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I finished hammering out my first blade. I was an old nicholson file. I used my single brick set up. Now I need a few questions to be answered. After all my hammering was finished I got the blade hot again and put it back in my annealing medium. Tomorrow I plan on filing to the finished...

Hi, I'm Doug. I'm in Murfreesboro. Just a beginner so I'm exploring ideas.

Check check is this on??

Which town in SoCal? I'm a native of Fontana.

Anybody from the Nashville area?

I need some direction regarding putting a different handle on a Spyderco Walker. The one i have had the zxtel handle and the pocket clip broke off. I want to use some titaniun liners and G10 scales for the handle. I need to know (1)about which fasteners would work well, (2) spacer material...

Just a sidenote, I have access to Kaowool at work. How can I incorporate it into a forge for knife making?

Thanks for the input. I'll have to do some more homework in order to get up to speed. Doug Stewart

Thanks for the input. Now I gotta run back to the drawing board. You did save me some money and for that I say thanks again!

As an entry level knife enthusiast, I can't justify dropping a big chunk of dough on a complex tool at this point. I do realize the importance of a kiln/forge. I think that the best route for a beginner on a budget would be a DIY set up. I've looked at several vatiations on the net, and...

Thanks Ed for the input. The files that I selected are older than 30 years. I also built a nice hot fire and let the files lay on the coals. I let them air cool. I am curious to know if it would hurt to reheat the files at this point to do a proper anneal?

Hello, I'm Doug. I've been interested in making my own knife for years. I have decided to try the file knife. I figured since I had many old and broken files to choose from. I had a look at some youtube how to's and thought it would be fairly simple. The first file I tried to anneal was a...

Hello, My name is Doug Stewart. I'm new here, and looking to learn and develop some ideas. I'm a knife user and would like to try my skills and make a knife or two. I had heard many stories of regular people making a knife from an old file. I felt that I should give it a try and see what I...