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Sos folder completed Put it together this morning after acid etching the spine of the spring. Blade and spring are O-1 Bolsters, liners and pins are stainless Closed= 4 5/8" Open= 8 1/4" Handle= Caribou Antler

I cant see why a router wouldn't work. Use a 1/16" end mill and get after it. It should work just fine. I just measure the thickness of the shield and mill out approx. half of that and it should be fine.

Awesome job! I like it. Giving me some ideas for my next one.

My latest folder which I call SOS which is short for sodbuster on steroids. This folder is made from O-1 tool steel and stainless liners. The handle is from caribou antler. There is filework on the liners which i didn't get a shot of yet but I will when I get it together tomorrow. I acid etched...

BrandantR, I use the templates sold by Tracy. I made a holder for my mill using an O-1 slab with the dimensions of 1/2" thick by 3" wide by 10" long and I made 2 strips of 1/8" O-1 steel to hold the template down while milling. It takes about 5 minutes to mill out the slot and I secure the...

Thanks for the compliments guys. I kicked it around for a while thinking of a name for this knife and decided to just call it the "MAGNUM". What do you think?

Finished this lock back folder yesterday. The blade, lock and spring mechanism are made from A2 steel. Handle material is giraffe bone with stainless hardware and stainless shield inlay. Dimensions are 4 1/4" closed and 7 1/2" open. Blade length is 3 1/8".

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!...but Im not surprised coming from you Calvin.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

My latest from the shop. Finished this design last week and auctioned it off. This one is made from cpm154 with double bolsters and giraffe bone handles for comfort. The blade is 3 5/8" and the OAL is 8 3/8" with a 5/32" thickness. SUPER SHARP! I call it the "ESPINA".

Been a while since I've done anything in the shop. Just finished this one up this morning. D2 skinner with vine file work stainless hardware and a concho inlay into some stabilized mesquite burl.

Bruce, I appreciate the tip. Down here in South Texas I think I'd have to settle for an early morning photo shoot because when the sun comes out its a bear until it goes down. Again thanks for the photo tip.

Don, I'd still like to pay you a visit and get some ideas if thats okay. I'm about a 2 hr drive from you. Do you still have the hardness tester?

WOW! What a beauty!!!!!!

Well I just had to give credit where the credit was due. Thank you for the idea!

Nothing wrong with that! Looks great to me. Good job. I do see a slight ring around the pivot pin. I have had that happen to me as well. What I started doing to stop that was to make sure your bolster is completely sanded down to at least 600 grit before peening the pivot pin in place. Don't...

I actually can't take credit for that one Matt. I got that idea from Lee Lerman. He had a previous post and had one made out of Kydex so I stole his idea but made mine out of leather. I was kicking around some ideas for a sheath for this knife and ran across his post and that sealed the deal. It...

Wharny Completed! Finally finished up and in the nick of time. Leaving for a Long! weekend trip for the wife's birthday. I couldn't decide on the sheath for this little bad boy but I saw a previous post by a member with a slim style sheath made from Kydex so I decided that would fit the bill...

I leave about .015" on mine. I haven't had much warpage that couldn't be straitened out at that thickness. Just make sure you have the center line scribed down the blade then devide that number by 2 and the 2 outside scirbe lines on your blade should put you right about 0.15".

Good point! Looking at all the possibilities I overlooked the most important one of all, the function of the knife! Looks like its back to the drawing board. Thanks for the feedback Laurence.