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Start heading towards using decorative screws and just recess the heads. [quote name='Joshua States' date='14 November 2013 - 12:15 AM' timestam...
This sort of sounds like the brush Kevin described, and is what I use. Super aggressive. Has not seemed to deteriorate in any way in the two years...
That video should be very helpful to many people. Up to the point of shaping the handle, I go through virtually the exact same steps. (Now I don't...
That's how I keep it clean - I don't have a wife! [quote name='Joshua States' date='03 November 2013 - 11:35 PM' timestamp='1383543358' p...
My point is that it was already hard. It's a file. It's obvious that it will harden. You might perform that process with a piece of UNKNOWN steel th...
West system is what I use on everything. It cleans up with alcohol. Too easy. I drill one side of the material from the inside out. Epoxy the tw...
I ask because I question why you heated a fully hard file in the first place. If it was brand new, it was harder than any knife blade you will make ...
Devan, what was the condition of the file before you heated it?
Joshua, can you elaborate a bit on your process with the graphite spray? It's something I have considered for a number of years now, but never got a...
Robert, I will put temporary pins in the lateral pin holes to shape and completely finish the handle. This is done while everything is attached and co...
I can see no reason for the first drop of epoxy or things like JB Weld, etc., until the knife is completely done. And then use an epoxy like West Sy...
I typed in "Hot Bluing" on YouTube and it was the first video that came up. Also make sure to use the "...s'E'n" in Andersen. Not 'o'. [quot...
That's a good enough reason to use it, right there. [quote name='devan mills' date='18 October 2013 - 06:11 PM' timestamp='1382141466' pos...
And this is an interpretation of the iconic Elmer Keith knife. But the hot bluing attributes should be quite observable here: