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    About to start my next knife

    Here is the design I drew out yesterday, sorry for the quality, my scanner doesn't want to cooperate with me right now. Uploaded with ImageShack.us The more I read, Acraglass sounds like a good inventment for me as I can use it on my gun projects as well as future knives. I will be sure...
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    About to start my next knife

    Hey all, I have made two knives so far, using old files from a swap meet, and construction paper mycarta. These have been small neck/pocket knives and I want to make myself a nice 5-6" bladed bushcrafting knife. I am putting together a list of stuff to buy and was wondering if I could get some...
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    Ed Caffrey mosaic damascus and buckeye burl

    I am in love, elegantly dark, beautiful design. The handle looks like it would fuse with my hand.
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    My first ever knife project is finished

    Thank you for your kind words, all of you. McClellan, the handle material was made with 5"x5" pieces of black and orange construction paper, 2 pieces per layer. I learned how to do this from youtube, a fellow submariner called Crashdive (Crashblade knives). I used a flat wood plank, layer of...
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    My first ever knife project is finished

    Yes I did, I didn't feel comfortable using my HF 1x30 belt sander. Took a while, but I like the control that it gave me.
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    My first ever knife project is finished

    Hey guys, I know these are getting old, but I have completed my first ever knife. It was made from an old file I got for a buck at a flea market. The handles are black and orange construction paper micarta of my own making and the pins are turned down brass screws (only because home depot didn't...
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    Almost ready to put a grind on my first knife

    Hello all, I have been slowly making my first knife from an old file. I have the design cut out and am in the process of thinning the entire piece. It started life as a 5/32" file, I would like to get the blade and handle thickness down to 1/8th. I am lacking lots of nice power tools and...
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    Amateur knife sheath

    Hey all. This is my first post on here, and I thought I would share my most recent project. I made my first leather knife sheath for my general purpose bushcraft knife. I know my Gerber Freeman cannot compare to some of the true beauty on this forum, but it gets the job done for me and I...
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    Made my first ever Kydex knife sheath

    Thank you all for your kind words. In truth, I was rather surprised at how well it came out. My press was made out of two 12"x12" 3/4" thick plywood and a camp mat cut into 4 12"x12" squares, hotglued two pads to each piece of wood and used a bench vice and a Ford wrench on top because I don't...
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    Made my first ever Kydex knife sheath

    Hey guys, let me first say that this is a wonderful forum, lots of info here. Ok this is my first post, so here it goes. I purchased a Kydex sheath kit from KnifeKits.com the other day to replace the horrible, low quality sheath that came with my Gerber Freeman. After looking on theses forums...
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