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By trying to make a folding knife into a fixed blade you lose the specific purpose (ease of carry) of a folder and lose the specific purpose (strength) of a fixed blade, as you already know. Personally, I wouldn't make them into fixed blades unless they were to be whittlers or something along...

Looks great!

I'm excited for this one! Might be a while before I can get to it. Still design work to be done, but I think this is roughly what I want.

It is a lot faster to work with batches and in some respects you can dial in what exactly you want out of the knife. When I get a custom order I tend to make multiple of the same pattern in case I mess something up or the customer ends up wanting another one. On the other hand, I have a lot...

I've been doing this for D2/non-corrosion resistant knives with regular electrolyte for a bit now, I didn't know other people were too! My thought was that it would speed up the patina process, pretty much like a mustard or ferro etch.

Thank you, the drawknife was made out of an old nicholson file. The person I received it from had annealled it. I quenched my first try in water and it cracked. I treated this one like 1080, quenched in canola oil and it got hard enough for my purposes.

This summer's work so far.

Here are my two most recent knives out of the shop! The first is a long Classic Hunter in "live etched," hollow ground D2, brass guard, bronze pins, and a handle of Ironwood. It is 10 and 3/4in long with a blade of 6in - $275 with free shipping in the lower 48 and warranty. The drop point was...

Happy Independence day!

If you are wanting the extra corrosion resistance, I would just use 303/4ss. Seems easier to me.

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Welcome, I'd think that is to be expected. As vlegski said, you may need to drill/ream pin holes. Out of curiosity, who did it for you?

I like that one a lot!

Some recent knives.

Very easy to make one, just drill a hole in a hammer and insert a bit of carbide, whether that be a broken end mill or piece from ebay. I made one for free, works well. My two cents. Here is the other thread: https://knifedogs.com/threads/blades-warping.53432/page-2#post-437251

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Very nice! Are you using bushings or washers?

Here is an old thread I found that might be helpful: https://knifedogs.com/threads/poplar-as-a-wood-handle.35866/. People hold differing opinions on how much stabilizing is to be trusted/relied upon (some use stabilized spalted wood, for instance, others do not).

Once the stain dries, could you put a top coat over it (eco flo or something)? Or rub it down with a cloth until it stops staining?

Do you guys wear gloves when folding foil? Haven't ever cut myself too badly, so I don't. The thing I'm most worried about is dust in the lungs, not a specific tool. Don't own a buffer yet.