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This all makes good sense to me. I appreciate the detailed explanations. Next time one of you is attaching a bolster, I would love to see close up pictures of: 1) Pins in the bolster before peening and 2) After peening... I have been leaving about .075 to .100 stick out on the pins before...

Fred and Rudy, Thanks, sounds about right. I will watch my taper carefully and peen more thoroughly... How deep do you take the chamfer? I am worried that after I peen, the grind and shape the bolster that I will grind past the chamfer while shaping. The more I think about it, I guess the...

Yah, that is pretty much what I did... but I used a tapered reamer instead of a countersink. Was that a mistake? or did I not peen them correctly?

So I finished my 5th knife and am a little frustrated because I can barely see the pins on the bolster...just one side. I have not had this issue on my other knives. I am not exactly sure the nature of my error. 1/8" Boslter and pins are 416 stainless. I cut a small chamfer after I drilled the...

Travis, super cool. Is the process at all similar to making knives? - J

Thanks for the offer Laurence. I would like to take you up on that. I have yet to visit another makers shop... I will PM you when I can work it in the schedule! - Jason

There is a local guy here in CA that works out of Tru Grit abrasives. Jeff does the HT and he is good. http://www.trugrit.com/ - J

Hello Everyone, My Name is Jason and I live in Brea, CA. I have been lurking around for a while now and I figured it was time to make an introduction! I would first like to say thank you to all who freely give their knowledge and hard fought experience. What I have learned here already would...

Here is my custom built... 2HP w/ VFD, Height adjustable rolling stand (I work out of my garage and need to move it around..) Hydraulic Spring, cup holder and beer tap handle are key elements... - Jason

I bought the No-weld grinder plans from Boss...but never used them as my guys at work built me this. I think I am allowed to give away my plans, as long as I delete my copy... Boss Dog, is this correct? If this is copesthetic...then you Wall-E, you are welcome to them... Just PM me if I get...

Hi Wallace, From my limited experience, I think that you will lose all you nice crisp grind lines with a hand sander. - Jason

Thank you Denis. Beautiful work. As a new knife maker, I appreciate this very much, especially showing the tools you use at each step! - Jason

Congratulations Jason! That is awesome to hear. Keep up the great work. - J

Dwayne, thanks for the tip! As a new knife maker, I appreciate this info too. I was actually thinking that Wallace was talking about clamping the welt when gluing after it is dry. I have used pieces of paint stir sticks for this. What do you use?

Hey Guys, Sorry for the slow response, I have been out of town on business. I don't have any other pictures, but will try to take more tonight when I get home. Thanks for the input. I kind of figured that the grinding motion will take some practice, and that it may be more akward than if it...

I made a new tool rest and wondered if anyone has tried this... It is a vertical rest so I can grind the spine and finger grooves on my fixed blades square. The picture shows it mounted to my 8" wheel, but will likely use it on my small wheels. I like how the ubergrinder rotates 90 degrees to...

If there were pictures or a link, I would take a peek at them...

Hey Ben, I am new to knifemaking, and work like yours is inspiring. Your knives are beautiful. I really like the finish. How did you achive this?

Those sound "Crap-tastic"! can't wait to see one done... - J

Happy Birthday Mr. Bump. May God bless you today!