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That’s an interesting fit! I love it ! Almost too pretty to use sir.

I love this !! My leather skills are lacking , I need to learn to make a decent sheath one of these days .

They are probably my favorite style. They flow, are beautiful and can do some serious work because of the convex grind .

Thanks guys!! Here she is , finished with an edge , she will be leaving me tomorrow !

Hey guys , a fella at the shop is set to retire in two weeks after 44 years in the same shop! He’s been after me for a while for a “pig sticker” so this is what I came up with . She isn’t finished yet , about 90%, still have plenty of file work to do on the guard and hand sanding on the handle...

Hey guys, sorry for not being around last couple of weeks. Full time job and a toddler will keep a man busy!! I just finished this little guy up and wanted to share some photos , he will be heading home to his new owner in the morning. Thanks for looking !

Well after assembly I broke both springs !!! They broke in the same exact spot so I’m guessing I left a little too much thickness to them and left them a little hard during the tempering ! So I pulled the knife apart, tossed the springs and put the rest in the drawer to be picked back up and...

Yessir you hit the nail on the head !! They for the most part we’re very utilitarian , just good ole’ folding knife !!

Progress shot !

Progress shot , first time ever free hand grinding a small blade and I tried to duplicate scagels convex-ish grind ! Not perfect by any means but I’m fairly pleased with it….also filed in the thru-nicks.

Hey all, this thread won’t be as in depth as the last but I would like to share the work in progress . This knife build is going to be a two blade scagel style folder with amber bone scales and no bolsters. I am building this for myself and I’m going to try a few new things along the way. So...

And the pin size I use for most stuff is 3/32 and shields I like 1/16” pin, although I have some 1/8” as well but generally 3/32

Sometimes tearing an old one down and not damaging it is harder than building one from scratch!!! Great job !! What kind of burl is that?

I just made that rise/fall indicator a couple weeks ago and have a love hate relationship with it, it’s just dabbed together with stuff I had laying around so I end up fighting with the accuracy but it gets it pretty darn good. Before I made it I used the line method , where I would take a...

I hope it helps a little Sean!! And thank you !

Next I reamed the bolsters getting ready to pin the blade in place…. I cleaned all holes and rod with dawn and soapy water and then acetone so I wouldn’t have any oil in the holes , hopefully I won’t get a ring around my pin. No ring !! I put a satin finish on everything except the stag and...

Everything laid out , ready for a dry fit test before pinning everything together … Now it’s time to spin the heads on the spring pins , I hand premed the scale pins so I’m going to leave just a little pin material sticking out of the scales so they actually sit above the scales like the hand...

I like the put the two halves along with the spring together to grind down the handle scale material, it gives me a little something extra to hold onto. I made a huge miscalculation in the thickness I left the stag and how thick the bolsters were to start. So I ended up grinding off most of...

Now to drill some pin holes just for a little extra hold on the antler And start fitting the stag to the liners, this is a slow process , I like to minimize the gap between scale and shoulder of bolster the best I can. After fitting I glue them to the liners and let them set for a while to...

After scribing my line in the solder I marry the bolster to the scale keeping the bolster in place with a little spring clamp. Then after a little grinding you have something that halfway resembles a bolster , I grind the bolster slow and dip it often because nickel silver takes heat really...