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Although I can see where this is headed, I'm with John. In 30+ years of grinding freehand, I know for a fact that I can impart free flowing character to a blade as compared to a rigid jig with a back and forth motion. Particularly in a hollow grind and in very little time. The above comment by...

No offense intended to anyone who may be one, maybe I should of used the mother in law reference. After a couple you'll get the feel for it. I use 3/32 pins mostly and the file I use will give me at least a 50% bite down the hole. The file for 1/8" pins gives me about 1/3 bite in the hole. I...

It just looks like you didn't fill the "chamfer". Maybe you're chamfering too much or you didn't have enough pin to fill the hole. I do a lot of bolsters and the best tool I've found to date is a round pointed diamond file. A couple of firm push and twists does the trick better than any of my...

Nice looking pair. Ithink you captured what you were aiming for on the little guy. Rudy

Kids' got a good eye. Nice job. Rudy

Wall-e, In any sales situation to the public, you have to be "diplomatic" in your choice of words and delivery. Get your message across without making them all boo-boo faced. In my everyday life in construction, All bets are off. Take every opportunity too get your product out of your shop and...

People who ask questions like that already have their minds made up at the get-go. I got tired of trying to justify what I do to the unaware. My standard answer now is...."Intended function, geometry and materials. I can put an edge on a rock and make it cut but once it's dull, it's still a...

There ain't a thing wrong with that, nice work. Looks like you followed a plan and took your time. Nice when it all comes together huh ? Rudy

Ain't that the truth Dwayne, on all counts. I just stopped a "non-knife" person from pushing one of my blades all the way into a sheath backwards this week. They don't even look as they're doing it. It's best to hand them the knife without the sheath. Rudy

The BaderII has been my primary grinder for many moons and still kicking. It's a bit tedious switching all the do-dads so I made my own dedicated hollow grinder to save me some time. I only use the small wheel and flat platen on the Bader now. The 1x42 is used almost exclusively for...

I'm glad you got the joke Anthony. I'm willing to bet that a lot of us at some point thought we had the end all product that everyone would want. But then you wake up. In the last 30+ years there's been a lot of do-dads added to knives and even sheaths, probably a lot I haven't seen. Some...

Anything you can think of probably isn't a novel idea. People have been making knives for thousands of years and there's just so many ways to shape something pointy and sharp. Somewhere along the line you'll run into something very similar to your "secret" design. The best you can hope for is...

That's a funny one. I figured it had something to do with sensitive area probing before I blew it up....that's not funny. Rudy

"I can probably get another knife out of that belt." Rudy

Peened pins : forget it. If not peened : Grind a long tapered blunt point on a 6 penny nail, hold in vice grips and heat the nail with a torch.....push on pins with the nail. The heat transfer melts the epoxy and works pretty good. Corbies: I wouldn't bother. Chances are you'll never get a...

Honestly Bruce, I think it would be priceless. That would be something I'd probably never sell.....if we could get all the wrinkles out. Rudy

Pick something you think you can handle and go for it. http://www.homemadetools.net/knife-grinder-2 Your money will go into wheels and a motor, they just don't give'em away. Regardless of the tool, practice is the best teacher and you have to realize that initially you'll be chucking blades...

Nice, it looks right at home on that board. Rudy

Good idea steve. Stabilization works great on the leather for my knives, no reason it wouldn't work on Bruces' hyde. Who knows....he could wind up on one of my knives someday. Stacked leather Bruce handle. Rudy

Nice clean work all around. Rudy