKT PILAR III is pretty close to what I had in mind.
But those MSR ones have got me thinking that perhaps folding is not a deal breaker. But they don't have a round belly.

I bought the CRKT PILAR III. Quite happy with the quality.

Slightly concerningly, I don't seem to be able to find it right now.

My tuppence worth on Airbnb knives, when me and the missus went on holiday in pre pandemic times, I brought 3 opinels of various sizes to take with us so we didn’t have to grumble and groan about the bluntness of the knives at our accommodation.

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Nomad cooking set
https://www.knivesandtools.fr/fr/pt/-opinel-nomad-kit-cuisine-2177-set-de-couteaux-pour-pique-nique.htm

Be fine for all you cooking needs I have found.

^ I take the folding peeler to work so my carrot can be freshly peeled to go with my hummus on sourdough.

I take my cat to work so my carrot can be shaved in her pencil sharpener.

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I did my first test cut (a dog collar tag) on some copper sheet and it turns out that I either have the wrong type of copper (annealed maybe?) and/or also the wrong type of end mill (upcut). The edges came out a bit torn up.

More copper and more end mills purchased. Because everybody loves expensive rabbit hole hobbies.

Wow. Beautiful

Allotment knife. Manly (something) in S90v steel, cracking knife.

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I've got the Manly Comrade slip joint in the same colour, very good VFM I think (and a great name :-). I was just recently looking at their smallest fixed blade knife for general around the house use, but ended up getting a traditional style puukko instead.

Cheers.

I keep a no7 in the car so that often gets brought out. Maybe I should just mod another no12 or a maybe a no10

I take it as read that the hummus is home made, with olive oil from a friend's Tuscan grove, while the sour dough is a 150 year old San Francisco starter?

I found the kit handy, comes with a chopping board and a bag to put it in. Have never used the peeler,

the hummus is home made, with olive oil from a friend's Tuscan grove, while the sour dough is a 150 year old San Francisco starter

Always, who'd eat anything less?

If (as a retired teacher of metalwork etc) I had to select metals for milling, copper would not be near the top of the list - even cnc milling the thin layer on printed circuit boards often tore the copper from the grp - a straight single flute engraving tool was about the only thing I'd let students use, with close supervision against the moment the tool got stuck and stalled the motor.
I'd be genuinely interested in the details if you get this to work!

The information from this place is awesome.
Thank you.

If (as a retired teacher of metalwork etc) I had to select metals for milling, copper would not be near the top of the list - even cnc milling the thin layer on printed circuit boards often tore the copper from the grp - a straight single flute engraving tool was about the only thing I'd let students use, with close supervision against the moment the tool got stuck and stalled the motor.
I'd be genuinely interested in the details if you get this to work!

If I figure it out i'll definitely let you know.

My spindle is about as low powered as it gets and I am only cutting super slow and only nibbling the top 0.1mm with each pass. so whilst its really slow its actually cutting through fine. Its more the incredibly rough cut finish that is the problem. I'm using a 1.4mm corn cob end mill which I think might be the problem. I've read a few people saying the same as you...that 1 or 2 proper flutes with a straight end...so that is what i'll try next.

I was using a Roland PNC 2300 and tools similar to this:
https://www.prytec.com.au/product/160/Roland-Engraving-Cutters-for-Aluminium--Brass/
-all now very obsolete!
Attempts at manual control never gave a good outcome, and larger tools (more than 3mm diameter) generally tore the copper free regardless of machine or method of holding.

For anything larger / structural / more decorative than a circuit board I would try to teach precision smacking with the correct hammer followed by various grades of abrasive, or advise students to use brass or aluminium as an alternative to copper.

Brass might work - IIRC a brief etch in warm ferric chloride will preferentially remove the zinc leaving a (thin) layer with a high proportion of copper and the appearance of a dull copper finish.

Yeah, really feels that a shear or guillotine would be the best bet here if I was wanting straight cuts!

Just snapped a 0.8mm corn cob end mill...probably went a little fast.

Aluminium mills pretty well on these small lower powered machines or so i'm told...might have a dabble with that if my single flute test doesn't work, on the off chance it helps with the learning curve. Or brass, as you say.

I saw this yesterday and thought if it folds without splitting it'd maybe work with a bit of hacksaw & file to shape. Picked one up so will give it a go when time/attention allows.

https://www.fredaldous.co.uk/products/copper-blank-cb96-100-mm-square

Possible useful tip for setting gap width, a 20p coin is the same thickness as the top of my no.7 blade.

Brass should be fine given a suitable feed rate. With a corn cob tool, aluminium may need a lubricant to avoid the teeth clogging - similar to file pinning. I used to task students with chasing the tool with a small paintbrush and paraffin if they wanted to use aluminium, mainly to clear the swarf. The next problem then was cleaning the bed sufficiently for double sided tape to work on the next job...

If I want rid of an Vipukirves Lever Axe, any idea which thread best to move it on. This is the closest I could think.

@dancing James want an axe?