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Awesome, thanks! :)

Agreed. :)

congrats, it's all fame and fortune from here! :)

I hear ya Fred, It seems like we can't go anywhere without one side or the other of every issue pounding us, that is one reason why we try to keep politics outta Knife Dogs. This is a little different, though in my opinion. Doug is relentlessly supporting us, and our collective interests. I...

most are 7/8 - 1 inch ID

There is 303 and 304 stainless, only one number makes the difference in this post but they are worlds apart. I could never which one was good and which one was bad, till I heard the little saying to go with it, "303 is nice and free (machining), 304 is a F&^%$ W*&^." so yeah... ;)

Bump for a good read

Your design is solid, now make the knives and see what you want to change. :)

I have a dewalt that I've been using for about 4 years, with no problem

Nice little mill, nice shop set up too! :)

I made some rollers once for a rolling mill. The rollers where 6 inch dia 4140 i think the ends necked down to 5 inch and one end got machined square for the driven end.

Get a tapmatic, you will likely ignore this advice for a year or two. When you finially get one, you will wonder how you got a long without one. And I will be here to tell you I told you so! :) 30x is the model you want, I got mine of e bay. ;)

That book and David Boyes, "step by step knife making" are what I checked outta the library that got me started... dang, that was 22 years ago........

I used nytrol (I thin that's what it was) that. Got from McMaster Carr and punched out myself. They synthetic washers will give you a little leeway in your build. i use phosphor bronze now that I have a surface grinder, the bronze are unforgiving. They usually benefit from a quick lap on some...

Completing knives.... and coffee!

I asked Stan Fujisaka (my mentor) once how many knives to bring. He said bring all of them..... Kit Carson said, " As. Many. As. You. Can..."

All your observations seemed pretty spot on, even the ones about my wife. She is way nicer than I am! :) I think that there where more people in the room before the show opened on Friday than there where Saturday at 2pm... I dont think that the "next big thing" will be a departure from the...

All I did was leave the table cover and a couple knives at home.... So I covered my table with logo T shirts.... :)

How was Blade show for every one? Anyone learn anything? Anyone do anything stupid? I did... :)

A $300 knife is a $300 knife, if it took you a day or a month to make.... ;). That's a good thing when things go well and quickly. It can also be bad... :)