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WHITE
TANG
HILT
RED
INDEX-FINGER
GRIP
1" CUTOUT
FOR INDEX HOLE FOR
STAGHORN 3/32' OR
FINGER
HANDLE PIN
DRILLED AND
NUT OR PEEN
FILED OUT
END OF TANG.
FOR TANG
BUTT PlECE
FINGER GRIP
BRASS HALF ALUMINUM GROOVE
HILT
SECT.
LEATHER HANDLE
RlDGES BETWEEN FINGER GROOVES
HUNTERS KNIFE TROUT AND BIRD KNIFE
tempered the blade appears a straw-blue
color and can be cut with a file. From this
point on, special care must be used to avoid
drawing the temper. True the bevels by
slow, light grinding on a medium-fine
wheel, checking the results continually by
eye until all surfaces of the blade show a
true reflection when viewed in oblique
light. Before honing and buffing, the reflec-
tions will be rather dull, but they will
enable you to spot irregularities in the sur-
faces. While grinding the blade to final con-
tour, true up the tang and fit the hilt and
butt piece. In the knives pictured and de-
tailed, the hilt is of brass and the butt piece In the tempering process the blade is heated in an
of aluminum. The hilt is filed to the rough electric furnace which permits close control of tem-
shape before fitting to the tang. Final finish- peratures so essential to proper tempering of steel
ing of the blade is done on a hone as in the
lower right-hand photo, and t h e fine
scratches left by the final grinding are re-
moved by buffing on a stitched buff as in
the lower photo on the opposite page. The
buff should be charged with polishing
rouge of the type specified for steels.
Although ivory, staghorn and even cer-
tain metals are used for handles, ordinary
top-grain cowhide is recommended for
hunting knives. The lower center photo at
the right compares the rough with the fin-
ished leather handle. Details below and
on the opposite page give sizes of the leath- Leather handle is roughed out with a coarse rasp
er disks. Note that the latter are oval in and the hilt and butt piece are filed to the rough
shape. Finish with emery wheel and a stitched buff
rough shape and that the center holes are
cut rectangular to fit the tang snugly. Five
.062 fiber squares in three colors are fitted
on the tang next to the hilt. Then follow
with the leather disks and three or five
fiber squares. Cement each disk and square
to the one preceding. Then attach the butt
piece firmly in place by peening the tang
projection. Rough to size and shape with a
coarse rasp as in the upper center photo at
the right. Then finish the hilt and the entire
handle with a medium emery wheel and fi-
nally bring to a high polish with a stitched
cloth buff charged with polishing rouge.
When buffing be careful not to heat the
leather handle unduly. The shape of the
Above, the rough and finished handles of the all-
handle is optional. Grind it to a form that purpose knife. Below, honing the blade by hand on a
suits your finger grip. * * * three-part professional-type hone. Note blade angle
TOP OF BLADE
SHARPENED FOR 1'' BUTT
PIECE
LEATHER HANDLE