Shaping The Handles

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...I am doing a pair of handles for my very small pair of sheep shears knife.
They are Burgon Ball British brand made in Sheffield.
I choose Gonçalo Alves as the wood handle.

I"ll add more pictures from each step progress.
See the pictures below:

The blue one at right

Burgon Ball

Cutting Gonçalo Alves



Shaping by hands

Spokeshave in action

Preparing for epoxy glue

All ready



The blade is very good for the age

Thanks for attention

 

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...I glued the wood handles yesterday and today I glued the brass pins...in fact they are bolts 4mm .I purchased long ones and use they in sections until all used.Tomorrow I'll still shaping the handles for final shape and sand all blade and body...after that start at sharp the blade step.

Gluing handles



Drill step



Brass bolts 4mm

Gluing pins (bolts)

After dried file the heads off.

Thanks for attention

 

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...I just started to work at this project again.
I need to shape the handle for start to finish the edge of blade and sharpening after.

I never used a concave spokeshave before...I have one from Kunz for a long time but always at tool box.

Yesterday I started to sharpening the blade and it was very bad about back flatness.
The cap was bad too.But to me the worst part was how to sharp the round blade.

I choose a simple and nice way to do it.I glued a piece of leather at a PVC 60 mm coupling and used a fine water sandpaper (just a finger water applied) for sharp (400,600 and 1200 grit)...after a honing compound at leather strop.
It worked very well.

*If I work a lot with a concave spokeshave maybe a metal pipe can be better but for my use the PVC will last almost lifetime*

See the pictures below:

Checking the radius size

Contact cement

Like this

Sanded a little



Good grip

Green compound

Works very well

This is sandpaper and you cnan see the metal dust

Fits very well

Thanks for attention

 

[Nature Man]

Hello folks...I just started to work at this project again.
I need to shape the handle for start to finish the edge of blade and sharpening after.

I never used a concave spokeshave before...I have one from Kunz for a long time but always at tool box.

Yesterday I started to sharpening the blade and it was very bad about back flatness.
The cap was bad too.But to me the worst part was how to sharp the round blade.

I choose a simple and nice way to do it.I glued a piece of leather at a PVC 60 mm coupling and used a fine water sandpaper (just a finger water applied) for sharp (400,600 and 1200 grit)...after a honing compound at leather strop.
It worked very well.

*If I work a lot with a concave spokeshave maybe a metal pipe can be better but for my use the PVC will last almost lifetime*

See the pictures below:

Checking the radius size
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Contact cement
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Like this
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Sanded a little
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Good grip
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Green compound
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Works very well
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This is sandpaper and you cnan see the metal dust
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Fits very well
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Thanks for attention

Gotta love your creative solutions! Great launching point for other ideas! Chuck

 

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...some more pictures...

The cap back after stone

I add an eletric insulation tape as a fence

Look how bad the back was

The tape fence limit how far you can go





Thanks for attention

 

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...today I did one more step...

I filed the brass screw heads and started to sand the handles...

Gonçalo Alves is so nice to work with.

See the pictures below:

Time file the brass pins

Done

Medium file

Sanding the wood

So nice wood





After sanded 'll cut for final size





Thanks for attention

 

[Asssiss]

Hello folks...the nice thing to be an amateur woodworker is you can do things in your time...no timeline... not necessary to hurry up.
Today I finished my pair of small sheep shears knives.Three months after started.
Just wax at handles...the blade is so sharp.
Short Video at YT:

Sharp Sheep Shears Knife

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See the pictures below:

Green compound

Brand new leather strop





So sharp now

Just wax at handles (for while)

Gonçalo Alves wood

I let some scars at blade...they are original corrosion process and I need some of history and not a brand new knife

Thanks for attention

 

[Nature Man]

That blade is super sharp!

 

[Asssiss]

That blade is super sharp!

Yes it is...Burgon Ball is high quality steel/blade.

 

[daniscool]

Very nice. I use diamond stropping compound because it doesn't break down and it has much less variation in grain size. While your chromium oxide likely says it has between 1 and 4 microns grain size it will have grain between 30 and 0.3 microns. I switched to diamond stuff mainly out of interest but have found it to yield slightly better results.
BUT would the shears still feel authentic after using diamonds on them? Not really.
Anyway most impressive work.

 

[Asssiss]

Very nice. I use diamond stropping compound because it doesn't break down and it has much less variation in grain size. While your chromium oxide likely says it has between 1 and 4 microns grain size it will have grain between 30 and 0.3 microns. I switched to diamond stuff mainly out of interest but have found it to yield slightly better results.
BUT would the shears still feel authentic after using diamonds on them? Not really.
Anyway most impressive work.

I do have diamond compound but they are more expensive and I keep they just for m hi-end plane blades and spokeshaves as well.
That knives someone can use too and make dull for bad use...so green compound will be enough for while and did a great job.
Thanks so much for comment and share your expirience.

 

[Alancw]

Now where are the sheep?