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This past weekend I pulled one of my knives out of it's sheath to field dress a deer. I am right handed, but for some reason I grabbed the sheath with my right hand and the handle with my left. In the process of passing the knife to my right hand I managed to slice open my right index finger...

Hi All, What are your last couple steps before you send off a new knife? In other words, how do you do your final cleaning of the blade? Windex, alcohol, renaissance wax? thanks....Jeff

There is one for sale locally and I don't know much about them. It has a Browne and Sharpe magnetic chuck and several grinding wheels. Are these good machines? Is it going to be a maintenance nightmare? I was thinking of using it to grind of mill scale and possibly taper some tangs...

I currently only have a flat platen on my 2x72. I have a little saved up and want to add another tool arm. I am stuck between getting a small wheel attachment and a big contact wheel, 8" or 10". I make fixed blade, mostly full tang knives. Which do you all find more useful?

So lately I've been getting small scratches on the blade while I am finishing the handle. The scratched are almost always on the ricasso. Not exactly sure when or how it is happening. My usual process is to finish the blade completely other than final sharpening and then fit and install the...

I use a portaband mounted vertically to a small metal table to rough out my blades. I'm using mostly cpm154/154cm steel. What brand of saw blades are you guys using? Seems like I can only get two or three blades cut out before needing to change blades. Jeff