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Credit for the beautiful damascus billet goes to Benjy forum member and friend. I have a few more tweaks to do but it's essentially finished for photo op. I need to take Ed's advise and get out the magnifying glasses to make sure all the bugs are off - just kidding - still lots of fit and...

I received an email from Combat abrasive thanking me for a order - I have not ordered anything from them in a while - so I kind of ignore it. Then another email that said invoiced attached. I opened the email and the invoice was listed as $7,321! A few lines down it said April fool! This was...

It's been a few weeks since I was in the shop but was able to get out and start on a blade this morning. I cut a section of a twist damascus billet I got from Benjy and went at it. Here are some photos of the progress so far. After gettting it profiled and sanded I heated it up and I'm...

Pretty interesting episode with the match up on second chance contestants. But the second one with the female contestant was interesting. Her male counter part was sweating his shirt through but it appeared she never broke a sweat. Maybe my wife is right - men sweat women glisten.

Ok, so NORMALLY I wait until all the fit and finish is done before I sharpen a knife. Yesterday, for some reason, I decided to sharpen that Bowie I'm building with still more work to do around the guard/handle. I probably do as a lot of you guys do - put a light coat of oil on the blade, wrap...

This one is about 90% complete.

W2 with differential heat treat, micarta with G10 inserts and liners.

From Boss Dog. I’ve used 52100 but not 5160.

I know we have a post about this but I was wondering did Doyle or Ed Mc ever post up their early work?

I have a HF arbor press and now have a need or would like to have a flaring tool attachment for flaring the ends of tubes for knife handles. Any of you guys have this attachment or advise you can share. The ram arm on my press doesn't have any threaded hole to mount one.

I typically use 1/4" tube for my lanyard tube and use a 1/4" drill bit for the lanyard hole which makes for a no fit. To make it fit I chuck the 1/4" tube in my portable drill and turn the grinder on slow speed. the combination of running the drill against the running belt takes off just...

I certainly apologize for being late posting this one of a kind KITH from the Boss. But that didn't keep me from enjoying it from the time I received it. This is one smooth, light and handy edc addition for me. I love it! Thanks Boss!! Here it is right at home with some of my other favorites.

There is an article in the recent BLADE magazine that pretty much says recesses ricassos are useless on a knife other than it makes it easier to fit a guard or makes it easy to forge the blade. To be honest I never gave it much thought but visually it does adds a lot of interest. I can’t...

I made this chef's knife 15 months ago. My wife has used it almost daily. This is the first time I have sharpened it. Not that I could not have done it prior to today but I didn't feel it needed it. But I did check the edge and it had some light deflections along the edge so I decided to...

Question. I typically use Windex for neutralizing the ferric chloride when I etch blades. Vegas Forge suggests using baking soda as an alternative on their damascus. On a stainless Damascus the windex didn’t do anything as far as revealing the pattern But I etched again And then used baking...

I came up with the idea to mix 1 part canola oil with 1 part engine oil 1 part transmission oil and enough lard to make a solid quench solution. That way I can move the ammo can around without spilling. This solution could also be use to prevent rust on finished blades. I am also thinking it...

Just about to wrap this one up. I may apply truoil to the handle, haven't decided, for now it's just buffed. As the title this knife is Alabama damasucs with an ancient bog oak handle, G10 spaces. Guard is a piece of 1084 I had on the bench. It's thru-tang construction, hidden nut with the...

Decided to do another stacked leather handle build. This is Alabama damascus with nickel, Micarta and leather. Getting these handles glued up is a epoxy mess! It's a through tang build with the tang threaded on the end. As it sits I have a large washer with a nut compressing the leather. I...

I've been watching the Last Kingdom and always get intrigued when I see the edged weapons of the period. I thought the Seax was an interesting knife and decided to make one, mostly for fun but I also have a friend that loves the Viking/Norsemen era weapons. I used an old rasp for the blade...

It's been a while since I've made a three piece knife. I'm using W2 for this one with hybrid elder wood scales. I've got the scales mounted but still have to shape and finish. Here are some photos of the WIP. Sanded to 400 grit Fresh out of the etching solution Handles mounted and ready...