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I appreciate you showing how you do metal bolsters. I want to use stone and lately the wheels have been turning on how I’m going to build and install it between bolsters. But I need to learn how to make pins disappear first. Thanks for the detailed steps.

I don’t remember. I don’t live near stores so i snagged it off something and saved it for later. It’s a dee ring and you can get them anywhere. I do have a Tandy catalog that has lots of different sizes and either copper, nickel plate i believe and brass- and some antiqued, which are nicer imo.

Finished up three for Christmas gifts. Whew, even though i enjoyed making them, I’m glad to be done.

Great photo

Is it a really clean solder joint?...or maybe the silver line on the guard is a reflection off the blade.

For some reason i can’t edit my posts. As an afterthought you can also deflect the heat somehow from it being concentrated on one part of the ceiling with either a peice of metal or kaowool or both. Those are probably better choices than only sheetrock. And if its just metal keep it from being...

Beutiful knife. i really like the pattern and color of the ivory.

And besides carbon monoxide they say not to stick anything galvanized in there.

I don’t think the height is a problem. At least not right away. You’d have time to run it and watch it for awhile.

You snuck that one in! Nice animal. I like the tenderloins too. I hide them from my wife so they don’t end up either in the grinder or as jerky. I agree with steve about your hunting and avatar pictures. I thought that was a guy you ran into out hunting. Lol. Took me a minute. I’m following...

I agree on the micarta. Almost got some the other day, but not spending any more money on handle material for a while.

I never thought about how similar those two blade types are. Both beautiful. I'm sure the groom was extremely pleased. OP, nice finish.

Larrin's book and videos are super helpful.

For my normalizing, thermal cycling, and quenching temps I did a 120 second count hold for each. I didn't go that high either on my austentizing temp. But I have a gas forge so can't say for sure. I shot for what I thought was just above 1500. Still new myself, but I carried this blade for a...

Thanks Johan - Surprisingly I did, too. Most have my knives have been pointy hunters, but I'm going to try to make a few more like this. In this case it was a skinning knife and I just didn't like the point so high. So, I ground off about 1/2 inch and kind of discovered it by accident.

first go around with a saya, too. I ended up with a good fit. It's curly maple, brass, and lined with black lightweight leather. The inside of the chicago bolt aids retention.

I have always liked stone on knife handles. First go around with it. And the next time will be between bolters or as spacers. This is serpentine. It looks like there are cracks in it, but it's not. Those straight lines are the other mineral running through it. Although it might be a fracture...

I just made one out of a file for myself - as an experiment to give local guys an alternative to the saw blades they usually use... I thought it would be simple to draw it, shape it, and put a handle on. On mine I couldn't grind it (with a ceramic belt) until I did a 400 degree temper. I've...

Wallace I know your further along in the game than me...but I'll post these pics for what it's worth... it's true oil on unstabized birch which is not a dense wood. I also used it on moose this year and it cleaned up well. Good luck.

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