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Also ordering new drill bits now! I have been using 3/16 bit for 3/16 pins and fighting with them, epoxy flying, etc. like most things...its a process.

All good info, thanks guys. I have tried stabilized wood. Starting to think I'm getting it too hot while shaping. Have an inexpensive belt sander from Harbor Freight. Try to get basic shop with 50 grit then 80. Saw a good video on loveless bolts....you guys prefer those over corby?

Thanks guys. Good call on thinning the pins down. They separate after shaping....has happened various places. It sounds like the scales aren't flat but they are definitely flat by hand on the granite slab. I am thinking the thinning of pins will help as they were very tight and lots of...

I enjoy reading all of the good information here and have learned an awful lot from you all. As a new knife maker, I very much enjoy my new hobby but have run into a roadblock that is giving me a fit. My scales separate from the tang and I have run out of solutions. Have tried: several...

Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts on this. I will send some walnut to be stabilized. In the meantime though, great points on epoxy quality and over clamping. I am guilty of both! Thanks again, happy Presidents Day.

I recently came across a stack of walnut lumber my Grandpa had stashed in his barn. Likely 50 years old. After cleaning it up and squaring it, I decided to tackle knife making. Have made a dozen or so oyster knives and I'm now reading that the wood should be stabilized!?!? I have been...