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Hello, Try http://www.arizonaironwood.com Last time I was on there site they have some awesome stabilized buckeye with some wider pieces that may work for you ! Worth a look. Good luck, Clint

Hello, Glad the CA worked for you ! When I use the fiber liners, I seal the edges and handles with Tru oil or a Tung oil to seal everything. I had problems with stabilized woods shrinking and moving around in the past, and resolved the problem with the oil seal for final finishing. I also use...

Hi, I think what is happening is most jigged bone is oil dyed and very saturated when we get them. A good wipe down with acetone will remove a lot of these oils from the surface allowing the epoxy to stick. With that being said, super glues work good for sticking to oily surfaces and should be...

Thank you Count !! I wish I had this info years ago before I spent all that money on a drum switch. Valuable money saving info that I will use to build my next disc sander, awesome !! Clint

Hello, I use a twelve inch wheel for most of my hollow grinding. I grind my blades as you described above, edge upward and pulling the handle toward yourself when getting to the curved section with a slight twisting motion. I scribe the edge with two parallel lines about .020 apart for keeping...

I work with Alabama Damascus often, and use radio shacks ferric chloride. I like to give a slow deep etch, about half an hour soak then clean/ neutralize. Followed by a light surface polish with 1200 grit paper glued onto a hard flat surface like Micarta. Sometime it takes a second etch to get...

For the blade stock that you are using I would use a 24 TPI Bi-metal M-42. G-10 is just brutal on blades, period ! slow speed and Bi-metal, 14 to 18 TPI works. Take care, Clint

Serrated wheels are way noisy compared to smooth wheels, just one more to think about! Clint

POP'S knife supply has the small corby's with the corresponding countersink. There corby's are 3/16" diameter head with a 1/8" shaft. Been using them for years, quality stuff and James Poplin makes the corby's himself. Clint

I use mine occasionally for a machine satin finish. After breaking them in I use WD-40 sprayed on the belt, keeps the heat down. Kinda messy and the WD-40 dries up and needs replacing quite often, but every time its applied they work like new again. Also train the edges of the belt just like...

Duro brand spray adheasive works great and I just found a light tack locktight spray that works equally as good. both sprays go on even and require minimal "training" before putting on your favorite abrasive paper. Clint

Laurence, Great reminder ! The same goes for contact wheels too, I have been struggling with the finish on my hollow grinds lately and come to find out my wheel is not flat anymore across the surface. Kicking myself for having my wheels recovered with poly, been nothing but trouble since I had...

Hi Guys, I have a head spinner I bought from jantz supply years ago, I do not use it much but I believe the sole purpose of those things are to spin domed heads on pins only. I do not think they are meant to peen the pin. For me it is just as easy to throw the pin in my pin vice, spin it on a...

Hi Fred, I use a twenty degree angle on my swedges, but most of my blades are 1/8" thick and I leave about .020 in the middle. I do not normally sharpen them, but use them to add better piercing for the points, plus they look great if done right. I played with the angles for awhile and this...

I grind my swedges after heat treat and use my horizontal small wheel grinder with a 1" wheel to preform the task. I keep my work rest square to the wheel and use a angle jig made from Micarta with a 20 degree angle to clamp my blade to. I scribe my edge about .020 apart with parallel lines to...

I was thinking of getting one of these file guides someday, mainly cause my eyesight is getting bad in my old age. With that being said, it is possible to free hand your grinds and get your termination lines and your shoulders as even as you could possibly want! It takes at least one hundred...

Stress, money and custom orders will make me screw things up faster than my hair is falling out! After twenty years of making knives, I try to avoid these three evils. Clint

What? Nobody uses Double shoulders! Just a thought. Clint

Sometimes WD-40 works to clean out dirt and buffing compounds from Micarta & Stag. Hope this helps! Clint

Hi Laurence, 90 Duro is pretty darn hard for finish work, I would suggest something around a 70 Duro for all around use. Maybe someone else could back me up on this? Also, keep those smooth wheels clean as you can, especially after doing rough grinding. I have had stray grit or metal pieces get...