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Ha! Funny you mention dog bones. I went to the local pet store and bought a bleached cow bone a while back. But I know what you mean about the smell. Reminds me when I was in school working at the cemetery and the crematorium was at work. I really like the look of the knives you've posted. I...

Brad, Did you finish the grinder? Are you happy with it? Why did you start with the CAD files and having the pieces water jetted rather than use Polar Bear Forge's GIB frame kit? I sound like my kids, enough questions already. Jay

I'll wrap up this WIP with my efforts at peening and a critique of the knife. First, I didn't attempt peening until I had pretty much finished the shaping of the bolsters. I tried to just use enough pin stock on the end bolster and pivot pin bolster to make a small mound at the peen. Too much is...

Continuing on. The next pictures are after I have cleaned up the blade, ground the swedge, using the ten inch wheel, and shaped the liners. In shaping the liners, I wanted the curved end of the liner/bolster to be even with the spine of the blade at half closed. And the bottom of the...

Great looking knife, excellent. An inspiration. Jay

Kevin, That's amazing! A real work of art! Jay

Well all, I fixed the previous long winded post by using the "edit" feature and re-uploading the pictures. This is starting to become a WIP on a WIP. Jay

Sorry all about the latest post. I don't know why the pictures didn't post with the text. I used the same method to post pictures that I had in the past. Jay

In the last post I included a picture of the blade and spring before heat treat: I want to make a few comments about this picture. First, you may notice a small radius on the spring where it meets the "springpocket". I did that because I couldn't get the pocket's right angle perfectly clean...

Steve, I don't know if annealed 440c will stain but even hardened O1 will stain Grey with acid like in citrus fruit, tomatoes etc. Hardened 440C won't. Just a dumb questioning the band saw. Is it a metal cutting band saw ? Jay

Dan, Thank you and I appreciate your thoughts on the shield. I probably wouldn't have used one but I didn't have a small enough stencil to mark the blade and I had never done a shield before so I thought it would be fun to try. I don't think I'll use canvas micarta again. In fact I thought this...

Steve, Awesome tool. Well crafted. Reminds me that I put together a GIB grinder and had as much fun doing that as any knife I've made. A friend of mine bought a Beaumont KMG because he wanted to get started making knives right away. I told him I wanted to learn how to work metal. Anyway never...

Mike, You really should give this a try. I use precision ground or ground steel not sure what the difference is because I don't have a surface grinder. I don't think you'll need that. I've read that Tony Bose doesn't have or use one. The mill is another issue as that is the easiest way to...

The last picture I posted is of the blade profile. It is probably understood, but once you have ground to the circle you can't change anything there without effecting the other dimensions. For example, you can't reduce the angle of the kick, grinding into the circle, without grinding the other...

I posted the beginning of a WIP on this knife in that sub forum. I hope you guys that make these knives post comments, especially critiques and recommendations.

Thanks Phil. Yes I am hooked. Not to demean the fixed blade folks as I have a lot to learn to make a proper one but to me making a folder is creating an animate object, a simple small machine. That's what's awesome. I don't think I'll ever make one that I'm satisfied with but I guess that's why...

I've only made two slip joints, but this is how I made the knife "Lemony Snicket" posted the other day under the "folding knife" sub-forum. I learned a lot and learned that I have a lot to learn... but anyone interested in making a slipjoint should give it a shot. Nice thing is you doun't use...

Steve, What type of steel are you using? Steels like A2 are pretty warp free (and relatively inexpensive), especially with the amount of steel left on your grinds. Again, I wouldn't worry about warping, if you don't grind the edge until its sharp. And if you do get some warpage, at the cutting...

Frank, thank you! Calvin, I hear ya! Calvin, you may not rember but some time ago I posted a question about whether a swedge should be ground before or after heat traet. You responded and I followed your advice. Thank you, and all the others who post tutorials and advice on slipjoints. Now, on...

Steve, Thanks for an interesting post. I'll throw in my 2 cents, and those who know better are encouraged to correct me so we'll all learn. First, I'd say that I like your profile and grinds, especially the later grinds. But, maybe you're putting too much emphasis on a perfect grind before heat...