Recent content by rafterp

Welcome. Thanks for posting pics; beautiful knives!

Sorry to hear this, but glad you still have a sense of humor. Prayers for a speedy recovery!

I think Mr. Craft's suggestion makes sense (scale drawing). I sketched out what I wanted. I saw one on a survival gear site and tried to imitate it. After I got the blade roughed in, I initially tried to drill a lanyard hole. Well my big bit was too dull to drill through. So, I went to the...

Thank you! What a great site; information and access to a wish list!

Thanks Mr. Craft!

Thanks!

Thanks! I filed this one by hand. I drilled the pin holes in the handle, then when I actually got the slabs shaped, I realized I had the front pin too close to the plunge! It was fun though (makes me wish I had more tools)!

Good morning! I'd not seen this page before. This is my first. Started life as a farrier's rasp. Annealed in the fireplace. Heat-treated in a charcoal grill. Heated til non-magnetic, quenched in Canola Oil. Tempered in the kitchen oven at 400degrees for 1.5 hrs. It's just under 11" overall...

Fort Davis; out in the Davis Mtns in West Texas.

Thanks! I learned a lot on this one.

Been reading on here for sometime. Finally got a few tools together to try to make one myself.

Been reading on here and admiring all the pictures posted. Finally got inspired enough to try my hand at turning a wore out horse shoeing rasp into a knife. I was trying for something along the lines of Jeff White's Scout knife. Anyway, here it is:

Just wanted to sign on and say, "Hello". Not a knife-maker, but I like to look at good knives and would like to maybe build one of these slip-joint kits. Love following the WIP threads and admire the skills many of you have in creating these works of art.