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Bruce, I am in several slipjoint facebook groups, and I asked the question yesterday about what kinds of patterns were popular and sought after. Of the many designs I had mentioned, one called a small peanut had a fair amount of attention. A guy named Jim Todd offered up pictures of one that he...

I have some steel I want to go ahead and put into the pieces for slip joints, but I am unsure on what designs to make. Most of these will probably end up being sold, so popular designs are what I am looking for. I'd like to know the sizes that are sought after as well. Thanks

Looks a lot better, Larry. Keep working at it. Never stop improving!

Larry, I meant to say I'll have it returned to you in a few days. Please pm me your address again if you don't mind.

Looking good!. I agree that C-tec stuff is cool

I got the knife yesterday and brought it to work this morning. I have very good lighting in my office so I was able to get a good look. I first stated in the thread that I would do a full on review and performance test, but since so many other people have done it, I think I will focus on the...

Looking at how to build a forge. I found a vid on youtube of a guy using a coffee can, and mixing up a bunch of chemicals and perlite to create the lining. I guess that it is propane fired. I think I would rather have this than charcoal. I could build one of these easily..maybe even use a...

Every knife I have made thus far has been from stock removal methods or someone else's damascus. I have not gotten into the forging side of things because of where I used to live. I was in a neighborhood with houses really close together, and they would have never put up with the noise. We...

Top knife for St. Jude raised $7600 in bids. Cannot beat that! :)

Very nice first effort. I like your idea of the pins and how you did them. I've done a few with a hidden spring pin as well. Welcome to the slipjoint club.

Just finished up these two. The top is for 2014 St. Jude auction. The fossil walrus is courtesy of Russ Andrews, and the damascus is from Zoe Crist. The bottom is fossil mammoth and Zoe Crist damascus, to be entered into a local contest and carried for a while. They have Ti liners and bolsters...

Yes, Calvin, it is a liner lock folder. Thanks for the input. I'll be sure it is covered before etch.

So what is the general accepted practice of a setting up the pivot when a folder uses a Damascus blade? I have some that I'm fixing to do, and I'm going to use bronze washers on the sides of the blades in between the liners. I was thinking I might take some clear fingernail polish and block the...

I'm currently working on two knives that are not necessarily flippers, but the possess a few of the qualities. I'm looking for as smooth of opening operation as I can get, and the knives will have the little kicker on the bottom of the blade that protrudes out from the backside of the handle...

I have not used the form taps yet, but I did get a chance to use the Molly Dee and a 4-40 tap. It was a cutting tap, so I relieved the back of the cutting edges (minimizing the amount of thread that is dragging through), and wow what a difference. The Moly Dee stuff really does work like they...

I did a bunch of reading yesterday, and I think I've learned a lot about the problem and the solutions. first off, Ti has a low modulus of elasticity, so it has a “springiness". Because of this, it tends to “close in” on the tap. This effect causes galling and tearing of the threads. It also...

I love Ti as a material for my knives but the stuff is very hard to work with. I have trouble drilling, sawing, and tapping it. I don't seem t have any problem cutting it in a mill with end mills though. What I've come here to settle today is how I should be tapping it. I really need some...

Well there you have it. That seems to be a logical reason. Most of my folding knives in the past few years were designed as flippers or with the same hump on the bottom of the blade, so this makes sense.

Wild..Crazy how nobody wants them tip down. Great responses so far.

Frank, How would you see it as accident prone? Like maybe the blade could come undone and exposed when one reaches for the knife?