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Yes Cliff the coffee etch is etching a blade in coffee. I read a post on Blade Forums by Salem Straub and followed his instructions. I etched the blade in ferric like always then polished the highlights by hand with 2500 grit paper. I mixed up a solution of about a half gallon of water with two...

I have to sharpen it in the morning and then I'll post some better photos. This is a cell phone shot. I'm happy with it. What do y'all think?

No Gliden07, I didn't make the Damascus. In my original post I credited Randy Haas, HHH Damascus for it.

This is after etching in ferric. I'm going to try the coffee etch and see what happens. We'll see tomorrow.

I made the arbor that you see with the washers stacked on it. It fits in a 3/8" C-5 collet the the spin jig will hold. You can't see the hand crank that operates it on the far end of the spin jig. The arbor is two pieces, one end goes in the collet , the square shimstock with a .096" hole in...

Big Brother skinner in the works. HHH carbon Damascus with curly ash scales.

Yes Justin, If my blade is .100" my spring is .116".

Cliff, The original photo is a stack of 12 washers, each .008" thick. This photo shows individual washers. I use one on each side of my blade when I assemble the knife and they give me the anti scratch relief that most makers mill into their liners. Of course my spring must be as thick as the...

I use washers I stead of grinding a relief in my liners so I must make my own. These are bronze, .375" X .096" X .008". I use this spin jig on my surface grinder to make square pieces of shim stock into round washers.

Thank you all for your kind words. I mailed it off today for engraving. I'll show more photos when I get it back.

I finished this today and I'm real happy with the results. 4 3/8" long closed, 3 3/8" long blade of Mike Norris stainless damascus, red stag scales, integral bolsters, liners, caps of 416 stainless, Sandvik 14C28N for the spring, bronze pivot washers and stainless pins. I made the shield from...

I'll be there Justin.

Very nice Sean!

We had a silent auction at the 100%er knife show Saturday at Cutlery Collection in Plano ,Texas, to sell this knife that Paul Lebatard and I collaborated on, it's our version of the 100%er trademark. The winning bid was $2500.00 . We will use all the proceeds from this sale to advertise our group.

http://planomagazine.com/plano_events/3rd-annual-micro-invitational-art-knife-show/ Y'all come!

Thank you all for your kind words.

Thanks for the info. It was really pleasant smelling while cutting and grinding.

Do you know why they quit making Bakelite Don?

I finished this Small Trapper yesterday. I made it to take to the 100%er's show , July 15th, in Plano Texas. Charlie and Harry Mathews gave me some Bakelite last year when I visited them for a deer hunting trip. I've never worked with Bakelite before but I really like it. What do y'all think?

I tried to use them years ago when some forums required their use but I wasn't smart enough to figure it out. Now Im glad I never did.