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Got the guard holes drilled and a little shaping done. I had to set the guards in place and put a sharpie mark about Where I needed the holes. I need two on the main guard and one on the sub hilt. The sub hilt has the notch on the bottom, so there is no pin needed on that end. I'll drill...

Thank you Brad. Much appreciated.

Got the guards fitted. These were the first guards I'e ever done, and they were not easy. I probably had about four or five hours in this alone. To start with I had to do this a certain way. Since I was worried about warpage, I had to heat treat and surface grind the blade to ensure that it was...

You too Josh!

Appreciate it Eric!

I got the blank heat treated over the weekend. Here it is sitting on its spine in the oven. I always ramp the oven up with the piece inside. I started at about 1200 degrees and worked up to 1500 degrees, which is the heat treat temp on this stuff. You can see the temp there on the oven...

Welcome. You've come to the right place. Alot of helpful people here :)

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Amazing. Very nice :)

Interesting. :)

Nice!

I have not made one out of stainless yet, but I would assume that you would at least need .070. I went with .125 on my titanium. To me, you do save weight with a thinner frame side but I wonder at what point do you start sacrificing rigidity and durability? -edit - for some reason i read that...

Rex, it is usually late at night or odd times when I'm working on this thing. I'd be glad to invite you over, but it could be some time in the middle of the night or something. Now we start the tapering of the tang. First step is to layout some lines on the end of the tang so I can see where...

It will definitely not hurt. I graduated with a machining degree about 10 years ago. I program CNC and all that jazz for a living though. The basic courses will give you a good idea about how the machines work and running them. The big thing many people don;t think about is safety, especially...

Loos like it's doing its job so far..I'll be sure and get some more :) Funny thing is how that midline works out. After I grind the top and bottom, I then focus on the cutaway on the front of the blade on top. Does that thing have a name? Anyway, it seems to blend the centerline perfectly...

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Great work josh. I have to admit that going back to doing things with files, handsaws and hand drills would be enough to bore me to sleep...but I realize now that we all started somewhere. This is a good example of how to do it with minimal tools. Bravo, man.

Started grinding th blade last night. I've seen where Bruce and several people fit the guards on their versions of this knife before heat treat, but the only problem I have there is that since this is damascus, I need to be able to remove scale if it exists when I get done. I usually expect at...

Looks good man. Great work

Welcome, nice to have you here. This is a great board for learning knifemaking :) I bet you are well received in Michigan with that southern accent :lol: