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I just received the latest issue of Blade Magazine yesterday. Congratulations on the showcase Bruce! Les did a great job with the piece. Certainly some well deserved recognition in my opinion. I wouldn't have minded so more pictures, but I guess they can't squeeze every one of your fantastic...

I've been doing a little thinning of the herd these last few months, but I've held off on letting this one go. This is a fantastic knife that doesn't get carried, but it certainly deserves to be both carried and used. Andy put a lot of heart and soul into this one and it shows. Originally...

Thats right folks, the slip joint that Bruce took to the PKA show is shown in the "Handmade Gallery", which comprises pages 44 and 45 of the February issue. The piece states that "Few knife genres separate the middle-of-the-road maker from the expert maker quite like traditional slip joints."...

I tried to post this thread yesterday afternoon, but for some reason I couldn't access the website. Particularly odd, since I kept getting email notifications of responses to other threads I'm subscribed to. Anyway, I posted over on BF with a poll, but I'm interested to see what my fellow Dogs...

I think putting on the final edge is pretty straight forward for makers that have access to a reasonable beld grinder. This was one of the major reasons behind my recent investigation into purchasing a real belt grinder. I've been avoiding putting an edge on my first slip joint until I got my...

I recently sold off some of my collection to add to the shop tool fund. I have access to a mill, lathes, a drill press, surface grinder and electric furnaces at work. As such, the biggest deficiency in my knifemaking arsenal, other than skill and experience, is access to a quality grinder...

Is this a specific pattern per se or terminology used to describe just about any slip joint without front bolsters? I'm new to the whole slip joint thing, so I'm trying to get an understanding of the various patterns, terminology, etc. Another question regarding the lack of front bolsters...

I'm having some trouble using the rise and fall fixture that I built and am curious if anyone else has experienced similar issues. The fixture itself is very robust, but I'm getting variation in my readings. I think the culprit is one of two things. Either my spring is set WAY too tight or my...

Anyone else getting some weird "Turkish Hacker" error message when trying to search the forums or is this an issue with my system?

I have two bars (1.5" dia. x 8") of Don Hanson's W2 that I purchased some months back in preparation for the day that I get a forging operation set up. In the mean time, I've been bitten by the slip joint bug. I would like to make a couple of slip joint blades out of W2 in order to bring out a...

The title pretty much sums it up. I posted a question in the heat treat forum here looking for guidance on heat treating and tempering CPM154 for a slip joint blade and spring. Perhaps I didn't use a long enough soak during HT, but after tempering at 1200F for one hour, it reads 40 Rc. This...

Does anyone have tempering data for ~0.100 thick CPM154 for use as a slip joint spring? I got heat treat data and blade tempering info from Tracy's site. Now I just need spring temper info. Thanks, JC

Thanks to Bruce Bump's awesome WIPs, I've decided to try my hand at making slip joints. I have my first in process, though it has been a little slow going. I decided that in order to assess the level of fit and finish makers are putting out, I would need to buy a nice slip joint from a custom...

I've been working on my first slip joint, which happens to be my own design. Even though I'm not finished, I have already learned quite a bit about what not to do next time:what!: I'm hoping to finish this one up in the next week or two. After that, I'd like to start another based on a...

I'm looking to buy a small amount of 1084 and 15n20 stock in order to try making some Damascus. I'm not overly picky about size or layer count, but it would need to be small enough that I could forge it by hand since I do not have a power hammer. Let me know what you have and we can work out a...

I'm curious to see if this is the natural progression for other aspiring, part time and full time knifemakers out there. Like many, I grew up with a fascination/obsession with knives. Unfortunately, I wandered away during high school, presumably because it wasn't a cool hobby to have or...

Hello everyone. I'm a (fairly) regular over at BF and it looked like a lot of other members there are heading over here, so I thought I'd check it out. I found Bruce Bump's forum and I am hooked. As for myself, I'm an Engineer (Mechanical) by trade, going to school part time to get an MBA...