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Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong forum - please feel free mods, to relocate! I've made some rings from Chad Nichols' Cheetah damascus, and they're currently at the local HTer being hardened. In the meantime, I've stumbled on a design modification which I'd like to implement on one...

I was fortunate enough to get a block of .4" Cheetah Stainless from Chad Nichols, and have started to make rings out of it. I've pelted the poor guy with an endless string of emails about the heat treat at etching methods etc. Was wondering if anyone else has any other pearls of wisdom to...

whoa! how did u get the handle portion of the tang looking like that??

Sounds like it's gonna be on the rooftop, with a pail of water and wet washcloth by my side :) Thanks again! Dave

Ed: I've pretty much decided to go up to the rooftop of my building to work this stuff - after all the stories I've heard, I'm not going to try it in an enclosed space! Thankfully, I imagine that CF is somewhat easier to work than 6/4 Ti, so it shouldn't take that long. With regards to...

Hi all! Am getting some CF material from Tyson at BlacksiteCF (who has great customer service, btw - I highly recommend). He did suggest that if I wasn't familiar with working CF, I should probably get some advice from more experienced hands, to prevent the material from delaminating, etc...

That aluminum attachment looks like the exact thing! Must go to the local hardware barn and start digging!

Hi all! I've been using a standard bench vise with steel jaws for all of my recent work with fixed blades. With steel, surface marking of the workpiece by the vise jaws isn't so much a problem. Will now be starting some projects in Ti and G10, and was wondering what kind of modifications...

Hi all! After some reasonable success with my first 2 blades in S90V, I 'doodled' a bit with some leftover and made some rings(yup, as in jewelery) from S90V as a sort've novelty. Am planning to have these heat treated, etc the same time as the blade. They were done with a hand drill, and...

Thanks everyone for the replies! I've found that filing perpendicular got me a much better result in terms of a clean transition from the spine of the knife where the flat saber grind begins. My first attempt was with draw filing, which didn't turn out as well ;P Have just about finished...

Oh! I'd like to have a go please!

So I finished my first S90V blade with hand files, and it's now waiting for a sheath and handles. It's a flat saber ground blade, with the grind beginning about 1/3 from the spine. My next project is going to be a FFG blade with hand files, and was wondering if anyone had any tips about...

That's exactly what I had in mind. Could I ask - how did you mould that strip of kydex around the clip and onto the back of the sheath? Also, where did you source your clip from? Thanks! Dave

I noticed on your site you mentioned a 'new bladetech IWB clip'. Could I ask which setup you were referring to?

I think I can visualize what you're talking about. I'm guessing you'd mould the kydex strip around the sheath and clip after heating it with a heat gun or oven? Any particular clip you'd recommend?

I'm mulling over carry options for a kydex sheath, now that the actual blade is at the heat treaters until wednesday... I plan on using kydex with rivets, and possibly a couple of chicago screws towards the opening of the sheath to vary the draw tension. Does anyone have suggestions about...

Looks like I'm heading towards a flat saber grind, rather than a FFG. Maybe a small swedge at the top. I should have probably clarified that by 'all-rounder' I actually meant 'urban' all-rounder. Camping chores probably won't come up on a regular basis. We'll see how it goes I guess. Also...

Thanks for that Ed. I've gotten the blank designed and cut out, and have the profile almost smoothed out. Worked with a drill and hacksaw to get the blank, so it was slowish going. Satisfying nonetheless! I'm working with S90V, which I know, is a very ambitious first try. I've worked with...

So I'm underway with my first fixed blade attempt using hand tools! Thanks to Tracy and Lora for getting the supplies out to me so quickly. Am planning to flat grind the blade, but am not sure if I should go FFG, or to what amounts to a high Flat Sabre grind. And also not sure if I should...

The steel I have on order is getting closer to my mailbox!