sheridanman Report post Posted July 22, 2008 hi guys! i still have a hard time trying to get a nice knife overseas. last nihgt i started noodling wiht my x acto knife and teh tip of the handle that hold the blade is knurled and can be unscres from the long handle and is made out of aluminum. the knurling is gold in color and the size is perfect for what i am looking for a 3/8 thickness for the barrel. i like to take out the existing yoke and shaft on my working swivel knife that has a 7/16 girth and 2.5 inches tall barrel. teh barrel is too tall for my hands adn i have thought of cutting off a part of it to shorten it to fit my hands but the knife was a gift from my mentor. since i will not destroy the knife anyway if i take the yoke assembly i'd like to attach it to the knurled handle of my xacto knife thats aroun 1 inch all i haveto do is find a way to drill a hole at the side near the bottom end of that xacto handle to lock my blade. can you guys suggest any ways i can do this. i know its unloading to buy a new knife but in my situation its kinda difficult. hope to hear some suggestions from you all! thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singteck Report post Posted July 22, 2008 If you have any engineering shops around your area, there should be someone with a lathe that can cut the body for you and build the yoke for you. Not sure how much that would cost but it's an option. It's not difficult at all for a lathe operator to make. Cheers singteck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheridanman Report post Posted July 23, 2008 If you have any engineering shops around your area, there should be someone with a lathe that can cut the body for you and build the yoke for you. Not sure how much that would cost but it's an option. It's not difficult at all for a lathe operator to make.Cheers singteck yep, thats right sing. im going around town to look for some machine shops. i might as well get them to build me pricking irons. the good thing is most mahcine shops here dont really charge that much. i remember one time i had them machine something for me and it cost me around $1 usd. and the materials came from them as well. i have to see if they can indeed copy the ball bearing in the yoke shaft. the assembly of the whle knife is easy but how to make the swiveling part of the yoke is the tricky one. then all i have to do is get a nice blade. i found one seller who is selling me his ruby blades. last night i tried cutting decorative practice cuts and i cant do it for 5 minutes. teh middle finger really is painful coz of the stretch. this knife im using really is way too tall for my hands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Crafts Online Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Why dont you just buy a swivel knive from Barry King. I think they are around $35 with a blade. Ashley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Report post Posted July 31, 2008 I couldn't agree more... for 40$ Barry Kings is the best deal/with a blade.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whinewine Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Why dont you just buy a swivel knive from Barry King. I think they are around $35 with a blade.Ashley If he's overseas, the shipping, plus any applicable duties on them might (or, might not), be prohibitive. It all depends on the particular country & what they look at to slap a duty on, plus various taxes that we usa-ers don't have, such as a VAT (value added tax). For an example, coffee is/was (as it was in 1988, anyway) taxed with import duties before it could be brought into Canada. Other countries have similar weird taxes on things that we take for granted & that we do not tax coming into our country... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheridanman Report post Posted August 1, 2008 If he's overseas, the shipping, plus any applicable duties on them might (or, might not), be prohibitive. It all depends on the particular country & what they look at to slap a duty on, plus various taxes that we usa-ers don't have, such as a VAT (value added tax).For an example, coffee is/was (as it was in 1988, anyway) taxed with import duties before it could be brought into Canada. Other countries have similar weird taxes on things that we take for granted & that we do not tax coming into our country... you got me there whinewine! i have been looking around online for knife sellers i even contacted a japanese distributor of henley knives and cant send payment to him thru western union which is the only way i can pay him. with henley direct its quite pricey with teh shpping and stuff. presently i have a knife but its too tal and i already injured my carving hand using it for years. the latest i got to do is make a balde out of a bone and grinded it, then the barrel is home made from rods adn i jsut attached the yoke of my knife to tghe home made one. it worked ok but i guess having teh rod modified professionally to a barrel by a amchinist on a lathe would improve it. i'd take singteck's advice that a lathe man would do it. i have been experimenting wth bone and ivory blades that i made they cut really nice. they dont stick to leather like metal blades. when my ivory made barrel and blade as one piece unit is done all i need is to figure out how to do a good spinning yoke. i dont believe in the ads with yokes spinning like a thousand turns. coz what a yoke does is just to swivel the barrel and the turn isnt always to a full 360 degrees. so i dont need a yoke with loads of bearings. who knows when its all good i might sell them online if they look good. im gonna scrimshaw the ivory barrel and blade. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
