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You could tap the frame,one of the reasons to use a stand off is to give you more threads to work with and they are more secure due to the fact that they won't be flush with the frame but will stand proud and need to be counter sunk into the back side of the scales the same as internal hidden...

You could tap the frame,one of the reasons to use a stand off is to give you more threads to work with and they are more secure due to the fact that they won't be flush with the frame but will stand proud and need to be counter sunk into the back side of the scales the same as internal...

While in the Army one of my duties was a survival instructor on Spencer glacier in Alaska. A magazine writer from New York wrote a story about my unit and myself and he called me a Euell Gibbons type Wild Man, When the article came out and the rest of my unit read it I was forever...

It's a half inch wide (the name ) and 5/16th tall ,it works out fine if there isn't room on the recoso I just move it to the blade.

After years of just using a W for my touch mark I designed a new one a couple of years ago.I never included my name and it wasn't and has never been a issue for me.It was time to order new stencils at the end of last year so I included my name. Hope your happy Ed I finally followed your...

I just have a large nail with a large head on it ,I wrap a strip of craft felt down the length if the nail and around the end of the head and hold it in place with a small clothes pin.I use a clean spot of felt for each etch until I've used up all the felt then cut a new strip .

I have a homemade etcher made from a old battery charger,I sand to at least 400 grit,then clean with alchohol, tape my stencil down with scotch tape,I load the felt on my wand with a mixture of salt and vinegar and etch holding the pad down for 3 to 5 sec and repeat until I'm satisfied...

Looking good Brother, one thing that can help with the soldering is to use a grafit pencil on the parts of your guard and recoso you dont want the solder to stick to. Makes clean up much easier.

Way to go man ! Turned out nice .

Go check out my video tutorial on shouldering your tang for guard fit up,my YouTube channel is WildmanPB it explains how to do this,I use a mill but it's also easy to do with a file and a file guide.

Just now seeing this Dennis, looking good buddy !

Thanks so much for the kind words folks,this was a extremely fun knife to build .

How big is your quench tank,mine holds 5 gallons and I usually try and do about 4 blades at a time when using my oven.I do one then stir the oil wait a minute or so then do the next one.

Looking good Opaul,nothing ventured nothing gained.When you stop trying to up your game it's time to get out of the game !

Nice work opaul, someone mentioned sanding down to much character while sanding the pins,I use a lot of jigged bone and rather than sanding the pins I cut them just proud of the handle material then I use a hand piece with a high speed small bur and grind the top of the pins down leaving...

Thanks guys,this one will be hard to let go of !

I put him on the show side with the thought of when someone is wearing it and someone goes that's a cool rig you can say if you think that's cool check this out.

Got the photo back of the Doc Holliday Bowie I just completed, hand forged blade of 1084,416 stainless guard,316 stainless and brass spacer, A2 frame with blued mild steel liners ,stainless pins with S grade ivory replacement. Scrimshaw portrait of Doc Holliday as portrayed by Val Kilmer...

And that's a wrap !

In the book A sure Defense,The Bowie knife in America you can find examples of knives with and without from the early 1830s so I'm sure they had them prior to this if one hade the steel to do it.