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I would appreciate any tips from the pros out there for good filing techniques. Especially on how to keep the file straight, from edge to spine. I want a nice bevel. Thanks!

Filing 1st edge well, started filing. wow, this is going to take a while. 3/16 is a lot of metal to remove. Here are some pics from filing. Had to quit for the night. Won't be able to work on it again until tomorrow. Straight Filing the edge. I wanted to break it down to the pre-HT...

plunge cut well, started working on the plunge cut. I happened to have a flaring tool that I picked up from a pawn shop. I used that as a guide. I used a chainsaw file for my plunge cuts. I started on them. I started on the left side of the knife first. I sorta screwed up, as I dropped...

edge lines so, in prepping for filing tonight, I scribed the edge line. I used a red sharpie (what I had available) to color the edge. I took an undersized drill bit (by 1/32), and ran it along the knife edge. I then flipped the knife over, and ran it against the edge again. This...

Thanks! I wasn't able to work on it yesterday, but hopefully should be able to get some filing done tonight.

nice knife! Nice sheath! Did you make the sheath? if not, where did you get it from?

Me too!! :-)

2 different views. 2 more views of holding the knife for perspective.

Filing Done drilling for now. Time to do some filing. I've got the knife clamped in a vise. Using a b4stard file, I start on the spine of the tang. I first start filing using a "straight filing" technique. However, I switched to draw filing. I never did that before. I've just always...

Drill press 2 I was a little rushed. Another mistake I made. Yesterday, I should have taken my time, and laid out all the holes where I wanted to drill, and then punched them. Instead, I had to just eye ball them, and punch them in the shop here. I don't like how sloppy everything ended up...

Drill Press So, today I went to use my buddy's drill press. The drill press hasn't been used in ages. It doesn't work. Don't know what was wrong with it. Oh well. I had planned on going over there, taking my time, doing my layout stuff, etc.. didn't work out. So I left there, and...

Thanks for the encouragement. It will all be by hand (no grinder). I'm looking forward to learning, and tips from the pros along the way.

btw, when I'm drilling the outline, I'm also planning on drilling the bolster pin holes and 3/16" Mosaic pin hole. For bolster pins I'm using 5/32" brass stock (I'm going to make Brass Bolsters). What size drill bit should I use? What size drill bit should I use for the 3/16" mosic pin...

Cut the Pattern So, I cut the pattern a part, and drew the outline of the knife on the steel. Next step will be to drill around the outline. Probably 3/8". Then, take a hacksaw and "connect-the-dots" of the drill holes. The problem is that I currently don't have a drill press. A...

Pattern Layout So, I got the steel in. 18" of O1 from Jantz. It had a nice oil film on it. I cleaned it off with some elcheapo laquer thinner. Then, started to put the pattern on it using a sharpie fine point marker.

well, after I did my first kit knife, I thought I would bite the bullet and try to build a knife completely from scratch. I realized a lot of you guys have been doing it for years. I thought I would post this for the newbies like me, the experts out there can point out better ways of doing...

very nice. Please keep us updated with more photos.

great idea! Thanks!

Stan: I don't quite follow what you mean by indexing them. Can you be a bit more specific? Thanks!

the pins are pretty close. I learned a number of things. a)take your time, think ahead b)always, always make sure you have some wood between your knife and the vise jaws. c)don't use a claw hammer with teeth on it to pien the pins d)don't assume that "oh, I'll just sand a little more to...