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That's the Craftsman 2x42 that I have! Hmmmm. . . might have to make some mods. . .:D

It can be kiln dried like any other lumber. I have kiln dried rough cut lumber in my shed waiting to be planed down and cut and built into a couple of end tables for my wife. End cuts will become knife handles.

Matthew Quigley carried at least 2 knives. One was the belt knife pictured in one of the posts above. The other was a boot knife he used to stab one of the drovers when he and the girl were dumped in the Outback and left for dead. It looked to be a drop point of some sort, with about a 4...

For those that are cautious about using stains made from the stronger acids, you might look at the stains from Laurel Mountain Forge as an alternative. Already mixed, in a variety of shades from cherry to walnut.

Fruit bat, seagull (with a salad of fresh beach pea leaves and a side of periwinkles).

Just to take this precaution a step further. "Tracking" with the USPS is not the same as "tracking" with UPS. With UPS you can give them the tracking number and they will tell you exactly where that package is--even if it's on a truck. You won't get that level of detail with USPS. Their...

Jeff, It partly depends on what type of knife you want to make, but generally a handle of about 4.5 inches is good. For a knife that is intended to be light and compact you can probably drop down to 4 inches, for someone with bigger hands you might go up to 5. In the bushcraft crowd, the...

Now we know the secret--we have to temper 6 or 7 times!

I know nothing about it, but there is supposedly a new site called GunPal. . .

Neat package! I will say this, though. Test out your compass. I tested a similar set up for Blind Horse Knives last year. The compass was off by about 5-10 degrees, worse when the knife was in the sheath. The steel in the knife was slowly degrading the magnetism of the compass.

How about 353? Thanks for the chance!!!!

I saw something a couple of years back where a guy built a jig that used a hand-held carpenter's belt sander to true up the wheels. The jig was basically a piece of plywood with a dowel rod to hold the wheel. The belt sander was mounted to the plywood (I forget how). You basically put the...

Yeungling!

Prayers sent for your family!

Don't forget, they need to be normalized!

Chuck Burrows uses an antiquing technique to give carbon steel blades a used, made in the 1800's look. He refers to it as the blue-bleach-boil method. Once you have the blade HT and finished, ready for handle installation, coat the blade in Birchwood Casey Superblue with 0000 steel wool...

Gene Martin used to have a picture of one on his website, but it appears that he's redone some of his sites features and I couldn't find it. You could contact him to see what advice he could offer. His site: http://customknife.com/index.html

I got mine from Ellis. . . http://refractory.elliscustomknifeworks.com/ Once they wore out, I built a small forge with black stove pipe, ceramic wool, and refactory cement. It's more durable than the bricks, so I think it's more cost effective in the long run.

Bench vice!

Yes it is. But, you can find small pieces at thrift stores. Back in the 60's and 70's it was popular as nut/candy trays.