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Some of you may have read my post about the first knife I actually sold recently. This is the one. The blade is Aldo's 1095 in 5/32nd. The blade is about 3 3/4". The scales are stabilized spalted Maple with black G10 liner. 1/4" mosaic pin and 4 1/8th brass pins. File work on the spine...

I had to make a sheath today for a knife that's going to a neighbors son for his birthday. I decided to try this method and I liked the way it turned out. I'm still not real good at my sheaths, having made about 20 keepers and probably that many more than I've scrapped. One thing that I would do...

Can't get enough of Sheath WIP's! Thanks for posting. I look forward to seeing the outcome. Some days, I have to relearn that lesson! :(

Mark, this will be for heat treat only. That's why I'm installing a schedule 80 pipe into the center. This could easily be made into a forge or a vertical small salt pot if I was to use some stainless steel pipe instead of a mild steel pipe. (IMHO). As for the controls, I do have a pyrometer...

Okay, well I finally "fixed" it. I had an old grinding jig I made out of angle iron a while back. It holds a knife by tightening a flat plate against the knife and angle iron. So I decided to use this. To make a long story short, it still had a slight bend in it. This knife is my...

After a year of hair pulling, bucket kickin', spit slinging, finger cutting, thumb burning, a few slips of the tongue and a ton of trial and error experiments grinding out 35-40 keeper blades, I made my first sale today! I've horse traded, bartered and gifted all the others. People have...

4th & 5th Days Today is just another layer of Satanite. I'm thinking it will be the last one. I'd like my Satantie to be about 1/4" when it's all said and done. Tomorrow I'll start applying the ITC-100. After that I'll have to add the muffler and then the burner and I should be ready for some...

3rd Day Okay, the folks at High Temp Tools got my order out and it arrived Saturday afternoon. I try and not work on anything Sundays, so first thing this morning I added another layer of Satanite. I'll add one more tomorrow and then do the final layer in ITC-100. Then the fun will begin...

I got a silly question. Never made a tapered tang knife so....here goes. Couldn't you drill the holes before tapering the tang so you wouldn't have to use a jig like this?

A nice option would be the ability to upgrade the controller to an automatic like the Orton, or Rampmaster. Is this possible with this one?

Thanks for the info guys. I tried using 3 bolts in my vise. I turned it as much as I dared to. Still warped. I put it in a drill press vise with washers on both sides of the bend and one on the other side (just like the 3 bolt method but in a drill press vise with washers). Still bent. I then...

I have this 1084 blade that is crooked. I've tried and tried to straighten it with a variety of methods. While it is better than what it was, it still has a slight bend in the handle just behind the blade. I'm afraid to bend it much than what I'm already am. I'd hate to break this blade! I...

I put in a request for a tutorial and/or video on how to cut in a sweeping plunge line. Here's some examples of what I'm talking about...sweeping plunge line examples.

Thanks guys. I haven't seen a sweeping plunge line in a while. So I did a search and I saw that Josh has a WIP on a folder several years ago. I think Josh calls it a "feathered" plunge. I'm not sure what the proper name is, I've always called them a sweeping plunge. Here's a pretty good example...

This will come in handy today. Yesterday while drilling holes in the handle of the blank, the bit grabbed and screwed the handle nearly up to the chuck! I had the blade clamped down, so I ended up with an "S" shaped handle! I figured it was a fluke because I never had this happen before. So the...

I'd like that as well!

Mike, you need to show us that blade! Stop teasing us by cloaking it in Kydex!

I could have sworn I saw a thread where members could request WIP's but I can't find it now. I personally would like to see a WIP on how to grind those sweeping plunge cuts. I think it was either Nick Wheeler or Salem Straub who drew out the instructions for doing so, but I still have problems...

Good video and useful info. I've used the vise method you showed but the C-clamp method is new to me. Thanks for posting!

For over 20 years, I've been using the Razor Edge stones. They've been great. A few years ago, I saw a guy sharpening knives on a machine at a gun show. I stood back and watched and everyone seemed to be pleased with his work. My buddy had his pocket knife sharpened and so I gave in and had my...