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(Warning, I've not done this myself with a 110, just seen it done.) If you're just changing the scales, most folks grind off the spun pin heads with a dremel (or drill them out) - if the pins have a taper you might have to go deeper, then pry the scales off with a thin knife between scale and...

Knife World Books has a good mini-review of it on their site. I'll have my copy in a few days - can let you know what I think then if you'd like.

What hardness range will these temps usually give you? -- Dwight

I find it interesting that you relieved one of the liners to give yourself that little bit of extra space for the krinked blades there - or is that an extra cut liner on that side instead? Great piece! Very sweet bone on that one too. -- Dwight

That's a good point - and besides, I think a maker should carry his best efforts - a matter of eating his own cooking basically. What better way to find things to improve than to carry and use your own creations every day. I remember a few years ago Ed Caffrey wanted to stop people buying his...

I like it! You've got the "90 degree" turn at the larger small wheel, where that won't really be a limiting factor and a decent angle at the smaller small wheel, so you can utilize it better. One thing I've been considering is making each of the rest tables be a different height, so each...

I was expecting that a cat had a nice snack in your shop and left some for you.

What about that stuff you dip tool handles into? That rubbery grippy material? Is it available in safety orange or yellow? Ah, yes, this stuff: http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip -- notice that they have a clear version of it now. I'm thinking using the fluorescent orange paint...

IIRC, there are a couple of guys that make up some of their own florescent/glow in the dark "mycarta", perhaps not glass fiber based and not such a sweat to work with. Can't think of their names at the moment though. You might check with Gary at http://www.fibermascus.com/ to see if he's got...

My wild thought is to start with some hunter orange G10 - easy to find in 3/8" thick -- if you have to have it 1/2", then maybe glue up a couple of 1/4" thick disks of it. Then hollow the handle side of the G10 out until it's a shell no more than about 1/8" thick and stuff with cork maybe, or...

Glad it turned out no worse that it did -- sorry about your rods though. But if you're feeling bad about them, then watch this guy destroy a bunch of them: http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/Worst_Fisherman_Ever_15_2007.php -- whenever I get to feeling that I must be the worst @#$#up ever, I watch this...

I've looked at a number of your folders, and this is the first time I really noticed it -- maybe because, except for having one blade, this is such a totally traditional pattern. Looking forward to seeing a lot more of your excellent folders! -- Dwight

Looks like a great knife for anyone -- love the easy openers (I usually prefer to carry knives I can just pinch open). Great mirrored details too. The natural (?) canvas micarta really looks good on this one. BTW, I would consider your name to be upside down on the tang -- traditionally the...

The handle looks like green/black linen Micarta. As far as the steel, considering the high polish, I would not expect it to be D2 -- so take your pick of 440C or ATS34. Nice - looks like a really high quality piece of work.

One way or another, get your hands on some known good, working slipjoints for patterns. My favorite way is to simply get a few really old high quality knives in patterns you like - ones with worn out and/or broken blades -- damaged scales are a plus - makes them cheaper -- that still have decent...

But Rick, do you pray before, during, or after making a knife? Or some combination of these? We need details on your knife making process. :p :D -- Dwight

Kerry Hampton also uses A2 a lot. Most of Bailey Bradshaw's are 52100, CPM 3V, carbon damascus, etc. Don Hanson's will normally be either W2 or carbon damascus (he's said most of those he made in the 1990's were O1). Chris Crawford does almost all of his in O1. Lots of custom slips have D2...

That's an extremely slick setup -- near instant changeover between four small wheels plus a flat platen. Saving this for future reference.

Sweet! I thought I was just being a little slow noticing things (not unusual), but I see you just set this up a couple days ago. Much appreciated!

Didn't know they had it - good -- but they don't give *all* of the tutorial -- it's been condensed somewhat (some of the missing info and points I consider kinda important) and they left out the last part where he gives nice diagrams and shows you how to make up one of the knife handle squeeze...