On a full tang blade that size, I would leave the tang full thickness all the way through the handle. I would not taper it, and even if I did, it woul...

I have no idea how many knives I have made. I just never kept count.

If your ricasso area is flat and paralell sided, just hold it flat against the slab and have the thin end of the tang off the slab. If the taper goes ...

Travis, I have done this a couple of times. The most difficult part is keeping the radius uniform along the length of the blade. The other danger poin...

So what did you learn from all these firsts?

[quote name='Kevin J Stinson' date='17 June 2020 - 06:32 AM' timestamp='1592400775' post='26739'] the impediment to this is i just don't have the sp...

Here's a fast, simple, and inexpensive way to center scribe your blade edge. First, you should know what you average thickness is for the knives yo...

Well, this project is coming to an end. Thanks for allowing me to share this journey with you and thanks to those who have provided support along the ...

Thank you Matt. It's good to know that someone gets something out of all this. I have often said that I put these up for two reasons. First so that so...

Travis, Inside curves are tough spots to do entirely my hand. I have a bunch of different sized wheels for the 2x72 that I use for this. The one I u...

So, now it's onto the guard. This basic shape I have it in, is the foundation I use for a variety of different versions. I did some playing around wit...

What they said! That rust blue came out nice, what process do you use?

I think that is absolutely awesome Chad. I have yet to do a feather pattern (of any kind). That is a beautiful knife and wooden sheath. Top notch.

Well, I accidently put a scratch in the blade and had to hand sand it down again. Will have to do the etch thingy one more time. Today I finally put...

[quote name='Kevin J Stinson' date='29 May 2020 - 03:41 PM' timestamp='1590792063' post='26668'] may end up switching to 80crv2 or 52100 as I have ...