Recent content by chrisstaniar

That is a wacky looking kind of file but I can see how it would be effective and not clog. Almost like you took bandsaw blades and riveted them together into a diamond pattern. Too bad they don't have a slightly rounded version?

Well, it's pink! It's the "Pepto Drop Point"! NitroV, Blackwood bolsters, Pink Micarta, Custom mosaic pins

I bought the WorkSharp Ken Onion edition years ago and I use the crap out of it. They get stuff razor sharp fast and the slack belt does a great job with the appleseed edge.

I'll take a stab and say Kent Adams! :) There's no makers mark from the looks of it so hard to say if that is an orig or a knockoff of something old. The bottom of that handle looks pretty uncomfortable.

Making a Yanagi-Ba for myself. These are a cool build. The right side of the blade is a flat grind and the left side is a very slight hollow grind. Reasoning is the different bevels help in not damaging the super thin fish cuts and helping the meat not to "hang up" on the blade. There are some...

The finer the better as it changes the color of the epoxy rather than just looking "grainy" with the bigger chunks. I'll take a piece of scrap and grind it down on my 4x36 sander with 120 or greater grit. Then gather up the dust that I just sanded off and mix it in. It will tend to be darker as...

If you do test out epoxys, add as little colorant to the epoxy as possible. Too much and it may not harden properly and it will be "rubbery" as Chris described above. I've had more trouble with the liquid colorants. The powdered ones or using really fine saw dust from the same wood doesn't seem...

Psssst... What kind of steel? Handle material? Pattern on steel? Inquiring minds wanna know!

Haven't put any up here in awhile. Small Hunter - ABS Damascus, Brass bolsters, Flame Cocobolo, custom pins

Very nice, I wish I could do mammoth in california. Museum Fit - I can see that the scales/liners are slightly higher than the tang. Is that what that means?

Yes, it appears to be resolved.

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remember, you can use your laser to put your mark on your sheaths!

I would just weld (mig, stick, etc.) whatever length you need onto the existing tang then grind it flat. No need to worry about heat treat in the handle area. Looks to be far enough behind the blade that the welding temp won't affect the blade. Then thread the backend or maybe what you weld on...

Thanks! it does become a "process" so you can keep track of where you are with each blade - what's done/not done, what needs fixed, etc. These large batches can be tiresome for sure.