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I like to get the bevels scribed onto the blade to give me something to shoot for. I generally end up north of the original line, but I’m getting better at taking it easy.

You’ve got to start somewhere right? I snuck away for a little bit tonight and got the initial shape cut out.

That’s a nice one! I love the handle.

I am all setup and ready to start testing my heat treat process for O1. Quick question though. Can I/should I wrap the blades in SS foil? I can’t search O1 here because it’s too short, go figure. I was just thinking if I could avoid issues with scale I would.

I’m hoping so. I’ve done a bunch of testing with this batch of steel and I feel confident. It’s crazy tough stuff.

I haven’t decided yet, but I may do a through tang, with a pommel and nut. Either way I will still step down the tang.

52100

Here’s the start. I went back and forth between several different designs. At first I wanted to do a recurve, but everything look “too fantasy” for me or “Rambo-ish”. Then I took the fighter approach, but when I made test blades they all lacked heft. So this is what I’ve settled on.

Thank you. I haven’t done many bolsters and tried a new approach with this set. It turned out well, if I do say so myself. It was also my first successful attempt at dovetails.

AEB-L is my steel of choice. I like how it sharpens and holds an edge. Early on I chose stainless over carbon steel, simply because of my exposure to it, and the fact that most of my personal knives are abused. And where I generally hunt is either super salty or brackish. If you have a way to...

Wenge. I got it from McBeaths on State street. A couple board feet makes several dozen handle scales.

I spent the better part of the day getting these three wrapped up, and ready for sheaths. I don’t post much finished stuff, but I felt like today I had an exceptionally productive day in the shop. All of the blades are AEB-L. The top one is wearing a burl wood, acrylic hybrid and my first real...

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum, I wasn’t sure where else to put it. I’m having trouble getting a consistent radius where my grind line meets my plunge line. I offset the belt from the platter with x flex belts and I get a beautiful consistent radius that I can control using...

The files being magnetic doesn’t cause any issues? I honestly don’t know. Just curious?

I am in desperate need of a storage solution for my growing collection of files. I know better than to just throw them all in a drawer. Any suggestions and/or photos would be awesome

I’m with you. Sounds like we’re on the same page.

Do you have a list of those already signed up? I believe I’m in there.

I’m the same way! I do a check list before every knife or sheath. That cuts down on my wanting to skip ahead. It also helps me to plan the build out and get my order of operations right. The other thing I’ve done is to have 2 knives going at once. It doesn’t work for everyone but for me it...

I drill mine with an awl needle, but I’m always looking for something new. @oldknife here on the forums came up with this drill. I think I’m gonna give it a shot.