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3/32" will work if you want them on the thinner side and I have used that size successfully, and I use 1/8" and a strong distal taper and taper handle with a Full Flat grind to thin things out and give the ranch style steak knife look, for more sportsmen minded customers.

I use 440C mostly and just had a batch of patterns for my steak knife water jet cut of AEB-L but haven't used them long enough to give an honest opinion if I like it better than the 440C? You really can't go wrong with Cryo treated 440C for Culinary. I've been making the steak/ paring that way...

Go for the Coote! I purchased one of the 2 x 72 x 8" almost 20 years ago and it still works great. You can get rolling with Step pulleys and move up to a Variable later when you have the funds. That's what i did. Also you can use darn near any motor of a 1 HP or larger. I found an open non...

:cool: Little EDC! People are always looking for small belt knives.

Museum quality work! Gentleman, It's my understanding that there are more Millionaires in China now than the USA and that will only increase! If you can make that market happy like Bruce has, Good for you!

The are like a wedge or door stop. If you take John's nice slicer type knife and make it shorter and pointer so the handle is raised a bit more. At 5" you have what the Japanese refer to as a Petty. Here is one from a company that I've sold called Tahamagane. 120mm/5" Petty. The Japanese...

I agree with Stuart, The 150mm Petty design is a great knife pattern for the kitchen and you will learn a lot making one without having to grind a lot of steel. I find that 3/32" or 0.070 in thickness works great. You want to stay under 1/8" in thickness.

"There is beauty in simplicity" Excellent hunter field knife with just the right amount of shine!

Vaseline works too if you don't have any wax around. Just be careful and apply it with a Q-tip just wear you want it.

Generally, people have been told that full tang knives are superior to a rat tail or molded tang. The exceptions are people that like the older French Sabatier rat tang Chef knives and folks that know Japanese knives. Now if the price is low enough on a custom/Homemade with a molded I think...

Contact my friend and our fellow member, Mr. Bruce Bump! He makes a Carbide File guide that works great, I own two of em.:thumbup: brucebump1@gmail.com

Wayne, Mine also cut a tad to the left and I think its cause they were meant to be leaned over to cut.:les:

Hmmm?:les: Interesting, it looks like there was some rewrapping of the handle. Its not a Fairborn/Sykes. Can't be of much help? Did your father serve in the Pacific or Europe, CBI?

Hear Hear! To our fallen that paid the ultimate price for our freedoms! We salute all of you and I'm BBQing some Ahi Tuna steaks tonight in your honor! :42::42::42::42::42::42::42: Here are some happy service people that made it home and their happy dogs!. Must see...

I agree with Bubba-San to avoid the smelly organic type compounds. I make mostly culinary weapons & Olive Oil is the one that many think would work best for knife steel. WRONG! It can turn rancid after a while and make you poop like a goose! I Prefer waxes, but if you are going to use an oil...

That's one Handsome knife! Are you going to make or have made a sheath? A lined sheath similar to an old Buck 110 folding hunter sheath I think would real work well with this beauty!

Iggy, First, let me welcome you to KD's. Second I hear your enthusiasm, but please keep in mind that we are a family friendly site and want people to be able to have their knife pups on their laps while they view this site. Third, I made my first couple of knives using hand files...

Daniel, I really like that little Chef knife pattern. Love to see that finished.

G Flex is my current epoxy for my Culinary knives. I've been extremely happy. I thank you for focusing on knives directly and chatting with us. I will give your's a look when Bossdog has it listed.

No direct experience with Stem cell but I give you a big word of caution. A few years back everyone thought Stem Cell therapy was going help many things, from spinal cord injuries to ALS/Lou's disease and it hasn't been shown to do many of these things. I just met with a UCLA RA doctor a...