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I radius the sides on my glass platen. keeps plunge nice and smooth with no sharp edges

This is what I do but I oil/wax all parts of the blade prior to wrapping in Saran Wrap. I also leave it in for 24+ hours. Jim

I found once I got used to my disc grinder my hand sanding is very minimal. I will use disc grinder to 800 grit then start hand sanding at 600. saves a lot of hand sanding.

Ive been using 1/8" rubberized cork for last 20 years. works great

I hate the mess of using any liquid for cutting. I hand sand all dry. I use left over pieces of sandpaper from my disc grinder of all my hand sanding.

I'm the same. I hate a half worn out belt. I hate burning wood or heating up steel.

Do you have a photo of your ladder dies? Jim

I bought a truck load of belts from China 10+ years ago. Still using them and never had one come apart.

I also have some 1084 from a few years ago from NJSB. I had areas that were hard but also very soft areas. From 40's - 60's Rockwell. I ended up doing the normalization process they recommend on their website and now I get consistent results. Its a PITA doing this extra cycle but necessary

No I haven’t yet.

Does anyone have a recipe/procedure for using manganese phosphate for darkening of the 1080 in Damascus? Thanks Kindly Jim

Exactly what I do.

I want to keep this knife as light as possible because its the knife I use for cleaning fish every day during the summer. I usually spend anywhere from 1 hour to 4 hours depending on the day and if anyone there to help. The knife gets real heavy after cleaning tuna for 4 hours straight. LOL...

I also wanted to get away from CPM-154. I got some RWL34 and just in process of using it now. Only a couple folder blades and 1 larger knife started. Grinds and drills real nice. About all I can say for now but from what others tell me its a great steel.

life of a welder/fabricator/knife maker. Shop equipment modifications never end. We are always striving to make things better.

So this will be an external pivot screw. Ive only ever done them hidden under the bolster. I do have some real nice titanium screws from Steve that would make great external pivot screws Thanks for the info John.

I really like that John. Just curious what the washer is for shown in Picture? What is the washer material? Jim

I now go from 220 off the 2 x 72 grinder to the disc grinder. I start with 220 paper and go up from there. I find if I run my disc grinder at 20% speed it cuts better and the paper lasts longer. Good sandpaper is a must on the disc grinder. I use either rynowet or black ice. I cut my paper so it...

Great book Jason. You did a great job putting it together. It will be in the knife shop for everyone that comes through to look through it.

Received my book this week. Thanks kindly for shipping up here to Canada. Look forward to reading it. jim