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I feel like Benchmade just designs knives,....at best they grind blades, with THICK edges,..... they might produce a few completed plastic handled "cheapo" models at best, except their more expensive than Custom made "special models". The business seems to rely on people upgrading the handle...

Its a "carving fork"usually had a matching carving knife. I beleive the litte "guard" thingy is so you can stab it into a roast and lift or manuevre the meat with out it sliding down the prongs onto the handle and burning your hand.

Engraving your license number on the blade of a nice japanese sword, fair dinkum some people are just oxygen thieves that should have been nuetered at birth. I'll bet if asked why his response would be " go 'way 'batin!!, but uuuhh I like money"

Busse as far as I know make up marketing names for their materials. Resiprene c is from handling it similar to kraton so maybe start with companies that use that. I think when you start looking a whole new confusing world of rubber will open up. I'd keep it simple and use horse stall mat, I...

I'm no expert but I suspect it's a special rubber/plastic injection molded under heat and pressure used by Busse, swamprat and their ilk. A good low tech material that is similar is horse stall matting like is used on bladesports knives.

This might be hard to explain or solve here just looking at pictures but a lot of you guys here know a lot more about this stuff than I do. I bought a fairly cheap disc sander, best I could afford, the problem is the disc wobbles like a fat guy leavin' a bar. As much as 1/4" which causes...

Thanks for the feedback guys, I have only had time away from work to grind four or five blades and do some sharpening but I love it. With the two hp motor it is almost impossible to bog down the drive belt slips first if you really lean in. This is the first grinder where I've been able to alter...

Hey guys, It's been a long time in the build but it's finally up and running. Got the first chance yesterday to take it for a test drive and coming a little multitool is a vast improvement, it has better tracking, is WAY more powerful,doesn't bog down, and I can change the SPEED! It is a four...

Hi I've come to ask some advice, I make a few kydex sheaths and have been looking to uprgrade to a new press and better foam. My first question is, how much better is the neoprene moulding foam sold at places like usaknifemaker as opposed to the blue camp mat style foam I've been using up until...

I have had good results using the different sized sanding drums on a dremel, start with a normal edge thickness, mark with a sharpie to get your spaces right, hold the dremel at the right angle and be careful. If you go slow and keep the edge cool, then you can get pretty good Spyderco style...

Thanks Rob45 that was fantastic, all the info you passed on here and in my thread about motor selection should be in a sticky or some such, as I'm sure I'm not the first or last noob to ask this kind of thing.

Since everyone was so helpful with the motor selection I thought I would quiz you guys about this. My question is how hard is it to change the drive belt from one pulley to another? I have looked but can't find any vids or descriptions. I'm using the power twist link belt from USA knifemaker...

Thanks guys ended up going with a 2hp/1.5kw that turns at 1440. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks guys, if it wasn't for forums like this I'd still be usin' files and sandpaper. Rob45 your explanation has really cleared things up thank you for taking the time. For what I want and my level of skill I think I'll go with the lower speed. As for if 1440/2800 are the standard? not sure but...

Hey guys I have just about finished my no weld grinder and am about to purchase a motor. I'm using the four step pulley system from usa knifemaker. My question is without getting into too much of the complicated calculations for belt speed,which would be a better choice a motor that turns at...

thanks guys that was extremely helpful, I suspected some of these problems would crop up and i think I'll stick with a seperate unit.

I'm in the process of putting together my no weld grinder and was considering putting a flat disc on as well. I would be using the flat disc and slotted shaft from from USA knifemer.com My question is can I just let the drive shaft extend beyond the drive wheel and mount onto that? I don't have...

Get yourself a compass, a pencil, and some scissors and cardboard, draw up a feww pin 'em together and see what works.