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Had a productive weekend working on these framelocks. Due to my day job, most progress will be made on weekends and there will be a huge photo dump/post on Monday! First step this weekend was to get the lockside of the handle scales cut out. Love the Swag table with my portaband, makes it a lot...

I'll look into those! Thanks for the tip.

I like them so far!

Thanks! I've never done more than two at one time, so it is definitely time consuming! The only reason I'm doing 7 at a time is I don't have the ability to properly heat treat MagnaCut and definitely don't want to to this steel a disservice, so I'll be sending them to a professional for heat...

So last night I was able to grind the profiles of the blades up to 120 grit. I used my small wheel attachment with the 1/4" small wheel to get into the small spaces around the flipper tab. After that I used the optical center punch to mark the center of the pivot so that my pivot holes was...

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Here is a previously completed Gator. This one has a 1/8" O1 blade with anodized hardware.

Here is a previously completed Fighter. This one has a 1/8" O1 blade.

Starting a thread to show the progress on my small batch run of frame locks. Making 7 knives total. They will all have .125" MagnaCut blades finished to about 63-64 Rockwell. I'll have 4 of the Gator model with .135" titanium scales and 3 of the Fighter model with .140" scales. I'm gonna try...

Finished up this framelock the other day. It sports an 1/8” O1 blade that has been acid etched and stonewashed. Scales are .135” Titanium that have been contoured, bead blasted, and stonewashed. All hardware is titanium. Running on Skiff bearings with hidden stop pin track. Very snappy when...

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Thanks, I appreciate the comment. I wish I had the setup right now to do stainless steels, unfortunately I don't at the moment. Maybe I'll look at some dry ice mixture for the cryo.

I hear ya. I am trying to use up my stock of O1 and plan to move over to Magnacut or S30V. Will have to send out to heat treat, but am going to switch anyways. I started using O1 cause I could heat treat it in my kiln at home. I bought a crap load of it and figured I may as well use it...

I wasn't really wanting to acid etch this one, but may not have a choice.

Hello all, looking to see what the best way is to remove this discoloration from the heat treatment of this AEBL stainless. I do have some texturing along the flats of the knife I'd rather not sand away if possible. Didn't know if buffing wheel or scotchbrite wheel would be best. Thanks!

All sold but the blue liner lock

Thank you! I appreciate that!

Finished up this titanium frame lock. Blade is 3/16" O1 that has been acid etched and stonewashed. Scales are .160" titanium that has been contoured, bead blasted, and stonewashed. Hardware is titanium that has been anodized blue. Hidden stop pin track and running on Skiff bearings.

Me too, it shines up so nicely!

Thanks! I use a bit of a thicker liner on my liner locks so that I can countersink the screws that hold the standoffs together. I think the fewer screws on the scale makes for a better look. Just my style I guess. I heat it with a map torch and bend it with a pair of pliers. Easy peasy.