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Bowie Knife in Elk and Camel Bone Bear Scrimshaw. Made by Dale Whitesell 　 Details 1095 HC steel blade, flat grind, 8 inches long from the brass guard to point. 13 ¼ inches overall. Hamon line, brass guard and spacer under the camel bone but cap, stabilized elk antler handle. But cap has bear...

I am planning a folding hunter. I will be using D2 for the blade. Does anyone use D2 for the back spring on folders? And what would the target RC be? Crucible D2 data sheet shows 1000 degree temper temp gets a RC of 55 is that still to hard for a good spring? I was thinking in the 45-50 range...

I have some wood that was given to me, that I need help with. It is very oily, has a distinct sweet smell when grinding. The second one is not what I would call oily wood. is hard. I am guessing it maybe some Rosewood, but I don't know. I got this from a friend who does work at a place where...

Here are some pics of my new shop, just being setup. I will have it all done in a few more days, I hope. It will have my mig welder in it as well as my mechanics tools. It is alot nicer than my little 12 x 24 storage building that I did have. More pics later when it is completed. The messy room...

I am moving into a new shop, well a storage building, shop to me. I have improved most things in the setup from my old shop to conserve space, but belt storage just seems to be a real challenge to me. I have a large supply of belts on hand, 5-10 of each grit from 36-400 and a few 600-800 grit...

I posted this in the knife pictures section, and thought I would post here as well, some pics of my slim line trapper. This is the first folder I have made, other than a few folder kits. I used a kit as a pattern for the spring, liners, bolsters, and blade. The tools used were a Bader...

Here is a version of my PSK. I normally don't put handles on these, but this one is for my wife, to be a neck or purse knife. It is 440C, and has Russian Lavender reconstituted stone scales. Hope you like it. Dale

Here are some pics of my slim line trapper, this is the first folder I have made, other than a few folder kits. I used a kit as a pattern for the spring, liners, bolsters, and blade. The tools used were a Bader, drill press, files and sandpaper. Bolsters are soldered to the liners. The blade...

Just finishing up my first folder, using a trapper kit as a pattern for my slim line trapper. I got to thinking that on the next one, I want to use a bushing in the pivit hole, which will require a larger hole in the tang. My question is, how much metal should surround the pivot hole in the...

I hope this is allowed, not sure. I am trying to organize a knife show in Stover, MO. That is near the west side of Lake Of The Ozarks. A tenative date of Oct. 27,2012 is when we hope to have it. If anyone would be interested in a table please PM me or email me for details. This...

I hope this is the place for this. I have alot of time on my hands, for the next 6 months, due to having back fusion surgery. So I am researching having a small knife show in central Mo. A friend and I have been talking about this for a few years now, but neither had the time, well now I do...

Can anyone tell me what this wood is? I bought it on Ebay about a year ago, and forgot all about it, and can't remember what it was for sure. I think it may have been Blue Mahoa or somthing like that. I know it didn't impress me when I got it, but it was cheap, and it looks ok, may use it on a...

I found Jantz now has quench oil, it is Chevron Texaco 70. Does anyone have any experience with Chevron 70? Is it a fast or med. oil? I found this but it doen't mean much to me, it would appear it could be a fast oil, when it says the initial cooling rate of water...

Here is my new shop dog, Rowdy Lee Savage. After loosing our good friend Rambo in August, we had to have another German Shepard, so here he is. Just thought you other dogs might want to welcome him. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. Dale, Tammy, and Rowdy Lee Savage.

Where is a good place to buy cardboard boxes suitable for boxing knives? You know like the factories do. Dale

After finding no faster, easier way to mirror finish, other than a few tips to speed it up a little. I got to thinking about pricing for a mirror finish, I have always charged a few dollars extra for a mirror finish, but not nearly enough to cover the extra time and paper cost. So my question...

I have been doing mirror finishes for sometime now, and do it all by hand sanding from 320 grit up to 2000 grit then lightly buff. It looks good, but it sure is slow going. Is there something that I am missing, that would make it faster, easier? I guess it doesn't take all that long, 2-4 hrs...

I have a request for a knife that would go to Switzerland. The Postmaster at my post office says that it would be prohibited to ship a knife to Swiss. because they consider knives a weapon, and weapons are not permited to be shipped into Swiss. But she did say that she was not 100% certain of...

I was working on knives yesterday, and needed a break, so my wife and the dog and I went for a walk in the woods, and stumbeled across the big yellow morels on the left side of the pic, needless to say, the rest of the afternoon was spent mushroom hunting. We found 47 in all. Here they are along...

I have an order for a hunting knife and a caping knife set, to be carried in one sheath. Does anyone have any ideas on doing this kind of sheath? Sheath work is a real struggle for me, and I could use some ideas, pictures of double sheaths. Any help would be appreciated. Dale