If you need a slight variation of one of these templates, let me know.ĭo you need a shield style that I don't already have a template for? If so, send me a picture of it, and I should be able to design a custom template for you. The shields will be cut from.060" 410 stainless.Īll of these templates can be enlarged, reduced, the corners rounded, or the image reversed. Send me your knife scale, after it's been shaped and profiled, and I'll cut the pocket for you and return it with the matching shield that you've pick out. What if you don't have a pantograph, but you still would like to inlay a particular shield into your knife? No problem. The templates that have “(64)” next to their description are designed to take a 1/64” cutter to cut some of the tips of the pocket, but a 1/32” cutter can be used to cut out the shield. Most of the other templates, that don’t have sharp corners, also require a 1/32” cutter. This way the shield drops right into the pocket without any filing or scraping. Important: The templates that have "(Rounded)" next to their description have had their sharp corners rounded down to fit a 1/32" cutter. These sizes seems to work well for me, but I would recommend experimenting with your own sizes to see what works best for you. 120" stylus works well with a 1/32" cutter. When the handle material is more brittle, I might would go with a stylus that's a little smaller. This gives me a pretty tight fit where the shield can be pressed fitted into materials such as G-10 and micarta. When using a 3/64" cutter, I've found it best to use a stylus that's somewhere around. Therefore, you may need to use a stylus that's slightly smaller than the one you would normally use. These templates are designed in a CAD program where the positive and the negative are essentially the same size with no compensation for clearance. They're NOT built in the traditional manner where you create a positive and then cast a negative around it. These pantograph templates are created at a 4:1 ratio. ![]()
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