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I have the Lake, Clay, and Centofante lockback book and I am focusing on Ron Lakes section. When he talks about the tang and locklug in the closed position. There is a description and a picture a few pages later, but its too dark to tell if the point of the tang is sitting on the tang or behind...

This was actually a junk blade i was practicing nail nicks in. I ended up hollow griding the actual blade, but didnt go near that thin. Ive heard other makers say they would take theirs that thin. I played with this blade (its been heat treated) no way i could let that out of my shop.

I was playing around with a nail nick and hollow grinding and ground this .085" thick blade on a 14" wheel. The line parallel to the edge is where the blade thickness reaches .015" and is .240" from the edge The line perpendicular to the spine is a little over half an inch fromnthe point...

I drew a picture that shows the angles a bit exaggerated, but would this do the same? I put together a mock up before i did it this way and it seems to be working. When the lock bar pivots on its circle the points making contact pull away from the lock notch in the blade. Will a mechancial...

Lol, i was confused a bit on the short spring, then realized what you were refering to. I made two integral springs for this blade and just did not like them i orginally madenone 5 or 6 years ago and it broke the first time i mocked the knife up. I decided to go with a seperate spring because i...

Im hesitant to post this for fear of upsetting the "things seem to be headed in the direction gods" but after messing with it and talking on the phone with Ron Lake, i believe it was an angle problem. In the book it shows the blade as having a 6 to 8 degree angle on the back and 4 to 5 on the...

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Thanks for advice guys. I also asked on blade forums because i like to collect as much information as possible. Leads me to a couple of questions. As far as the spring being too short wouldnt changing the position of piece to hold compression on the spring and adjusting the preload of the...

Here are some pictures.

Howdy gentlemen. Ive been playing around with trying to make a lockback and Im having a heck of a time. I have the "How to Make Folding Knives" with Lake, Clay, Centofante and I also have "The Lockback Folding Knife From Design to completion". Ive beem following the Ron Lake method the most...

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Nice and clean design. I like it alot.

Thanks EVERYONE! I really appreciate everyone taking the time to comment. These are actually all gone, to one guy. A guy here in town bought the knives to give to his employees as Christmas gifts. I've got 5 Damasteel blades to go with these that will also be given out. Thanks again.

Thanks Everyone! It was nice to see these finish out, doing the same over and over can get tiresome. Birthdays...you guys are funny :p

Finished these up today. 15 ram horn hunters, cpm-154 stainless, hollow ground, tapered tangs, and 410 stainless bolsters. A hair under 9 inches oal. Let me know what you think. thanks Ryan

It wasn't too bad finding a thick enough piece. Both of these knives came from one set of 24" horns. I could have gotten a set or two more I think had the horns not been damaged. I also think if I wanted to boil and try to straiten some, I could have several more scales out of the same set of...

Here's the electro etch method. It starts around page 15. http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?1054-Couple-of-slip-joint-WIP/page15&highlight=couple+slip+joint

Here's a couple I completed last week Both are 6" over all length bird and trout/caping models CPM-154 stainless hollow ground with swedge Tapered Tang Damascus bolsters One is snakewood handles and the other antique micarta from an old CAT air starting motor

I will be on the top floor just before the north ramp. That or over giving Mike a hard time row 5 section C ;)

Ya'll fellow Texans enjoy the show. I'm already commited to the show in Tulsa the same weekend