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Beautiful work!

Is that 18" overall?

You can notch the end of the threaded rod and solder it to the end of your tang. I see no reason why this wouldn't work.

What about Big Blu? Not sure if they are American made but worth checking out, IMHO.

Getting better with every one.

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Nice job for a first try. I tried a kit knife and that was a disaster. I guess I will stick with liner locks.

The other option is a low temperature silver solder. that way you can extend it however you wish. My personal preferance would be a threaded extension.

Beautiful work, welcome.

Thanks, that sounds really helpful.

Are they still available?

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Just turned 65. I don't recover/heal as fast as I used to. After 25+ years of working in maintenance I am still doing pretty good. The thin skin sucks. Fortunately, no other serious ailments as yet. It is better than the alternative. Grind on y'all.

Just to clarify, I use 60 and 120 ceramic plus 220 pre heat treat, then 220 and 400 AO post HT. Hand sand or surface conditioning belt after.

Personally. I use 60, 120, 240, 400, then hand sand for a satin finish. Most of my knives are hunters, bowies, etc. Not a big fan of high polish unless I do the occasional kitchen knife. A belt is too worn out when it starts generating too much heat with too little material removal. I guess it...

For what it's worth, my experience with horse hide is as follows. It is tough but, you have to be careful when wet molding. It doesn't stretch like cowhide. You want to make sure the knife will slide in and out freely before it dries.

Nice work.

Thanks everyone for the input.

By dressing I assume you mean grinding it smooth?

I know that Menards carries refractory supplies. You could check at other home improvement stores.