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Just finished this slippie today. It’s my third slipjoint but first one to complete with screw together construction. It is in 1095 and G-10. It went fairly smoothly until it came to shortening all of the pivot barrels and screws. If anybody has a way to do that accurately without losing half of...

I have made slipjoints with pins in the past but wanted to try one with screw together construction. Getting the pivot barrels in and out with the spring tension is much more difficult than using tapered pins. I made this jig that takes the pressure off of the blade and allows easy placement of...

'] [/URL] I just completed my second slipjoint pocket knife today. Mill relieved liners, G-10 caps and 410 stainless bolsters. Seems like I've been working on it forever. This Lanny's clip is for my Dad for Christmas. These little things are addicting!! Let me know what you guys think.

http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/kcorn01/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-11/9A471742-EFF2-41C2-9F12-51C6078FEEA7_1.jpg.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;></a>"]http://[/URL]Hey gang! First one I have completed in a very long while and first one I've sold for decent money. This one is 1084 steel...

i have finally convinced a friend of mine to pick up the hobby of knifemaking. (It's kinda like offering a friend free crack). Lol! He has his first knife and sheath made and did a really nice job on both. He bought his veg tanned leather at Tandy's and it tarnished his blade VERY quickly while...

Just snapped a picture of one of my recent creations. 1084 steel blade. About 7 1/2" total length. Kydex sheath. I also ran across the very first knife I ever made. I made it when I was about 8 years old in my Dad's shop. For some strange reason my Mom and Dad kept it in their attic along with...

Hey gang! I recently competed 2 blades out of Aldo's 1084. They are 3/16" thick and about 8 inches long. I heated them to just past non-magnetic, held them there for a couple of minutes and quenched in Maxim Oil DT-48. I then tempered at 400 for 1 hour for 2 cylcles. After removing from the...

My 10" serrated wheel on my KMG has developed a concave surface where it is not flat across the wheel anymore. Is it possible to have this fixed? Thanks gang!

Hey Gang! Anybody know where I can buy 1/8" titanium tubing with an ID just big enough for a clearance hole for 2-56 screws? I would like to build some small folding knives and cut pieces of tubing to shorten to precise lengths using my knife dogs ez lap tool. I may have to have some made at a...

Hey Dogs! I recently stumbled across an offering for a free sample of a new type of bandsaw blade by a company called Morse. It is their 811 blade and they claimed it would cut much faster and last much longer than traditional bandsaw blades. They shipped me one for free to try and I wanted to...

OK. I finally took the leap and made an entire knife just for the purpose of testing it's performance and then getting it to fail no matter what it took. We had a trip planned to go to Colorado so I rushed to make the knife so I could test it with some good chopping and firewood prep. The 1084...

Anybody have any suggestions on what grit to finish a blade to before dura coating it? I got some duracoat and an airbrush for Christmas and I'm itching to try it out. Thanks!

Happy New Years everybody!! I was busy today putting together all of the components that I have been collecting for an anodizer. I used a variac that cost me around 50 bucks and then a few odds and ends from Radio Shack that cost me about 10 bucks. I followed the directions on Jason Howell's...

Hey Knife Dogs! I have been working like a mad man trying to get several knives finished for Christmas gifts. The top knife is a kitchen knife for my Mom. It is CPM S30V cryo treated. The handles are from an old Pecan tree that grew in front of my grandparents old home place. Kinda plain wood...

Hey guys! Here is a knife a just finished for a Christmas gift for my brother in-law. It is 1084 and about 8 1/2" long. The Osage Orange wood came off his farm in Oklahoma. Questions, comments and suggestions are always welcome!! http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0095009/gp/73903318@N08/4Y3Jg5

Ok. I'm an idiot. I sent some blades to Texas Knifemakers to have them heat treated and all of them were CPM-154 (or so I thought). When I got them back and started assembling them I realized that one was thinner and that I had cut that blade out and ground the bevels months ago. It was CPM-...

Hey guys! I was apparently a little sleep deprived in the shop last night and accidentally ground too far into the tang if a full tang knife and ground into one of the holes I had drilled to lighten the tang. Any ideas on how to fill the hole? It has black G10 scales and so I had thought of...

Hey guys! I am making my mom a kitchen knife for Christmas and I am using some pecan from my Grandparents old farm for the handle scales. I have considered sending the wood off to be stabilized, buying some cactus juice and trying to do it myself, using tru- oil, or maybe a superglue finish...

Ok guys, I'm about to show my ignorance so shield your eyes! How can you tell the difference between a sheet of G10 and a sheet of paper micarta? Both are black and I really need to know which is which. Ant tips would be appreciated!

I have recently been playing around with some of Aldo's 1084. Can somebody tell me what the best way to heat treat this steel is? I have been heating to non-magnetic (a shade over) and quenching in canola oil heated to around 130 degrees. I tempered at 400 for an hour. Did not do a second...