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I'll do it Rex. Thanks Started working on th guards tonight. Thanks To forum member Josh Dabney, I have some 416 stainless to work with :) First thing to do is to measure some of it out and cut the pieces for the guard and the sub hilt. I just eye it out to what looks about right, no...

A little More- I have to cut the handle scales so that I can get the two seperate pieces needed for each side. Here I am marking the piece on both sides so I can make the cut. I always mark a little wider than it is, so I have some room to grind it down to fit. I put a piece of...

That looks great. Who did the sheath?

Boss, This is something I deeply admire you for because I have the same sentiments. I always said the same exact thing. I am 28, been doing machine work since high school. Over ten years in tool and die, CNC, and welding. I know my way around metal pretty well. I worked for a small job...

Rex, Josh stepped up and sent some yesterday. It should be here in a day or two and I can move on with the knife :) Thank you for the offer though.

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Josh I think I have this simplified. That piece you have that is 3/8 x 3/4 will work. If you have a 5" length of it, I can get what I need out of that. Also, the 1 1/2 x 1/4 flat bar will work too, if you can spare about 3" length of it. I did not realize that I could get the width I needed...

Thanks Bruce! it means alot to have someone like yourself give someone like me compliments :) I have posted a thread over in the want to buy section of the classifieds for the SS I need. I will wait that out a few days and see if I can get the stuff I really should be using.

I'm doing a charity knife for St. Jude, see the WIP section of the forum for the WIP thread. I have some 440C stainless, but I really need some 416 stainless. A piece about 5" long and 1/2" x 1/2" square would be perfect. I can cut the main guard and sub hilt form this. I also need some 416 pin...

Did some work the past few nights. First thing to do after I get the blade sawn out is to do a little profiling and try to smooth up the rough edges. I use a rock wheel to do some of the roughing, because at times there is alot of metal that has to come off. Then we swap over to the disc...

Rex mentioned this today and I thought I had seen it, but I guess I had not. What can I say here that hasn't already been said? Bruce, your level of how you put things together in your mind and then make them a reality is amazing to me. Your work with forging, knives, and all the stuff we are...

Well it looks like I have a correction I need to make. The guard piece and trigger I have cut are not 420SS. They are 440C. I'm wondering if I should still use them. I have no doubt that I can machine them, and grind them (they will not be hardened), but pins are the problem. Any rod that I can...

Rex, I actually did a test grind on this ladt night. After talking with Bruce about it, I began to think about this. Whenever I have a fear of somthing, if I just take it head on, I usually succeed. I decided to grab one of the blanks I had made that was sitting on the shelf and give it a shot...

Keep up the good work. It can be done from scratch like that. Here is a treadmill motor grinder I built a few years ago. Everything painted red is aluminum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxT_WG6twc

Bruce you are exactly right. I was messing around with the paper last night and realized that gap is way to small. I also was looking at the one you did and saw that it was much larger. I will adjust to make it fit better :) I have pieces of 420SS cut for the guard and bolsters, but this could...

Here are some pictures of the design. This one won't quite be as big as the Loveless sub hilt, but it will be big enough. First I drew the design out on paper and transferred it over to the steel. The guard, trigger, and end bolsters will be some sort of stainless steel. Most of these...

Hey folks. It's been a while since I have been a regular around here. My work schedule keeps me just far enough away from my knives to be able to do them as much as I'd like, so not much comes out of my shop. I do, however, try to reserve time for at least one a year. That knife is donated...

You are on a roll man. Keep up the good work!

Looking good man.

Good looking pieces man.