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Very nice and very jealous! New Jersey Steel Baron has a listing of steels and their HT instructions. Happy New Year!

2nd Friction folder is complete

A lot of great advice here and I will mirror most of it for you. Try to start your grinds with your non-dominant hand and then use your dominant hand to try to match the first side you do. as others had mentioned you want to make sure everything is square and level including the angle that you...

Love the looks of this whole package

Got a nice bar to remake the Bowie that I botched the plunge on- Some Nitro V from NJ Steel Baron

I also have the HF portaband on a Swag stand and with a fresh blade (MK Morse from Amazon) I have cut all types of blade steel up to 3/16 as well as recently cut 1/4 stainless relatively easy.

Couldn't be more true!

good idea not sure if I work here because this was only 1/8 stock to begin with. Pretty much zero room on the other side to continue the plunge.

Yesterday a Bowie FAIL was going on in my shop!! Wasn't paying close enough attention to the center line was and went WAY over. Left no room on the other side to create a plunge. This was a critical fail with no chance of recovery. Shame because the side I was working on looked great for only...

The line is "Go big or go Home" -- You went BIG and are taking it home!

Every knife I make gets the 2x72 edge - first with a Silicon Carbide 220 grit- then to a 400 then a 600 smooth Trizact ( Like John mentioned) Finish with stropping. If it is requested by whoever is getting the knife- I use my KME system and go through all of the stones (140-1500) then polish...

I start low and grind all the way two within a mil or two of my scribe line. Then slowly work up to it with higher grits.

here are a few recent examples of the general style and height grinds I like on a deep hollow

I always leave some flat at the top of my grinds- I just like the look of it

I have been doing alot of hollow grinds on a 8 inch wheel- I do use the file guide on the blade and what I do is just hang the belt off 1/16 of an inch or so on either side-- this allows for the belt to contact the inside of the guide. That way there is no "catching" with the wheel.

looks great- I want to learn the ins and outs of making a frame/liner lock. Had good luck on the friction folder I made - want to get to the next level.

Perfect! Thanks for the help!

I get it know. The Swag table actually has tracks on the top which may work to construct a sled like this. Thanks!

Not sure I follow?

Havent tried a lower TPI blade. I do like the magnet idea.