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2nd bolstser once that was done, i repeated the process for the 2nd bolster. once the holes were drilled in the 2nd bolter (bar stock), I put the 1st bolster on top of it, and put the pins through. I drew a line for cutting the bar stock. both bolsters on the knife. I outlined...

measuring the barstock for cutting off the 1st bolster. cutting with by hand with a hacksaw.

both pins are in the barstock and knife. top view.

so, I dropped a pin in the 1st drilled hole, to keep the hole lined up. and started drilling the 2nd hole. done.

drilling a hole in the bar stock so, I drilled a 5/32 hole in the bar stock. drilling done.

I thought I would go with a curved look in the bolster. I drew it out on the knife.

3/16 bolsters I'm using 3/16" barstock for my bolsters? Why? I don't know. I thought it sounded good at the time. My blade is 3/16 thick, so I figured thats what the bolsters should be. I'm using a 5/32 for pins. I decided to cut the pins to be 3/4 of an inch. I figured that would give me...

btw, how do I clean up the holes in the tang. Do I have to worry about that? Should I soak the blade in anything?

blade Ken touched the blade on his KMG for me, so that I had a clear spot to watch the color during tempering. this left a little low spot. I had to take it down a bit with the 220. blade with the low spot 15min later with some 220 and elbow greese. You will also notice the...

Post HT well, holidays are over with, and I got to play with my knife again. I decided to clean up the knife a bit. I wanted to remove some of the scale and whatnot from the knife after HT. I swiped the knife down with 220. tang shot the other side.

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement! They always help. I'm hoping to get back to the blade tomorrow. Anyone have any suggestions on sanding down the edge *without* a belt sander? Right now I'm just thinking of wrapping my files in sand paper.

would love to hear the reply. Are your edges hand ground, or milled? Thanks!

Learn something new every day. Thanks!

correct color? I'm kinda concerned. I would have expected the knife to be more golden (or straw) in color. It's more blue than I expected. Should I be concerned? Thoughts? Comments? Thanks!

tempering So, I finally got around to tempering the knife. I used a toaster oven I picked up off of craigstlist for $8. I tempered 2x. 2hr@375F. I let it air cool between each draw. here's what the knife looks like:

very nice job!

orange peel I do have one question for you pros out there. If you look real close at the knife, some areas have an orange-peel type surface. What is that? Here is a pic of what I'm talking about.

more closeup some more closeup shots of the post-heat treat kso. for those that may have never seen something like this (I hadn't till today). tang filework area an edge shot to show the blade is still straight

heat treating! yaaaa! I got the knife heat treated. Today was a special treat for me. I was invited over by Ken Coats place. He invited me over to do the heat treating. Let me say, this was a great vist. I was humbled by Ken's work, craftsmanship, and a friendly personality. He opened...

I was actually thinking of giving it to my mom. She loves to gun deer hunt, and she really doesn't have a skinning knife.