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Those of you who have been following my thread about uneven grinds will know that I decided to try a jig to help get the results I'm after. I found a post on a British forum about a jig similar to this, but I added some adjustment screws to the bottom to allow it to fit a range of different...

All very good points to consider. My line of thinking is that I'd like to make a few good looking knives to start out and build my confidence. I know a lot of guys start out building kit knives from blanks that already have the bevels ground. They learn how to attach handles and finish the...

I recently watched a video of the Anza Knives guy grinding bevels using a jig to hold the blade, and some kind of lever device attached to the grinder table that had what looked like a giant ball bearing the back of the jig would ride against. He would push forward on the lever and grind with...

Thanks again for all the advice. I think I might get one of the carbide guides if the price isn't too high. One thing I did figure out is that it's perhaps a lot easier to fix minor grit scratches and so forth by hand rather than trying to use my grinder. I clamped this last blade to a board in...

Thanks for the replies so far! It seems I have been applying WAY too much pressure and trying to remove too much with each pass. I was thinking a grind would happen in maybe 3-5 passes per side. I think part of my problem is the grinder moves fast and I probably need to go to a finer grit to...

I started work on my third knife today. I was trying for a half-height flat grind. On all of my previous knives I have tried for a flat grind, or a scandi grind first. These never seem to come out even. I wind up going with a full height convex grind because it covers the mistakes pretty well...

Just wanted to update this thread with some sheath pictures. I'm really happy with the way the sheath turned out.

That does make sense, thanks. So essentially you're just doing a stress relief at 375 just to stop it from cracking?

I hope to get an electric etch machine. The thing that I don't like about them is you are either dependent on someone else to make your stencils, or you have to make a temporary darkroom in your house to make your own. As I understand it there are places that do a great job of making stencils...

Thank you for explaining this! I suppose adding a second one wouldn't hurt.

Well the weekend rolled around again and I got some time to complete another knife. Specs are: 1/8" O1 3 - 5/8" blade 8 - 1/2" overall length full height convex grind brass pins and lanyard tube white vulcanized liners cocobolo dymondwood scales I wanted to make a woodlore-ish...

Thanks for the replies. :) I will have to do a little research and find out what a pyrometer is. I ran a 1/8 " thick O1 blade this evening, following the manufacturer's recommended process, with a twist. I placed the blade in cold (no wrap). Ramped up to 1325 and held for 10 minutes, then...

I want to be reasonably sure that I am doing a correct job of heat treating. I spend several hours here a couple of days ago reading through the HT section and it seems like the more I read, the more confused I became. I have a 27" Evenheat kiln with a Rampmaster controller. It's new, and has...

Very nice! I like the way you fitted the two types of dymondwood together so closely.

Thanks for the compliments! I actually intended to leave a little space between the plunge lines and the front of the scales, but I cut the scale material just big enough to fit the tang. Then after gluing the liner to the scales, I tried to trim the edges of the liner with scissors and that...

I finally got "enough" tools and equipment together to complete a knife and sheath. So I finished one out. Bear with me because I used some really tacky materials for this one! :biggrin: So this is my very first knife built from the ground up using stock removal method. So, be gentle...

Well despite the crack, the JB weld is holding so I'm going to go ahead and use the liner for the time being. It has been working ok so far.

That would probably work too, but I want to find a solution that doesn't build up the face thickness of the platen too much. With the steel and the glass built up i would lose some of the range of adjustment for the platen assembly. I think I'm going to just find someone who welds in town and...

Thanks for all the comments so far. I went out to instal the platen on my machine and the glass cracked. :( The two studs that hold the platen to the bracket are not perfectly square to the face of the bracket I guess. I put a straight edge up to the platen with the bolts loose and then tight...

I recently ordered an Evenheat kiln from USA Knife Maker Supply. There was a minor mix-up and a delay in shipping resulted. They went out of their way to make it good by offering to discount the cost of the kiln. Instead I asked if they would just send a glass platen liner since I planned to...