SYD32
Well-Known Member
I am going to make a hidden tang knife and will use nickel silver for the pommel. I plan to thread the pommel and need to purchase a tap. My question is which do I need, a taper tap, plug tap or bottoming tap? I have never used a tap before so I don't know which would best be suited for my need.
In building my hidden tang knife I am going to cut nickel silver bar stock and form a guard. My intent is to drill several holes and then file them into a slot. I am looking for 1 or 2 files that i can use to get this done. Looking through catalogs I have found mill files, flat files, magicut files and pillar files.
Again, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
In building my hidden tang knife I am going to cut nickel silver bar stock and form a guard. My intent is to drill several holes and then file them into a slot. I am looking for 1 or 2 files that i can use to get this done. Looking through catalogs I have found mill files, flat files, magicut files and pillar files.
Again, thanks in advance for any suggestions.