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Looking at older knives, daggers and swords was what made me wonder.

Hmm, Mr. Ed is older than I thought!

...did plunge lines as we know them today become a "thing", and why?

I was in Pet Smart last weekend, saw the antlers ard thought, "can I?" Now I know, thanks Opaul! (I ordered some through Culpepper last fall, darned pricey.

Very clean, crisp lines, well done.

I have no doubt he will love that knife. Love the scales, that is pretty stuff! Adding Judy and family to our prayer list.

^Indeed!

That is beautiful!

Thanks for the kind words, I had a lot of concerns with this set because the customer was "designing" what, and how he wanted it. I was really unhappy with the pin placement, but he wanted the set to closely match a set his father brought back from Europe in the early 1950's. The only...

A couple more hours then done. 15n20, African blackwood with brown micarta bolsters and white liners. 8.5", 6.5", and 3.5" paring.

I should have added, variable temp paint stripper heat gun better than torch, torch pretty agressive, hard to control temperature. Have seen some glues epoxies not wanting to release until above 250*f. Oven heat also controllable.

Another vote for heat, just take it up slow and easy.

That looks very nice!

As MC Mike noted, looks salvageable. These situations is/are what makes knifemaking a love/hate relationship.

Excellent, very happy for you and your great news! Well deserved.

Thanks John, that squares up with what I have read from others. I guess someone might have the ability to tell the difference in say a hardness of 63 vs 64 in use, but that would not be me. Personally, I love the patina of an aged carbon steel blade but I am running into more requests for SS.

From what I have gleaned on different sites, dry ice will lose you up to about 1 point on the rhc scale. Any thoughts from those here with real world experience with LN and dry ice? I know LN is the cat's butt for cryo, but is it a necessity for aeb-l? Thanks,

Funny how our tastes differ, I have been drooling over the one on top. Very nice, Gruff!

What is it about knifemaking and health issues? I know a lot of peeps doing this (myself included), that probably shouldn't be doing this due to reasons of health. My mentor lost his battle to COPD at a too-young age, and I am flowing along down that same path.

I'm not a folder kinda guy, but beautiful is beautiful, and that knife is a beauty!