Tetrarch Neckers - Part 1

 Named after the Tetrarch light tank, these are going to be small but strong little neckers.

 The plan is for a chisel grind, vinegar etch (or depending on where I'm at with it, something more interesting), jimping on the spine, large hole at the rear for lanyard. No scales.

So the starting point is three 18" lengths of O1 steel, 1" wide and 7/32" thick - for those not great at converting Imperial to metric that's 5.6mm thick!!

 I decided to chop each length into three...

And here's a first thought on design with one of my favourite tools - my trusty Sharpie marker!!

Handle shape on one done. I wanted to get the holes drilled next so I could profile them all together, using teh first as a guide. I.m still undecided about the blade shpae but that can come later.

Drilling a stack of steel!

First hole done - 11mm.

Drilling a hole that wide and that deep (50mm ish) is not a quick job!

Leaving the 11mm bit in place to hold them all together, 7mm hole started...

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An update, long overdue!

I've been going through a bit of a dark phase recently. While I've still managed to keep chipping away at my knives, I haven't felt too motivated.

I had lost my fire.

I'm ready to relight it so as a start, here's some of what I've been working on since I last posted.

A thick bladed Nessmuk with a Macassar Ebony handle.

A possible design for a 'mythical' knife. A bit of fun on a forum.

Started a new scale for the Spyderco Pride I was working on after messing up the previous one!

 A PSK blade - plenty of work to do.

Slotting some Mammoth for a James Wood whittler blade:

Basketworking some leather for a billhook sheath:

A general bushcraft knife - thinking a two part handle with reindeer antler and an undecided wood! (same style as Bison Bushcraft knives with the long bolster?)

A little slip to correct! oops!

A stacked handle. African blackwood & kingwood with leather inbetween.

A handle in Macassar Ebony & Cocobolo on a Dorset Woodland knives XL Nessmuk blade by FGYT

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Guycep Necker - Carbon Fibre and Desert Ironwood

I started another rehandle of a Guy Stainthorp necker a while back.
This was the previous one: Guycep Necker with Orange G10 & African Blackwood

I fancied doing something similar but different and eventually settled on Carbon Fibre and Desert Ironwood!

However, I seem to have been having a bit of bad luck lately and making some silly mistakes.

On glueing the handle on, for some reason things didn't go right.

Gaps and cracks!

Argh!!

The worst thing is that it's a waste of a gorgeous bit of wood!

So back to the start again....

Soak in boiling water:

Prise it apart:

And ready for another go:

Big sigh!!

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