I was thinking about this same topic,
I'm glad you responded, that's great advice, I've only done one that the jimping turned out like
I envisioned it to look like, a couple of things I'd add to that would be to use one of those magnifying
headlamp things, I got one from Harbor Freight, it works well enough I guess, I got it primarily because,
"I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other!"
The other one, is to MEASURE!!! With the magnification on!
The difference is amazing, you won't realize how much you can't see until you see it!!
Thanks Ed for the advice, the checkering files your talking about, are they built similar to the wood type or
are they built more like regular files?
Something I've been pondering on, I know, (or think ), there have been a few knives that would have been
better, or more complete if they would have had jimping, is there a style or I don't know the right way to say it,
pattern maybe that fits some knives better than others?
I do like the round file jimping on Tactical type knives much better, and like you said, it has a MORE tactical look to it.
Thanks, Rex