Search results

Thanks. I went to a hobby shop and found some 0.078". I watched your slip joint making videos and really liked them. I was looking to make a Lanny's Clip knife and I left a message on your website regarding your plan.

Looks good. I want to start on one soon.

I bought a book on making lockback knives and 2mm stainless steel (1.4310 steel) is recommended. Where could I find this material, or a North American equivalent. Thanks in advance.

I finish my flats to whatever grit on the platen, heat treat and then (usually) bead blast the blank then grind. Other wise I will clean up the heat treat on the platen with the same belt I finished with and then grind. I never touch the flats after grinding. These are some Murray Carter...

Very nice knife. Classy and traditional rolled into one.

Very nice. I hope to be starting some in a couple of weeks.

Thanks. That makes life a lot simpler. What material should I use to make the spring? A dumb question but....with the lock bar being that hard could it be prone to wear or deformation? I watched a video and a guy said when you hear the ping sound when the lock engages it means they are the same...

I will be using this type of construction.

I'm planning on making a lockback knife and was wondering what steel I should use for the back bar. I'll be using AEB-L for the blade (61-62Rc) and was going to use the same for the back bar, but can't find a recipe to heat treat/temper it to 49-50Rc. I'm not opposed to using some other type of...

Looks good. Where did you find black Terotuf?

That horizontal is pretty sweet. I need to get one some day.

TDM Super Grinder.

Would this be considered using a jig? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCtx8VYxUK4

LOL. You can definitely tell it's in your pocket, but it's not terrible. I might make a belt sheath for it, haven't decided on it yet though.

Thanks gentlemen. As per my kitchen scale the knife weighs 218 grams or 7.6 ounces.

Thanks. I finished it and made a thread in the folders forum. It turned out OK. I chamfered the scale edges free hand so they are rough and inconsistent, I was going for a industrial kind of look so it fits.

Didn't have any.

I finished this friction folder today. I'm kind of happy with it but, it's probably my crappiest grind to date. I ground the AEB-L in the annealed state and will not be doing that again. It's got some flex to it and my grind did not stay consistent. A good learning experience. I used all...

I had one of those 'I wonder what it would be like' ideas and tried making a full stainless friction folder. Normally I grind AEB-L after the heat treat, but this time I tried it before. It's going to be a rough looking 'industrial' kind of finish so the blade wasn't taken to a very high polish...

Thanks for the replys. I know there was a concern I had read once upon a time with lightning strike carbon fiber and people being poked by the wire ends. Something to do with how it was finished I think.