Recent content by Dmac

Glad I,am not the only one with this type of problem. I have just got to the point where the knife sales are covering all of the shop cost so its stings a bit. I think I have read a list of dos and don'ts in Blade Mag. for the knife shop. Maybe find it and make a big poster out of it and hang it...

This has been going on for sometime. Guys come to the shop empty handed. I am not a cheap person, I do how much it cost to wash my hands(LOL) in the shop but they think nothing of using up a Norton 36 grit belt. They do not bring any 1018 for hollow grinding practice or they will fix a friends...

Spent the first part of this week at RW Wilson shop for some tips and lessons. Some jaw dropping skills is all I can say. 90% was just watching. Take a heat treated blade and make a master piece in an hour. One thing that I thought I could live with out would be a tomahawk...till I seen...

I have put on handle scales and forgot to drill the guide holes on the first side, we learn from the mistakes.

I think that I have seen somethings about this but the search came up dry. Anyway I have done some church stuff and manage to sell one blade and about 25 three dollar blades. Never done a gun/knife show. Anyway if one could give a link or some do's and don'ts it would be a great help. Is a...

Thanks, I worked with 416 on a kit blade and that is hard stuff, looks like I better learn to get along with it. Thanks David.

I have put on my 2nd set of brass bolsters and the problem of weight is turning people off. The main thing is the dull look after a week, is there a sealer you can put on brass to to keep tarnish away?

Thanks I ll order some. Very disheartening to get that close and a have problem like that come up on your knife. Saved again by the Knifedogs!!

Got some black buffalo horn and when sanding down the handle it has hollow spots in it. It happened right at the stop point so any more sanding would make the handle to small. Does anyone have a fix for this. I think its going to be an on going problem working with horn and bone, this is the 2nd...

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If 5160 would work that would be great, I did a 9 inch chopper blade in that steel and then worked on a lighter stump with it for a couple of minutes. My friend seen me do it and then ended up buying it. I have only done one stainless (cpm 154) blade so far and didn't get the heat treat right...

Guy wants a tricked out meat cleaver for personal use. Whats the best steel for a blade like this? We can make it two ways to answer. Best carbon, and then the best Stainless. Thanks

Thanks Ed, you saved me some money. Now that I got a treatment oven I ll be doing stainless blades. I guess I'll just keep on oiling the 1095. Thanks for your time.

Guy at work that does car stuff show me this site. I did a search and did not find a thread with this. Any old dogs think this would work for a carbon blade? Looks pretty simple and not to much money for powder coating on a hobby level (Elite Hotcoat Powder Coating Kit). Thanks Dmac

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