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I am no flipper expert but I like the look of this. The edges look flat and true from the pics. John

Don, That sounds like a good idea. Getting us kc guys together should be a good time. John

Welcome to the forums. That knife turned out really well. I like the shape and handle. You did a great job. I'm from the KC area as well. John

Here is one of my favorites that I have taken of the second knife I made. I just love the amboyna burl.

I just uploaded a quick video of the knife to show the walk and talk and a little cutting test. It cut fine in the video but not perfect. I looked at it under my working microscope and could see some flat spot that needed thinned to a sharp edge. It was much better the second time around...

I feel the same way exactly. I feel the same way at Justin does and couldn't say it any better.

Hey Chris. I will be there at Steve's in Jan. John

Thank you all for the kind words. Can't wait to finish another one soon. John

Write this is truly awesome. Love the wrapped handle. Someday I will have to learn how to do that. Beautiful blade as well.

Hey Chris this is John. Glad you joined the forums. You have some great knives, and I especially like your friction folders. It was nice talking knives with you after the event in Topeka. John

It is a great feeling indeed.

Thank you for the kind words. You are correct about the arcing scratches on the blade. Since I still don't have access to a mill I am unable to relieve the liners. Hoping to save money for a small grizzly mill I'm the next couple of months. John

Knife number six slip joint folder with AEB-L steel (Photo Over Load) With Video Now Hello fellow knife dogs. I just completed knife number six two nights ago and was able to take a bunch of pictures yesterday that I would like to post. I am very proud of this knife as I think it is by far the...

I just finished my first slip joint folder tonight with the aeb-l spring and blade from my post above. I am very happy now with the walk and talk of the spring from this knife, after heat treating it again and tempering at 1000 degrees, and can hardly believe that I actually made it. Very proud...

I wanted to post an update and a thank you to all of you who helped me out with this issue. Wow what a difference using the correct solder and flux makes. I ended up finding a specialized hobby shop in town where people build and customize RC cars. They had Stay Brite solder and flux. First time...

Thank you Peter.

Another heat treating related question. Been trying to search for this answer and not sure I've found the right one. Late last night I was tempering another spring at 1000 deg for 2 hours my Paragon oven/furnace. But I fell asleep and woke up about six hours later and quickly went to remove it...

Thank you Ed. I will try for two and test as best as I can. Thank you LRB.

What do you all do for tempering your springs. It seems to be the norm to always do two tempering cycles for blades, which I currently do. However for a spring in a slip joint, or lock back folder I am only doing one cycle for two hours. I tried it twice this week for the first time on some...

Thank you all for your help with this, and the links. I read the wip. This afternoon I cleaned up the pieces and gave two of them one more try, heating them up very, very slowly. Keeping them above the flame and out of the direct flame. Still wouldn't stick and tin the pieces. I had to give...