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Folks, I had forgotten I had joined this site.... How, I don't really know. I'm a math teacher and school started back in August... And it does consume a lot of my time. But I got this notice this morning from the admin wishing me a happy birthday.... And I said Dang, I remember that group! So I...

I really like the spalted woods... Makes a great handle. From someone that has never made a whole knife, how do you stabilize and harden the spalted woods. I have carved some handles that were used by others to make knives with, but have not made a knife personally. I love this one though.

Love the grain of that wood.... Crisp and clean contours... Well done!

Thanks, Laurence...... I have a table vice and a multi-angle table vise that I use when using an angle grinder and Dremel tool to rough out the main shape of my carvings. My deceased father in law had a shop that my mother in law has kept intact. It has a drill press in it. So far, when mounting...

Thanks, Dick. I know the carving has become addictive. I can see by many of you guys' knives that it may become addictive as well.

Trying to add another couple of photos I may not be able to add these photos...... can't seem to find an editer to downsize them with here on my school computer. I'm wondering if there is a way to downsize them as I try to load them here on the forum. Before I post, and hope they are not too...

Hello folks, I am becoming interested in learning how to make custom knives. I'll not be able to get into this full time, because I teach Math to the "Hormonally Challenged" ( ie. 7th Graders). I am a soon to be 59 year old guy whose wife bought him a nice set of carving knives a year ago on...