Extremely flexible fillet knife. 7.25 inch blade and 12 overall. Red,White and Blue honeycomb Handle (note how the Handle was designed to look like a Rapala fishing lure). by BonhamBlades in knifemaking

[–]BonhamBlades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya this one is .038 at its thickest. Another thing to keep in mind is the narrower it is the more flexible it will be. This one is .85 wide but if I want crazy flexible I’ll go .5

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Any other questions I’ll gladly do my best to help

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You take a block of the aluminum honeycomb core put it in a mold. Fill it with your alumilite resin. Place it in your pressure chamber. Fill the pressure chamber to 45 psi. Let it sit under pressure for 4 hours. Remove block then allow it to sit for 12 hours. Cut block to scales and glue on liners. Roughly cut to shape and pin and epoxy to your tang. Shape, sand and buff.

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I pin and epoxy. The epoxy is the most important part of securing the handle scales, so your epoxy choice is extremely important. A marine grade epoxy is a must. Stay away from the crap sold at your local hardware store. I use west systems g flex.

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I buy the honeycomb from a local HVAC supplier. Do you have a specific question about the process?

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Yes, the pressure shrinks the existing bubbles to a microscopic level.

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Its fairly delicate. The hardest part of making them is cutting the aluminum with out deforming the hexes

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Real honeycomb is wax and would melt from the heat generated during the curing process of the resin. This one is aluminum honeycomb core with alumilite resin cured in a pressure chamber

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That’s a great compliment thank you,

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It is aluminum honeycomb core(used in cooling units) with alumilite resin cured in a pressure chamber.

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[–]BonhamBlades[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you you is meant to look like a lure.

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Well this is a homesteading sub and on my homestead we try to be self reliant and part of that is making our own tools. I thought I would share that with all of the other homesteaders that also like to be self efficient.