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And bought a heat treat oven! Here's my question; For non-stainless knives, I use 1095. I was going to use canola oil for quenching but I have no clue how large a container I need for it or even what type of container to use. What does everyone else use for a container? And how much volume of...

Model: GT # 40 Steel: CPM 154CM, 3/16 stock O.A.L.: 9 inches Blade Length: 4.5inches Construction: Tapered Tang File work: Rope Pattern Handle Material: Desert Ironwood with red fiber liner Guard and Fastener’s: 416 SS guard, SS fastener’s and thong tube Sheath: Handmade two tone leather...

Need some opinions and advice here fellas. I have a good friend who lets me put my knives in his gun store. I went in today just to say hi, there were a couple of other people in the store and my buddy who owns the store was talking to a guy about my knives. Guy asks me "why should I spend XXX...

Hey guys, Anyone ever use mesquite wood for handle scales? Does it need stabilized? If you have used it, how did you finish it? I came into a PLANK of this stuff that looks like it was cut out of the tree trunk. The wood is very nice and the grain has awesome patterns in it and its been dried...

I just wanted to post a couple of quick pictures of a knife my good friend and knife making mentor George Trout made with some of Randy's Predator Damascus. Handle is of Ironwood and Stag. I kept a pretty good poker face when George showed me this, but I was floored! I'll let the pictures speak...

Hello everyone, I just got some new handle material that I've never worked with before. What is the best way/your method to finish Kingwood and cocobolo? From my research, both are in the rosewood family and should be very oily and not need stabilization. So would a CA finish or Teak/Tung/Tru...

Ok gents here's the scenario. I'm a new knife maker. I've got a good friend that is letting me put my knives in his gun store. I stopped in the other day and my friend told me that their was another local maker in the shop ragging on one of my knives because the blade is showing signs of wear...

Ok guys, here's the situation. A friend of my wife's family wanted to buy her adult son one of my knives as a gift. I've emailed this guy many, many, MANY times trying to figure out what he wants. He's sent me pictures he's found on the web of different knives he's liked and I can't pull the...

I've looked every place I know to look and have not been able to find one. I need a 12 inch contact wheel with a 2 inch serrated face with bearings to fit a half inch shaft. Largest I can find is ten inches at all the usual places. If someone has a lead on one I would really appreciate it...

I recently sent some Wenge to K&G for stabilization. Got the wood back and it's noticeably heavier now than when I sent it off. However, there are still some voids in the grain in the blocks I got back. My question is, should I worry about the voids since the wood has been stabilized or should I...

Hello guys, I hope someone can help me out with this question. I'm in the process of building a NWG. For reasons I don't need to go into here, I need to get my machine up and running ASAP. I want to ultimately have a 1-1/2 hp motor with a variable speed controller but with time and money...

Hi guys, my name is John. I just started getting into custom knives and I've joined a few forums to try and educate myself about them. I'm primarily a gun guy so if you have any questions about boomsticks just ask.