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Yea that is wood. I have seen wood. I am pretty sure it is wood. Drop it in to water. If is sinks it is Ironwood and is very dense. It can't be oiled, stained, or stabilized. It makes the prefect knife handle material.

Welcome to the pound.

You know I have never been in there. I need to stop in there. I still love going in to Whitakers, he has some great deals on knives. Stainless steels are some of the finest tool steels out there.

i have used every imaginable vise there is in last 30 years. I don't see much difference between vises. I got mine at HF. I didn't pay much over 50.00 for it.

There was music? All I seen was the knife. Great looking knife. Video was good too. Excellent work.

Just heat it up to non magnetic and quench in oil.

There you go. I am going to Sam's tomorrow. He should have piece laying around that size.

I have made knives with Pakistan Damascus, I got in a trade. I have pics I can send you so you can show him. It really is awful. It wont etch worth a crap. It will have voids. He is trying his hardest to be frugal. Just Tell him I will match SMKW price for American made Damascus big...

Petie I from Owensboro Originally. I been through Rumsey a few times. You never know what a client might bring to you. I had a client buy a knife and turn around two weeks later and commission 5 more. I had one client buy one of my cheapest knives last knives. He has since bought two more...

Yes, Bill you can. But you want to pin the handle. Clean you grinding area and save your dust from your handle material. Put it aside. If you have any cracks where your seam is fill it with super glue and add the dust you saved. It will look close to one piece but there is always a seam.

I been thinking about this all night and what would I do. On that same page they have knife blanks. Tell him to buy a blank and you will help him put on the handle and shape it. You will be out of couple of hours. He will have a fugal knife. It is now made by him, not by you. Just consider...

Yes it is a waste of your time. Give my buddy Brad Vice a call at 256-282-7988. He make Alabama Damascus. It is great Damascus for the price. You can get four blades out piece of his billet or $25 to $30 a blade.

You can use anything like fingernail polish, wax, or paint use ferric chloride as your etching. I have seen some really cool blades done.

I use a tiny drop of acrylic paint.

I worked in mobile machine shops when I was in the Army. Some of our shops would open up to open air. Can You have like a Garden Cabinet or locker outside that you can lock. Build your knife shop in cabinet. Kinda like a Murphy's bed. Just a thought.

Some fill in file work with colored epoxy. Just leaving the very top of file work to shine through.

What ever they call him he ain't coming. Nice looking folder.

My Favorite EDC AO was Kershaw. I got a heck of deal on Buck Rush 154cm. I am going to love this one.

Kelly I am make 4 folders, a sashimi and utility knife with it. I am going to like it.

At home I always use a 400 or 600 grit belt to finish my blades. I do have a Smith's tri stone on my bench. But it rarely gets used.