Fitting Factory pre made Front Plate for Scandi Blade

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6 жыл бұрын

I believe that this is the most wanted information in scandi knife making among the starter knife makers. How to assemble the front bolster, front plate properly and neatly with the blade, especially with the tang without ricasso.
This is MY way of doing it. Someone must have better and simple way of doing it. I have figured it out by myself. No one have taught me to do this like this but I have learnt from other techniques I have seen and spoken with guys and of course, trying by myself.
I believe- again - every puukko knife maker struggles with this in the beginning... Now, forget micro files and use your force :)
My best thank - again - goes to the camera girl, my daughter who made this video possible! Excellent work and co-operation with my hand moves. Dad.
Osmo

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@prairiefirewildernessskills 2 жыл бұрын

I recently started building puukko knives with Lauri blades and this video was exactly what I needed! Thanks Osmo!

@chuckhiccox8086 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! You just made my life easier with that short clip . I have all the tools but I was taking the long road , this is going to save me an hour and a half in labor . I'd like to see some more instructional videos. This was so much appreciated,thanks again.

@Wumbalo 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are so informative. I’m a less experienced knife maker and your videos are so helpful!

@thetopicala 4 жыл бұрын

Wumbalo Glad to hear it! Thanks, Osmo

@MV-bo1gv 5 жыл бұрын

Excelent tip Osmo...! I have several front plates to practice Thank you .!

@cactuswren9771 6 жыл бұрын

Still watching and learning from you Osmo. Your music choices are as beautiful as your work. Love your summer haircut! :)) Thanks!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Rhyannon Lallatin Thanks for the kind comment, also for paying attention to my summer/winter looks 😀😄 atb, Osmo

@richroc7 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work Osmo! God Bless you and your family!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Rich Carson Thank you Rick!

@Taromovies 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demonstration Osmo!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft & Survival Thank you my dear friend! Osmo

@HFSurvivalSchool 6 жыл бұрын

Great tip buddy , will be trying it for sure ! Thanks for sharing Nick

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

HF Survival School Thanks! Happy to serve you!

@andreasmuller7746 6 жыл бұрын

Moin Osmo! Thank you for the nice tutorial! It will save me a lot of time! Have a nice summer!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Andreas Müller That is just great! Happy to help 👍🏻

@einufo 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing and explaning. I won't do that. So much skill and work . . . . respect. Greetings Tino

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

einufo ofunie Thank you Tino!

@beethra 6 жыл бұрын

Nice trick. Thank you for sharing it. I will try this method on my next knife.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

beethra Great! Dremel work is crucial!

@Henkka0Bass 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for all the videos that you made, I am from Algeria and I love Finnish knives, so I decided few years ago to craft them by my self, I found your Channel ! You share many techniques and tips that helped me a lot. Thanks one more time

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

Naim SZ You are most welcome Naim and happy hear greetings from Algeria!

@TomTom-zp3nr 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Osmo this was always a fiddly messy job, trying to file it with little awkward files, not now you have taught me this, thank you for your kindness, regards Tom Adair.

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom! Nice to hear of you! Good sanding paper is better than poor files 😄👍🏻 Osmo

@emmokaemingk9448 5 жыл бұрын

I made 2 knives with limited sucees. With this video you solved several issues I ran into. Thanks.

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

emmo kaemingk You are most welcome Emmo!

@genetube26 6 жыл бұрын

Well done. I will definitely try this on my next knife.

@helgepaulingebrigtsen9756 6 жыл бұрын

Goldsmithing

@stanley_servio 6 жыл бұрын

Excelente vídeo, Mr Osmo. Obrigado por compartilhar o know-how com o mundo. Isso mostra a grandeza do Cuteleiro e do Ser Humano que é o Senhor. Grande abraço

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Stanley Sérvio Thanks Stanley for kindest comment! Osmo

@johnwhitehead4809 6 жыл бұрын

nice tutorial and work osmo,cheers.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

john whitehead Thank you John! Happy to show my ideas. Osmo

@martymalone4561 6 жыл бұрын

Finally, the secret behind the magic is revealed! I was just getting ready to perform the fitting of a front plate to a very nice YP 125mm blade, and you just gave me the information I needed. As always, thank you, Osmo, thank you for the excellent education I receive.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Marty Malone Great Marty! Happy for you if I could help you. Osmo

@martymalone4561 6 жыл бұрын

You are always a big help to me, brother!

@rustyharvey6855 6 жыл бұрын

Great job the camera work was awesome

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Rusty Harvey Thanks Rusty!

@VersaiOnline 2 жыл бұрын

You could try using something called dop wax for holding the small front plate while sanding. That's how lapidarists hold small stones without sanding their fingers off.

@stype9773 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent Osmo ! And water comes very handy for the fingers too :-) Cheers and all the best

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

stype 977 At winter time it’s much more convenient! Thank you Josko!

@schnorres58 6 жыл бұрын

Great job,

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

schnorres58 Thank you Christoph!

@wayned5872 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice Osmo

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Wayne D Thank you Wayne! 👋🏻👍🏻

@ahmettolgaonat3190 5 жыл бұрын

goood and clean job ...

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

AHMET TOLGA ONAT Thank you!

@brightargyle8950 6 жыл бұрын

Great advice, I was actually just looking at a blade I have, thinking I would need to grind the tang down so I could fit the front plate better. I'm also totally going to lighten the handle side of the plate like you suggest, I don't know why I never thought of that before, its hidden from view anyway.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Bright Argyle Yes, that’s the way it goes. Just trust your eye 👍🏻 Thank you, Osmo

@garrettswoodworx1873 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, Osmo. Thank you. As others have suggested, I use thin double sided tape (like double sided scotch tape) on the end of a dowel just larger than the piece I am sanding to protect my fingers. (I wore off all of the callouses!) Perhaps that will work for you too. You could even use the striking end of your custom punching tool. ;) You're lucky to have a great camera girl who does such good work!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Captain G thanks captain! All the tips to protect my finger tip skin sre considered! 😀👍🏻Osmo Ps. Looks like I need to make good contract with my camera crew! 😂😄👍🏻

@garrettswoodworx1873 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! You don't want to lose a good camera person! ;)

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Captain G 😀😀😀;)

@derekstynes9631 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Osmo please tell Your Daughter did a great Job with the Camera !

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

Derek Stynes 👍🏻🙏🏻

@Andrei-co5qq 6 жыл бұрын

Like before I start watching)

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Папа Сани Thank you!

@dennisfischer9930 6 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Dennis Fischer Many thanks Dennis!

@zenaldiak 6 жыл бұрын

Nice work Osmo. A "special tool" to holding the guard when sanding it exist, i send you a photo on private messenger. I make once a guard from bone to a Giesser Eklert bonning knife zero fullflat grint, was a nigthmare :) Thanx to sharing the video. Chears, Gyula.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

zenaldiak thank you!

@LSDEAN13 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, just awesome as always, Osmo.Pidän siitä todella. As for a tool to hold the front plate, maybe some water resistant double-sided sticky tape (or a loop of electrical tape) on the top surface and use that to hold it to a small piece flat wood? You might have to replace the tape a few times from the heat, but I feel it would be worth the time to save your fingertips.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

LSDEAN13 Thank you buddy for your concern for my nails and finger tops! Hee! This is tricky I know the heat would destroy the glue immediately. I have tried pliers too but I get better touch with fingers than pliers. Thanks, Osmo

@Thorin7.62 3 жыл бұрын

For the machine sanding to flatten the brass, you could temporarily glue a piece of wood to the brass with cyanoacrylate glue. It would work well if you also made a place at the end of the stick to fit into your tang inlet to help keep it together if the heat from sanding causes the glue bond to fail. When finished you can remove the glue with acetone. You may also have some success with hot melt glue, however the heat from the sanding may cause a glue failure as well in this case. I hope this helps you to protect your fingers.

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Phillip! I still keep ruining my finger nails though.. Any advice is appreciated!

@JoeyKnifeInnovations 11 ай бұрын

Hetken kun asiaa pohdin niin voisihan kokeilla sellaista että valikoi vaan palan puuta ja pienellä vuoluveitsellä tekee lokosen päähän mikä on sen verta nafti että pysyy helan kolosessa. Ei tarvi odotella liiman kuivumista. Todennäköisesti masiina kannattaa käynnistää vasta kun hiottava hela on santapaperilla ja kun haluaa lopettaa pysäyttää napista niin hela ei lentele pitkin tonttia. En ole kokeillut mutta joku tälläinen ratkaisu voisi olla toimiva. Kaipa helaan hieman nafti metallin palakin kävisi. Joku vanha ruodon pätkä. Sen voisi hakata vasaralla puu palan sisälle niin syvälle että standardit helat saa hiottua. Etc.etc. Ajattelen tässä ääneen kun asiasta nyt juttua.

@chriswilliams7480 3 жыл бұрын

What would £200 buy me? I know not a lot. But a man can dream, your knives are so beautiful

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

A lot! Thanks!

@jonnywareagle5189 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I am currently trying to fit a front plate with an even groove to a blade with ricasso. How do I get a flush fit between the blade shoulders and the plate and the back of the plate and the handle. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and finding it hard work!

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

Jonny War Eagle Even groove for the both sides of the front plate? You only need good fit for the plate on the side of the edge in the groove and shoulders. The handle side will be covered by handle material. Just sand front plate flat before attaching handle material against it. Hope this helps.

@jonnywareagle5189 5 жыл бұрын

@@thetopicala thanks so much for the reply. I meant that the groove is uniform along its length. Like a coin slot. The shoulders of the knife sit outside each end of this slot and sit on the surface of the plate itself.

@larsemericks7668 Жыл бұрын

Use a magnet instead of fingers while grinding

@andrei4118 6 жыл бұрын

Could you hold it with a really strong magnet while sanding? Great tutorial

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

andrei Thanks for the idea but I think brass, bronze nor nickel silver are not magnetic. 👍🏻

@andrei4118 6 жыл бұрын

Duoh I didn't even think of that, my mistake! Either way I really enjoy your videos definitely took some tips on properly fitting bolsters which always takes alot of time for me. Thanks!

@stephenkeefer3436 6 жыл бұрын

Sanding front plate with fingers helps get rid of those pesky calluses on the finger tips. 😉

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Keefer Exactly!! Thanks, Osmo

@neilyeag 6 жыл бұрын

Well done. Couple of questions. 1) I see that your front plate is slightly larger than the width of the blade, some times I see it is pretty much the same width as the blade and advantages of either method? 2) Why is the transition from the tang to the blade slightly curved rather than a crisp square shoulder? Ad a comment, I really don't know how you hold those small parts and work on the belt sander. I always end up loosing a bunch of skin from my thumb ha.

@tornagawn 6 жыл бұрын

The shoulder from blade to tang is rounded rather than square to avoid stresses on the steel, which might cause a crack if it was 90’.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

neilyeag Hey, tornagawn gave your other answer and I dont know if it’s like that. On the other hand I know that those blades have been punched from a metal plate with high energy machine which leaves rounded edges on the tang (other side more than the other). That might be also the answer for your question. Someone who knows better please...

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

neilyeag About the size of the front plate. I just happen to have certain plates which suit the plate and the higher the plate is it’s then also wider which gives you change to make thicker handle from the first part of the handle if you wanted to do that. No special meaning then. Thanks for asking, Osmo

@raggedbreath 3 жыл бұрын

Would this work a nickel silver guard? Thanks

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for asking. You mean instead of brass? Of course, brass, nickel silver, bronze... any metal.

@pedrorodrigues6964 3 жыл бұрын

the tool for not burning the fingers, is some tape! ducktape

@user-he6nj1zv9f 6 жыл бұрын

Try double sided tape on the bottom of a wood hammer handle to hold front plate.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

John Yearick Thanks John, but I think the heat would ruin the glue very quickly. No worries I just need to be quick and careful! 😀

@user-he6nj1zv9f 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of going slow, keeping the heat down, just like when not trying to burn your fingers. The melted glue would be harder to clean up. I look forward to your next video.

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

John Yearick Yes, it would be the only way to use tape. Slowly. Those metals just warm in seconds. Good luck! Osmo

@frankbaldwin5683 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Osmo, a little tip to save your fingers. Use a dopstick (look it up on Youtupe).

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

Frank Baldwin I just had a quick study on your tip! Thank you!👍🏻 Any recipe or link for the wax? 🙏🏻 Osmo

@frankbaldwin5683 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Osmo, check ebay for "green dop wax"' Or maybe you have a lapidary shop in Finland, they should have it. Look for the brand Lortone. Good luck.

@thetopicala 5 жыл бұрын

Frank Baldwin 👋🏻👍🏻

@josejesusiiivergara1011 6 жыл бұрын

sir osmo i have been to the blacksmith i have inquired about the horn of the carabao i pc start at around 300. pesos to up maybe depends on size and quality the problem is how to ship it there i also inquired LBC the courier company or door to door shipping answer is they don't ship animals part because of diseases precautions

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

jose jesus III vergara Thank you Jose for your inquiries. I think it would be hard work to get them here. What a pity. The price is quite okay though. If we’ll figure it out with shipping etc it could be possible. Thank you Osmo

@heikkilahteenmaki6714 6 жыл бұрын

Hei. Mietin tässä että tekeekö tuolla bilteman hiomakoneella mitään? Ja voiko tuolla toisella hiomakoneella hioa teriä? Sain teriä jotka vähän ruosteessa, niin pitäisi vähän hioa. Kumpi kannatais ostaa, että sais hiottua teriä ja kahvoja?

@thetopicala 6 жыл бұрын

Heikki Lahteenmaki Hei, terien hionnasta kandee kysellä oikeesti niiltä jotka sitä tekee. Facessa puukkoareenalla löytyy paras tietous. Mulla olis Syrjälän käyttämätön huippukone myynnissä jos kiinnostaa.

@heikkilahteenmaki6714 6 жыл бұрын

thetopicala onko minkämalline ja hintaluokkaa? Rahaa ei tosiaa oo opiskelijalla käyttää tällä hetkellä satasta enempää. Mutta minä käyn tarkastamassa facen puolen

@jannisgrill 5 жыл бұрын

Eikö tota 'front plate' tarvi liimata kiinni?? Eli pitäis pysyä noin vaan??

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

Kai huomasit millä voimalla se lyötiin tuohon ruotoon kiinni?

@johnshultz3058 3 жыл бұрын

It is a puukko knife, no?

@thetopicala 3 жыл бұрын

Hey John S. The final product will be puukko, yes. I’m just showing here how to assemble the front bolster plate for puukko blank blade (without handle itself).