About Von Gruff Knives

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About Von Gruff Knives
Biography:
Knifemaking has become a passion with huntinf knives in particular but will and have made a great variety on request. Check my website for more detail. http://www.vongruffknives.com/
Location:
south otago
Interests:
making knives, hunting
Occupation:
Retired builder

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  1. Shamus_
    Shamus_ liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Finished the gross shaping of the butt stock. It is important to make sure the faces are straight so still a little to take off the middle at this stage. https://i.imgur.com/XOkPx4Kl.jpg with...
    Liked On: 22-11-2023, 01:19 PM
  2. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : Filling open grain on stock on the cheap
    And many of them did it with tung oil which has a natural drying element to it and is one of the best oils to use to sand into the pores to fill the grain and as gundoc says wiping the surplus...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 09:10 PM
  3. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 07:42 PM
  4. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    The butt plate being hollow needs careful sculping to get the fit right into the hollow. Quite a bit of time/patience later it is a nice fit. I like to file the waste wood away from the butt plate...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 07:41 PM
  5. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    I had asked the customer for his preferred measurements were for LOP, pitch, cant and cast but there is no cant or cast and with the LOP and pitch confirmed, it was now that these came into the...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 07:40 PM
  6. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Was able to get back to this today and got the mag well sorted for a nice slide fit for both 10 and 5 shot mags https://i.imgur.com/nglElZml.jpg After that was done I did the reinforce across...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 07:33 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    This morning saw the trigger guard settled into place and then the magazine cut off plate was also fitted with the appropriate wood removed to allow it to operate. Slow and methodical with a great...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 07:32 PM
  8. john worthington
    john worthington liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 05:41 PM
  9. Aubrey
    Aubrey liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    I had asked the customer for his preferred measurements were for LOP, pitch, cant and cast but there is no cant or cast and with the LOP and pitch confirmed, it was now that these came into the...
    Liked On: 21-11-2023, 02:29 PM
  10. norsk
    norsk liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 11:12 PM
  11. FRST
    FRST liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 09:36 PM
  12. Frogfeatures
    Frogfeatures liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    The butt plate being hollow needs careful sculping to get the fit right into the hollow. Quite a bit of time/patience later it is a nice fit. I like to file the waste wood away from the butt plate...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 06:42 PM
  13. Shamus_
    Shamus_ liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 06:16 PM
  14. ROKTOY
    ROKTOY liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 06:02 PM
  15. csmiffy
    csmiffy liked post by Von Gruff Knives On thread : A Lee Speed stock
    Starting the next stage requires a grip cap and as a horn cap was wanted I needed to look through some cape buffalo horn to find a nice piece to give me the thickness needed after grinding the back...
    Liked On: 20-11-2023, 04:57 PM

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