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I have never successfully made a scandi grind by hand and have decided to give them another go as I want to try the grind out for personal use and knowledge of how well it works for me in an up coming challenge. Does anyone here have pics of a jig they use or if I grind it free hand whats the...

Go to the sheath forum and you will find some very good stickies that will answer all your questions and likely give you more. There is a vast amount of knowledge there as well as some very talented makers.

I do the same as Scott. Somethings are just too easy to do by hand and give a better margin of safety than power tools

That is sweet Sam! The video is very humbling and I agree with you. Don't sell yourself short either. I have seen your work!

I agree man. Ego has no place in the class room and when do we ever stop learning?

Hey Doug I am sry I did not respond to you but you are absolutely hitting on all cylinders. I will be using a baseline heat treat during the testing. For O1 I will be following the information listed on Kevin's website utilizing the lower austinizing temp and doing a 7 second interuppted...

Mike I may need to send you a pm on the file, thanks

Thanks guys, Charlie those angles are general guides that are passed around but each steel has its own characteristics that allow the angles to be as steep or obtuse as they are. Choosing the steel to meet the task then choosing the right angles for that steel would yield better performance I...

Some topics or questions are just so hard to ask in a forum but here is one that has been bugging me for a while, How to know how steep to grind the bevels and how to setup the edge geometry for different steel. In my case O1 for an outdoor knife. The reason I ask about this today is that I was...

Go to the WIP section and look there. You should find some good videos and WIPS that are far better than anything I say

Shokr I use the bit and they do make cleaner holes for me however if I have a sharp bit and place the floor press on its slowest speed I can get a nice clean hole as well. It does not matter whether you make a pancake or a taco with the kydex, its just different ways of doing it. I like the...

Would it be possible to also be placed on that PM. I had just sent Kevin Cashen an email on the subject?

Nah Shokr its not overkill as I have one somewhere in the shop almost just like yours except it uses a inner tube from a wheel barrow to compress the wood plates. I got the idea while doing a recert in an extrication class. We used the airbags to lift and stabilize an over turn car and so while...

I have had two risers develop cracks in places not caused by stress. After talking to another well known professional bowyer friend (Kirk Lavendar) he told me he wont use it any longer as he too has had issue with cracks forming later. I am not sure if its from moisture that was trapped in the...

lol I have posted that link several time on here as well, but i just did not know his name other than his youtube handle! It is a good 4 part vid and I do plan to use his method of etching with lemon juice and vinegar. I will be using parks 50 for the quench however. Thanks for going through...

Do you have a link for the video?

Frank they are all just trade names for a wood laminate that uses a high heat resin to glue the layers up. There have been a couple other names that are no longer around. As far as I am aware you can use any of them to make a stock from. This is from rutlands and is dymonnd wood. I inleted the...

Thats neat. What steel did you use?

That is sweet Zeb! I am enjoying this post very much. Really looking forward to how it all comes out and preforms!

They may cost you a bit more and may not but dont forget to look at the antique stores as many times there are some smithing tools laying in the back. Go armed with knowledge of what is a reasonable cost though.