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Rule # 4 At a knife show, never ask your fellow knife maker where they got there chrome plating done ! Rule #5 At a knife show never pass around a bucket of fried chicken, then pass around a gritty impregnated polishing cloth !

My first friction folder, recently finished.

#1) No bling bling until you actually learn how to make a knife ! Guilty myself #2) Learn to hate money, helps when reality sets in ! #3) Stab yourself and get it over with. I can make these rules all day!

Thanks good friend, Your the one that taught me how to do this ! Clint

Hi Brandant, Not sure if I can help, but here it goes ! I have not used Damasteel, but I do use stainless Damascus. I had trouble etching with my ferric chloride, so a friend told me about using strait muratic acid. Easy to find at the hardware store. I store it in a tall glass container with a...

Ken, This year I have tried the Sandvik steels and I am very impressed with them, they are so clean compared to most! So easy to get to the clean steel underneath the light discoloring of the raw bar. Easy for the customers to sharpen, acts like carbon steel with the benefit of being stainless...

Hi Ken, I worked with the S30V a few times and your right, it's a buggar to cut and drill ! Just wait til you heat treat it and put a finish and edge on it !! It is a good tough steel, but I think your customer will cry when it comes time to sharpen it. I gave that stuff up fairly quickly for...

Thanks Ken & Tracy for the info. I will try all of your suggestions! Clint

Thanks Ken & Tracy for the info. I will try all of your suggestions! Clint

Thanks for the input guys! Looks like I have some some tinkering to do. My etching machine is an older Lectroetch 10amp model with variable voltage, has a amp meter on it that barely moves when I etch and I keep the power level @ 40%. I will try a lower setting and quicker touch time to see if...

Hi Fred, I just read your thread and was wondering if you solved your etching problems. I am curious because I am having the same issues too after buying some electrolyte from the boss. I talked directly to Patricia Bruno of I.M.G about my problem and she concluded that I was using the wrong...

Hello, I drill A tiny hole at the bottom of the cavity, usually in the belly of your handle. This allows the air to escape and fills with epoxy when the tang is pushed in. Clint

Hi Calvin, Very nice !! I have a question about the work rests, are they fixed in one position ? If so how do you utilize the full width of a 2" belt ? Thank's Clint

Bingo !! Just ordered two tires for my Dewalt portaband this morning from Ebay ! These apparently fit porter cable and Milwaukee portabands also, the cross reference of different saws should make it easier to find these! Go to Ebay and put this into there search; "Dewalt Porter Cable OEM blade...

Bummer, I have a Dewalt Also and just searched for the rubber wheels, all the sites I was on they were no longer available! Mine is still tracking good, but when it does not I guess it's junk ????? Be interested to see if anybody can find these things. Clint

I am working on one now myself, I found some good tutorials by putting "friction folder tutorials" in a Google search, I like the one on Britishblades.com. Mine is still in the drafting stage. Take care, Clint

I have used this hardness tester for over twenty years with great results. It is a PTC 415C hardness tester. It is portable and chucks up into a drill press. It is very precise instrument and comes with test blocks. Also needs to be used in a warm environment like Kevin said. I have checked this...

Just my opinion, but if you want to get something flat use a disk grinder ! I have never had any luck getting the flats on my knives "flat" on a platen, no matter how perfectly flat the platen is. Not trying to be a stick in the mud here, just say'in what works for me. Sincerely, Clint

The first one looks like a rosewood, especially since it has a sweet smell and the second looks to me like English walnut. Hope this helps, Clint

Hello, Well I am sure by now your realizing how time consuming it is doing your guards that way, I still do it that way ! Milling machine would be awesome to have. I did notice one thing that may help keep your holes lined up better, Looks like your using jobber length drill bits? Try some...