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That makes sense! I'll try that next time! Alright, that would be interesting. For a while i'll be using the same 1/4" 1084 though. -Pedro G.

Thank you very much! :) I have no electronic knowledge :D I do have an old cell phone charger I could use. I just need to find out what a rectifier is. -Pedro G.

Alright well afters all said and done the knife was finished! It came out better than I imagined that's for sure. There might be some touch ups to do, but anyways, Here are some pictures. All that's left really is the makers mark (which i'l have to buy an etcher for), and if I can rack...

I got a milwaukee 6230N model. It works pretty darn well i'd say! I got it new for 100$ off craigslist somehow though ^_^

Alright now for the last post of the process before the final product! In this picture I took a locking flat clamp from Harbor freight (3-4$) and I epoxied one slab onto the tang making sure it left extra material on all the sides. After that side dried I drilled holes into it using my...

I have finished it, last night at 2 am. I lost track of time since I was progressing so quickly I didn't even know it was that late! I'll post the finished product once I get some nice pictures of it :) -Pedro G.

Thank you Jim, I'm proud to know your learning from what i'm learning :) I will have them up really soon. -Pedro G.

Thank you doug, It was a scary process, I was afraid I would dent the bolsters :P -Pedro G.

Thank you very much! :) -Pedro G.

Alright well the voyage continues! With this picture I have a lot to explain so bare with me :). I finally sanded the knife to 220 grit and I went ahead and took it to the forge outside (There's some pictures of it on another one of my recent threads about HT.) I bought some of those instant...

I actually like it now! It made sense that if I didn't have a big enough bevel the knife wouldn't cut too well since it is pretty darn thick and i've come to like it. :) Thank you for the tip though, I will definately keep that in mind! I center punch it but it still seems to flex.. -Pedro G.

Haha thank you Rex. I like that idea of the steel talking to you :P -Pedro G.

After I have the bolsters on the knife and welded/epoxied and what not. How do I get the brass even with the blade without scratching the tang? And When you want to put spacers on a knife handle, Do you also put spacer material on the bolster or just the handle? -Pedro G.

I bought a vacuum vise form HF and I drilled holes on the corners and screwed it to the table. (I did a very sloppy job... It wobbles its fair share.) Anyways the vice can go 90 degrees and it already comes with some rubber pads for the jaws and it holds pretty darn well! It was only 15$ too. I...

Haha yea, I was just browsing through my glues and I saw on the corner of the package of super glue it said cyanoacrylate. I tried it and it worked amazing! Thank you very much for this!!! -Pedro G.

I think that is perfect but what is cyanoacrylate? -Pedro G.

Thank you. I hope I can take a picture of it before I get any scratches on it :D -Pedro G.

Here are some pictures that i just took. This is my forge. It's just some bricks and cinderblocks I stacked up. Their not held together by anything. I put a pipe through em and a piece of sheet metal in between the fire bricks and cinderblocks. This is the area where the heating happens. It...

Alright so I got back on track. After sanding it to 220 grit and getting every scratch out I went ahead and drilled the holes. 1 for a lanyard hole. 2 for the mosaic pins I made. and 3 for the bolster pins. For some reason my bits on my drill press bend whenever I put it against something. It...

I am trying to make bolsters for the first time and I just received a nice 1/4"x1"x 12" brass flat bar. Regretably I already ruined 3-4" of it trying to make the holes perfectly alligned with the knife and each other (Makes me feel pretty guilty XD)... But after that last inch I thought... no...