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It depends on your handle material. Most dark woods and synthetics will not be affected by ferric. You would have to test it first on a scrap piece of your handle material.. I use a lot of ironwood scales and damascus, After the handle shaping I use a Q tip to apply ferric along the exposed...

Wow! What a great story and information. Would love to hear more from him.

I bought a used Tapmatic 30X on Fleabay a couple years ago. They show up there all the time, but they aren't real cheap. It works well for the small stuff I use. Make sure you get the collets with it if you buy one.

Your knife looks great. Sheaths are a whole different skill set. I finally took a class which helped out a lot, but it still takes practice. Did you start your sheath with a pattern? I use file folders to draw out and cut a pattern before cutting the leather. DeMo or some of the other leather...

Sounds as though you don't have enough belt tension.

I got some 1/2"x2"x12" aluminum plates and drilled a hole in each end for a 5/16" bolt. I sandwich each blade between two of these immediately after the plate quench, and they stay in there through cryo ( I use LN ) and during tempering. I haven't had warps since I started doing this. I suppose...

Oh yeah! Sweet! We will need a video, of course, Steve.:D

How many coats of Teak oil are you using?

I was amazed at how much faster I learned when I had an instructor standing with me at the grinder. Books and YT videos are OK but it just isn't nearly as good as in person teaching. If you can take a class or work with a bladesmith in your area it will boost you way up on the learning curve. I...

Post HT I have been using Norton Blaze 50 and 120, then Trizact A65, A45, A30. Leaves a nice finish.

Tru-Grit has them.

the 347FC series can be used wet. I ordered some last month and they work fine with my misting system.

Yep, that was a very impressive build. But during that whole session I was thinking about how much skill and effort must have gone into the original. Imagine doing all that forge welding without the benefit of modern power equipment and materials.

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top of a pvc tube full of ferric chloride

Looks good! Congrats Jason. What is the price?

I use a Grobet 20 line per inch file and use the same technique of starting with the file tilted and then slowly flattening it out. I also like to use a file guide to help me get started without muffing it.

Damascus belt buckle?

Wow! Those are amazingly beautiful!