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Very nice, indeed! Love your work.

I use a ceramic belt. Quick and easy. Oh, for sure I will profile it a little bit on the bandsaw, but only to within 1/4" or so.

My wife will complain about me tracking in grinding swarf and steel chips. She always complains about the smells.

After the first few blowouts on my early knives, I adopted the "drill a smaller pilot hole from the bottom, and drill-to-size from the top" method. I'd buy cheapest import bits I could find in the common sizes that I always used for antler, bone, and stag. The reason behind this is simply to...

Clean and pristine!

Don, You've certainly been a tremendous inspiration to us all. Thank you so much for your dedication to our craft, and the friendship. You are truly an icon, and one of my heroes. I wish you all the best!

Doesn't the sanding grit included from creating the dust cause problems with the final finish?

Mineral spirits will work wonders to dissolve the crud formed over a millennium or two. So many machines I have cleaned using mineral spirits or kerosene, and a parts brush. This in combination with fine steel wool or a nonwoven abrasive pad will really get the job done. Sometimes you will...

Yep, this. :3:

Pretty impressive, Brandon. I fully respect anyone who can improvise and turn out a great product. Well played, sir!

What is the benefit derived from using a cork belt anyway? I've never used them on my knives, but now I am curious.

I concur. I've used my mill for every knife I ever made also. Indispensable in my book.

Clever design and execution, Roger. I'm thinking with your ingenuity and creativity, that you'll be a smashing success as a knifemaker! I'll bet that grinder runs smoothly, and vibrations are dampened nicely by the wood.

I've been away from knifemaking for a while, Bruce, but it I've certainly retained enough to know that your work is phenomenal. I'm not worthy to be in the same room with you.

Very nice! I've always had a soft spot for daggers.

Peter's = heat treater? Forgive my density. Its been a few years and tears since I've made any knives.

Nice kydex press, Ed. I'll bet that those jacks could be used for a bunch of things. Maybe a quenching plate setup?

Ray, I have always liked your style.

That is a sweet little folder, Craig!

This is how I started out... struggling. Not being able to draw as well as the pictures I saw in my mind's eye, I had to do what I could to compensate. Being a perfectionist doesn't help either. Once I got the design on paper, I'd make a template out of micarta or G10 or aluminum. If that...