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Hello dogs, I have been away for a few months. I moved to Jacksonville Florida to start a new job. My knife shop tools are still hidden in the moving boxes in the garage. Landed at a new house with an attached garage. But no seperate shop. Hoping to get restarted. As you may remember I...

Hello, My job is moving to Florida.... so I get to pick out a new place to live and select somewhere with a shop. I am looking for input on how small / large I should think about. I am new to knife making but plan to leave most of my household tools with my son in Indiana. I am taking...

Can you all share your opinions on the pros and cons of different methods of handle pins , rivets, Corby bolts etc... So far I have only used brass pins and some brass mosaic I made from brass tubing... Are there advantages of using rivets or Corby's I would like to hear some discussion of...

Can anyone post some pics of a sheath for a buffalo skinner type knife. The large curved blade make it hard for me to see how to build a sheath that will not be cut by the blade. So far I have only made simple folded over sheaths sewn on one side. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Dan

I am wondering what size you drill your holes for handle pins. I am using 1/8' and 3/16" pins, I was drill the small size holes but yesterday I cracked a scale. Does the epoxy expand when it dries? I did not see any sign of a crack until after the epoxy dried. Should I drill a slightly...

I put a red oak handle on this Russell Green River blade with the wood Smithy gave me. The wood started out from the chunk of wood in the picture. I made the Mosaic pins from brass tubing and copper wire. I had fun learning from this. Comments welcome. I think it will be a Christmas gift...

Has anyone modified a 3 wheel craftsmen 2x42 grinder to run 2x72 belts? I have been studying my grinder and it looks like I could add a square tube to the frame much like the big boys use. I have seen the youtube stuff on the 2 wheel version. Any thoughts? Any ideas how to improve this...

Hi I am new, have not made my first knife yet. I heat my shop with a wood stove and have no forge or HT oven. I read the about annealing a file in a forge or charcoal fire in the forum. So while a had a nice wood fire going last week end I set a 12" file in the coals and continued to add...

Hi my name is Dan , I am thinking about making some knife kits for Christmas presents. I hope to retire in about 10 years and have always been interested in knife making. So I hope to start as a hobby and see what happens. I have a 2x42 craftsman grinder with a 8" disk on the side, a drill...