Recent content by Curt Wommack

For anything thicker than .125", I use an old Lenox Diemaster bi-metal blade (14tpi I think) on my metal cutting saw. It works just fine. I tried to cut G10 once on my wood bandsaw (4 tooth) and watched the tips of all the teeth on a new blade fly off in the first 2 seconds. Speed kills...

Mobile 1 is good, but I like something else better! Prior to trying Mobile 1, I tried some cutting fluid I had by my drill press. It's the Kobalt Cutting fluid from Lowes. I had really good results from it but there was so much good press about the Mobile 1 that I bought a quart to try. The...

If you try cleaning up the tube like Mike suggested and it still doesn't fit, try carbide burr and a Dremil, you can make a few passes inside your lanyard hole to open it up just a bit, epoxy will fill in any excess. A carbide F drill bit will do the trick as well.

Thanks Bill, What an excellent tutorial! I've wanted to make a slipjoint for a long time but it seemed too difficult to get the geometry correct. You explained it very well.

That's a real looker, Steve! Nice work!

Thanks, Jeff!!

That's just perfect for an 11 year old (or a 43 year old!) Nice work!!

Welcome Rick! I am a Western NC boy myself. It's good to see some "home" dawgs!

I just might have to toss one of my knives by the roadside if it would help with orders! What a GREAT story! :)

Yarrrrrrr!

I just finished this one for one of my favorite makers. It is a big thrill to be able to make a knife for someone who has taught me so much about knifemaking. I sure hope he likes it! Here are the specs: Length: 7.5" Blade: 3" Tang: 5/32" Steel: 440C with hand rubbed satin finish & convex...

Beautiful! I'm in.

MMMMM! Beefy! Nice work!

Thanks all! I learned a lot on this one by "just doing it". I have some work to do to make the quality sheath I want to make but I'm pretty happy with the final result. Here's a pic of the finished knife with the sheath.

This is a fairly large knife that I just finished. It's a bit outside my normal style but I thought it would be fun to make. It's 12.5" long and is made from D2 with red and black G10 handles. It was fun to make but more work than I expected Whatchathink?