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Very nice! Excellent taper to the tangs, gorgeous work.

Little update to things. 258 and falling, I suspect at mid-day I'm even less as I'm now back in 38 waist pants which is a first in 3 years. I'm having a heck of a time with the seasonal allergies aggravating things but that will pass. My energy is moderately better and I'm working on the...

That is some fine work and a great explanation.

Good info. I have a "Pony" vise that was under $45. The swivel lock is junk, the alignment is worse. Haven't broken the inserts yet and it appears on mine that they're better supported than on the Sears unit. It's an import piece as well. I am flat out amazed at the level of crap that's...

You got it, Randy. The CA treatment is just a surface imperfection deal - I have never found superglue to actually structurally fix anything, even if it is advertised to. Isn't there a wicking adhesive, Zap-A-Gap or similar, that is designed for actual crack repair and stability?

I've worked with buckeye and found small voids and checks after it was stabilized that I preferred to fill. I used thin superglue, applied it to the offending spot and after letting it sit for a few minutes went over it with the belt grinder and a finish belt. The fine grindings mix with the...

I really like that. Simple.

This is a new direction for me, I'm usually a "big knife" guy and I've had a lot of people say "Could you build something smaller?" So here it is - 3 3/8" 1095 high carbon, mitered mild steel bolsters, black or natural linen micarta. I had the sheaths stitched at the local saddle shop but...

Just of the bench today, 5 each in black and natural linen micarta. 3 3/8" Admiral Steel 1095 1/8" thick blades, no choil, mitered mild steel bolsters and stainless thorough pins. All come with the deep pouch style shown in either black or tan. Other sheath configurations available at cost...

Here's the plan - I've got a gallon pitcher of water in the refrigerator right now. Gonna lay off the Coors, which amounted to a couple of pork chops of extra empty calories a day. The information on nutrients is duly noted - I'll go over that and get a system going as many days I eat whatever...

I think a great deal of what happened physically was the sudden weight gain. I went from 225 to 285 in the span of a year or two when my wife and I started having kids. Changed careers. I'm pretty agreeable and pleasant, that is, if you don't ask my wife. It's mostly a whole slew of energy...

I'll keep this short. I'm a full time guy and as long as I keep my shoulder to the stone it goes very well. I'm going to be paying a lot forward, I wouldn't be here if not for everyone's generosity with knowledge. I've got a growing family, and a wife that works full time in a very...

I think there's a file that has skip-teeth for setting them. I'll have to dig around and see who offers it. I typically, on long sections, laid out the spine or edge (for serrations) with layout dye and then scribed my spacing to manually follow. My time of being able to do that will come to...

Speaking of ante, some of the stuff on this site would be welcome at a poker game. I'm just linking this for the images and different styles, no advertisement nor affiliation implied. http://www.westernleatherholster.com/cowboy-knives-leather-knife-sheaths-bowie-knives/

It's a belt stud. Really simple - you slide the sheath behind the belt and it either rides down to the stud, and stops, or the belt has a manner of a pierced hole-slot for it. Some have fancier slides that themselves ride the belt and the stud fits them.

I'm glad to hear you're vertical. Gall bladder is nasty as many of us can attest and the little booger likes to complicate things a lot more often than the doctors will admit.

I might ramble a little here with associated thoughts, but here it is. I do it locally and have had some people bring knives along as they pass through for me to do, as well. My take on it - to really make money at sharpening you've got to go to the customer, just like the bicycle guy. I'm...

If Aldo can get a quantity, I'd be up for 1/4" x 2" bar.

5 tons. That would be a heck of a group buy. Thanks for the info - I had not contacted them personally but had been recommended to, guess I know now! Thanks!

Thanks, Ed. Glad to know it's something predictable. If I know it's coming I can deal with it. I had sincerely hoped to have a better spring than I did, to provide some money to draw off of during the summer. With Google Adwords cancelling my ad package due to selling combat knives and a few...