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Did you notice the block of wood trick. The block has an angle on it. Gives me an idea. A block of aluminum with a handle on the back and a rare earth magnet set into the angled face.

WD40 is a very poor cutting fluid. Its messy but, the best is Moly D.

Patricee, for what it is the gaps are pretty small and I think your right some of that would go away if you could tighten the retaining screw up. You might change the screw up some and make like an slightly threaded ivory plug that covers it or just doll up the screw head. But, I really...

Ernie makes me :biggrin:

Thanks for the nice comments. The mini anvils were a present from my cousin when he was working in a foundry. Make perfect stand for photos

Will radius the corners where tang meets the blade of course.

Excellent lines and fit. Love all the small details that make it a stunning knife

When I was working on it, my Lady Friend asked what it was for I said "slicing pickles" Therefore the Pickle Slicer 12 3/4+ over all 8+" of 1095/15n20 damascus in front of guard stainless-filled file worked copper-stainless guard Musk Ox horn handle with buffalo horn spacers for and...

Thank you very much Exactly what I need. Jim I had trouble reading the print on the posted drawings, but, the ones at Georges link show up fine. I will post my rendition when finished.

Would like to know some kind of standard specs on KABAR Spine thickness length and width of fuller and location from guard and from spine. depth of blade Dimensions on butt cap Dimensions on guard A site with complete specs would be nice Ex-Marine and want to make one from damascus...

14 3/4" over all 9+" of 15N20/1095 shattered twist damascus 3/16" distal tapered spine file worked S guard of browned mild steel browned steel cap with minor file work stainless ovals with minor file work before blade and after butt cap + nut Fossil Walrus handle from Mark Knapp My first...

I mostly flat grind, however I have messed around with what Ed correctly calls a perverted hollow grind. Only done it on a few smaller hunters and almost all of those where 3/16" D2. D2 isn't going to win no prybar contest in the first place and I tell everyone that. IMHO D2 is about edge...

I might be wrong but it appears that link is to a site that sells "clones" of hippo tusk This guy sells the real thing and has been in the ivory biz for many years http://www.boonetrading.com/Pg25.html

I agree with the 3/8 pilot and the 4 flute end mill. If it is not hardened HSS would be fine. A hole saw would work, but if you have a mill its way better IMHO

It amazes me the people who will buy into forge welded blades that will reject the idea of having a electrical process weld in the tang area. Some even go so far as to believe that soldered or mechanical connections are better. Thanks for weighing in on this Kevin

I cut my pattern from my sample bar with a mounted portaband and used 14 tpi Starret blade no problem. I also drilled 3 1/4" holes for pins and lanyard and 4 1/2" to lighten. No problems regular drill bits and molydee for fluid. Slow turning drills with solid pressure. Stopped 1/2 way through...

One thing I want everyone to realize is that you should use the largest wire size(that you can get the length to fit in) possible to achieve you amperage/wattage goal. Say I wanted a oven that ran 15 amps of 220 and therefor 3300 watts/. I could run the 41ft of 16 gauge mentioned above for that...

16 gauge .335 ohm per ft. 50 ft = 16.75 ohms for 13 amps of 220V 13x220=2860 watts if you wanted to run a bit more say 15 amps for 3300 watts you could cut your 16 gauge length down to 41 ft The bigger the wire the longer it will run under the same amperage and wattage. 15 gauge wire at...

I run 50' of 14 gauge A1 that I coiled myself. It runs just over 20 amps and 4400 watts. The bigger the diammeter wire the longer it will have to be as bigger means less resistance. To figure it out you need resistance per ft and watts you plan to run. 4400 watt devided by 220 Volts = 20 amps...

One of the greatest tools I have gotten for my knife making is an Ames portable RC tester. Small easy to use with a little practice and amazingly accurate once I got the hang of it. I got mine off Ebay for about $150. Make sure it comes with the diamond penetrator. Mine did not, but luckly the...