Rough Rider Knife kit build... and long video!

[Pete49]

  what else can I say?? After my last post I had Ralph contact me and with his help I ordered 2 kits with postage totalled 30 squid or less than AUS$50. I love the help on this site and the friendship shown.
Now to wait for the package and see if I can do it justice
 A very happy chappie
Pete

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I love the help on this site and the friendship shown. 

Don't we all                




Glad it worked Pete 





Why are U.S. postal charges so extortionate?   Must be some reason?






Ralph.

[Blade]

I can't beleive what they wanted to charge you to ship that knife, I have sent knives to Australia before and I don't think it was that expensive.

[Pete49]

Blade it was a bit of a shock to me I can tell you. I have purchased from various US suppliers over the years & epay as well asn some want your first born for postage and others cheap. I had a kilo of goop sent to me last month from Florida and cost me US$25 shipping and was in in 2 weeks That is why it seems odd that there is such a huge difference in shipping depending on supplier. Almost seems that they don't need the business
Still with friends like the madmodders I reckon these obstructions to our type of fun can be overcome easily.
Cheers
Pete

[Corvus corax]

Where does one get these online from the UK?
I tried the local distributors for Rough Rider knives here in Austria and none of them seem to be carrying the kits.

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P.M.  sent   





Ralph.

[Pete49]

Just to let you all know the kits turned today. Talk about quick  ordered  on the 6th april and picked them up today the 20th April
 and went through customs without a hitch. They just opened 1 box but didn't unpack the bits  thanks Ralph for your heads up
 
Cheers
Pete

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Glad it went without a hitch Pete   


Now for some fun building them     



Feel free to share some pic's when your done   








Ralph.

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I know this is an old post but this belongs on the end of it.

 I finally made the big lock back knife kit that's been on my shelf for the best part of a year! Finally getting a round tuit 


Right, on with the show...


I missed some of the early pic's so this starts with the scales fitted, the liners flatted and the filework done.



The rivets are peined over and then it's ready for the finishing. the blade is dead but I still covered it.



The rough finishing with the 1/2" belt sander



Hand finished with 400 then 1200 grit emery.



Finally polished up and the blade sharpened.



My attempt at a bit of fancy filework!



The butt filework.




And finally a couple of comparative shots of the small and large lockbacks..... 







Just thought I'd share 




Ralph.

[Stilldrillin]

Just thought I'd share 
Ralph.

Very pleased you did share, Ralph .   

You create some very nice pieces of work, and they're beautiful! ...... 

David D

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Thanks David 


I do try sometimes 


This one has been hanging around for a while. I had started the filework on the spine months ago but then put it away and forgot it!


Still, done now and Quite happy with it. I thought I'd posted on the 3 blade slip joint too But can't find it? So I might just put up a pic of that or the 4 of them? A little later though....




Ralph.

[Lew_Merrick_PE]

Nice workmanship.

I have to admit that laws dealing with knives are truly screwy.  Here in the U.S. the 2nd Amendment is always discussed in terms of firearms without the understanding that it was knives and (short) swords that were the foundation of war when it was written.  The first war in which more people were killed or wounded with propellant-powered slugs than sharp pointy things was the Crimean War.  When the Shot Heard 'Round the World was fired at Concord during the American Revolution, more Redcoats were killed or wounded by arrows than by bullets!  Our Hollywood view of history has blurred this.  On the 7th of January 1815 in Chalmette Louisiana where the Battle of New Orleans was fought, the weapon that terrorized the British soldiers was the Kaintuck Toothpick -- a (roughly) two foot dagger.  There were (as of 1982) hundreds of them at that National Park museum there (not being sure how many survived Katrina).

My education in smithing began when, as an 8-year old, I helped make machetes from truck leaf springs to deal with slide alder for hiking in Washington State's Cascade Mountains.  Most of my personal knife making has focused on fixed blade knives, though I have designed and made several folding knives (including an all ceramic and composite multi-blade switchblade tool for Explosive Ordinance Disposal work -- that had to be (1) non-magnetic, (2) non-conductive, and (3) able to be manipulated while wearing the baseball-mitt type gloves the EOD techs wear -- quite a design challenge).  While working in Louisiana for NASA, I was constantly being harassed by cops for carrying a Swiss Army knife -- in a State with an open carry law.  You could wear a .44 magnum handgun openly, but it was a felony to open any pocket knife in public!

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Thanks Lew,

A history lesson too.... Got to say I knew very little of that info!

I was constantly being harassed by cops for carrying a Swiss Army knife -- in a State with an open carry law.  You could wear a .44 magnum handgun openly, but it was a felony to open any pocket knife in public!

   

Sounds about right... Politicians trying to make the public happy and gain the vote by any chance?

Oooo...Getting too political already!




Happy you liked the works 





Ralph.

[Anzaniste]

I liked your long video. It gave a good feel to what it is like to rivet over the pins. I also appreciated the time you spent showing the linishing.

What really impressed me was that you did not pein your thumb. 

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What really impressed me was that you did not pein your thumb. 

 

Done that plenty of times... Been swinging hammers for various jobs over quite a few years now. You get good at aiming quick or have a very sore left hand!

Even taken the glasses off my face once or twice on the way down!     That makes you think about what you're doing a little more 



Glad you liked the vid. 




Ralph.