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My brother has his Gravermeister with control peddle and hand piece, ball and sharpener and bits for sale, the ball is home made as is the sharpener, he is an engeneer and a master mechanist so may be better than what you buy. Here is the bad part, he is older than me and cannot ship it, he is...

Some of you may know of this sores for mammoth ivory & teeth, if not here it is, https//ninijian.com/online-shop/ols/categories/mammoth-ivory-scales

Finish with tool& die maker stones so you don't lose your nice grind lines, I hand finish all my blades with stones. Deane

Chris, I made these stands to display my knives they sit on a battered stand on leather or other soft materials that would not damage the knife, the stands are made from corian, takes some time to make them, I would give them to the buyer of the knife a little added touch. Deane

Go look up steam bending wood on the internet, am sure you can straighten it in that manner, I have used it in the past with success, and you will be able to keep your thickness. Deane

Genes fix will work fine, I would suggest you completely finish your blade, finish the guard and fix it to the blade so every thing is locked together before you start drilling holes. If you put some notches in the tang epoxy will hold the handle with no pin, have put dummy pines in that didn't...

I re-ground them used stone's and sand paper to finish them, made new guards and but caps, the leather is finished with super glue, may not be the best way to finish leather but it looked good. Deane

I can't tell if your knife is original or not, but I do know if you refinish them you can't the money out of your time, here are two WW2 knives I re did And just did not get that much for them, if you are happy with it I would leave it be. Deane

Dennis, I like your knives and leather work,and I think your presentatation box's are a show of a little extra class. Deane

AK, from what I have learned about putting nickel silver together from making sheaths out of it is to silver solder it. Would you by chance have an old 2"x72" you would part with?

I can't do that on a grinder, the knife in the picture was done on a tilting magnetic table on a mill with a face mill with round cutters,it is a slow process did several knives this way but gave it up, you still need to grind the tip by hand and hand finish back of the grind as well as the...

Paul, I will be 86 Feb. 28 2021 Deane

I think that most every thing moves, maybe not mother of pearl, I have a knife i made for myself 24 or 25 years ago and the micarta has shrunk so you can catch your nail on it, I do live in Nevada and it is dry here, have sent knives to the coast and they swell up, bought a collectors knife in...

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Ken, this is more a case coloring than a case hardening, I doubt that it is .006 thick.