Morakniv Knife Scales

[schuylab (Schuyler)]

Working on some knife scales for Morakniv SS knife blanks. The wood is an offcut from UC Berkeley when they were studying wood properties, sold by a hardware store in Santa Cruz called Byrne Bros around 1910-1930. It says purpleheart/amaranth a few spots on the board. Have been saving it for the right project.

Using Solidworks to model and Carbide Create to path it out. I used some oak I had laying around for test cuts before moving to the purpleheart.

Do all the 3D roughing and detail on one side, then flip and cut the opening for the blank.

Definitely trimmed a clamp with the cutter… need a touch more clearance after the flip.

Still need to do some CA finish then polish, and make 7 more!

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Let us know about the clamp at support and we’ll get a replacement to you.

[robgrz (Rob Grzesek (Carbide 3D))]

We did a knife years ago with a CA finish for the scale- it’s an underrated technique.

[schuylab (Schuyler)]

I appreciate it Will. I found the STL repository you guys have and I have printed a handful of replacements already, so no worries at all. Thank you though!

[terryawatkins (Terry Watkins)]

What an awesome project. Can you describe how you created the internal geometry for the knife tang?

[schuylab (Schuyler)]

Thanks! I used calipers to measure the blanks and then modeled it in CAD:

Modeled around it and gave it a five thou offset:

If anyone needs the DXF, I’ll get it up on cutrocket

[terryawatkins (Terry Watkins)]

That would be very helpful, thanks!

[Shenanigans (Morgan Feniak)]

I have been curious to try this for my knives. Did you import your solid works stl into carbide create?