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That is a beautiful knife! The grinds look flawless.

Here are 3 of my most recent knives. They are all hollow ground from CPM 154 that is 5/32 thick. They all have stainless steel bolsters. The two wood handled knives are made from Desert Ironwood. The last is Mycarta. Thanks for looking!

Laurence, Thank you for the quick response. I tried the link and it takes me to a retro racing club.

I've heard a lot of positive comments about rhynowet sandpaper and plan on making a purchase in the near future. I intend to use the 9x11 sheets on my 9inch disc grinder as well as for hand sanding blades and handle material. My question is which product is best suited for this application, the...

Thanks for the responses!

I've been contemplating applying Cerakote to a few blades and was wondering if you could etch the maker's mark onto the blade after it has been coated? I searched through the forum and couldn't find the answer. Does anyone know? Thanks

I wish I would have posted this earlier. I kept trying to grind the handle thinner and thinner hoping that pin would appear. Now the handle is thinner than I would like. I think I will follow your advice about the oven to see if I can get the scales off without destroying the bolsters. I'll...

I've been working on a drop point with mosaic pins and ironwood handles. Today as I was profiling the handle I noticed that one of the smaller pins within the mosaic pin was too short. Initially i thought i could just make the handle a little slimmer but it was way too short. I am usually...

Here is the sheath. My first attempt at working with Kydex. I can see that this is going to take a while to turn out a decent sheath. Two of the of the many lessons I learned on this endeavor; 1, Kydex will create shiny spots on a bead blasted blade 2, should have used a large tek-lok...

Thanks for posting the pictures comparing the grinds with different size wheels!

Does anyone have some photos of a blade that has been ground on a 12 or 14 inch wheel. I would like to see the difference in the bevel. Thanks!

This is my first attempt at making a camp style knife. The blade is 5/32 CPM 154 that is hollow ground. The blade was heat treated by TX Knifemakers. The blade is 5 1/2 inches long and the handle is 5 inches. The bolsters are 416 stainless steel. I tried to "texture" the black linen micarta...

Wow! That is a great looking knife.

Just finished this knife. I was asked to use desert eucalyptus wood for the handles by the customer. The wood scorched with every belt I used. I tried everything from a 36-grit Cubitron to 220-AO. High speed and low speed and the results were the same. Well it is finally done and I won't...

Wow, what a great knife! The damascus spacer really stands out in a good way.

Finished this one up a few days ago. It is hollow ground from ATS-34. Heat treat was done by TX Knifemakers. The handles are stabilized Black Ash. This is the last of my ATS-34, my next few blades are CPM-154-CM. I will also start using 416 SS for the bolsters instead of the nickel silver...

I recently purchased 6 feet of 5/32 x 1 1/2 CPM 154 CM. The steel is very rough on the surface, lots of pits and dimples. I've been cutting out the profile of the knife then trying to true it up on 9" disk sander or on the flat platen of my TW-90. I am not getting very good results with...

I have seen so many people using torx and allen head bolts to attache handles on fixed blade knives. How do you do it? Do you thread the holes in the tang of the knife before heat treat and then grind the bolts down so they are long enough to "bite" but leave enough room for the bolt on the...

I just finished up this stabilized Amboyna burl hunter. The blade is a hollow ground ATS-34 that was treated by Texas Knifemakers. File work from the handle to the blade. There are nickel silver and black spacers that accentuate the dovetailed nickel silver bolsters. Mosaic pins finish it off.

Thanks for all of the great comments! Jungleboy, I used Devcon 2-ton epoxy and added red pigment available from most knife supply companies.