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I may just drill out a small portion on each side of the pins and put a small plug in. I should have tested different pin materials, but I wanted an all-white look...lesson learned.

I may try it. I have some nice black pin material and maybe if I dye the epoxy black I'll have better luck...

I just finished up this Damascus Skinner with Camel Bone scales. I thought I could get away with white pins, but they are just not a tight enough fit to keep the edges from showing. Should I just leave them alone of possibly drill them out and insert some black ones for contrast?

Finished up this CuMai Hunter today. It looks great in person, but my picture taking skills are lacking today... It has horn scales with copper pins to match the copper in the blade.

Here is another sample of the same box. They are around 3x3x12.

If it's a knife over $250 I don't mind popping down $20 for these. http://www.etsy.com/listing/990830862/gift-box-knife-box-handmade-box-storage?click_key=00f08260a8c906b2747940c7f70788f6a1a9dfd5:990830862&click_sum=8c37954e&ref=listing-free-shipping-bundle-1

Making knives and listening to music are what keeps me sane!

I have quite a few in the works. One in CuMai, one in 440C, two Damascus and 4 .060 kitchen knives that just came out of heat treat. ...and one finished kitchen knife with horn scales.

Had to spend the entire day rearranging and cleaning the shop (garage). I hope to try all these fine ideas tomorrow!

My 2x72 has reverse. I try that tomorrow.

I have a 1" x 42" belt grinder. I may give that a whirl!

Anyone???

I am working on a couple of knives that have what I would call a belly. I borrowed a picture from another thread here to show what I mean. How do you sharpen the portion inside the black circle? I'm using my grinder to sharpen/form the edge on the blade. Due to the shape, you can't just run the...

After one temper cycle for one hour at 325F I now have a 59HRC. I think I'll stay here on this one...if it wasn't expensive Damascus, I'd snap one of the blades for a test!

Cool it between aluminum plates still in the foil packet...

I'm not sure. I tested two blades that were heat treated exactly the same in multiple test locations and got the same reading across the board. Second heat treat has got me up to 61 HRC prior to tempering. Just trying to decide if I should temper again... I think I'm going to go for one temper...

I just heat treated two Alabama Damascus blades. I ramped my oven to 1550 and soaked the blades for 5 minutes. I quenched in AAA oil heated to 120. I finished the cooling in aluminum plates to avoid any warps. I tempered the blades at 350 for one hour and let the oven and blades cool to room...

I've never heard of anyone heat treating AEB-L in a forge. It needs to be wrapped in heat treat foil and done in a kiln from my understanding. That thin of material will suffer from direct heat in a forge. It also needs to be held at a steady temp for a period of time.

What gives you the best results? Have you been able to get anything like I posted?

So they get this color just by dying it?