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Excellent! I am glad that the thread will be of value. I will extend you the same offer as I did to Trent. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Yup, that heel is the most vulnerable spot while using the big belt sander. An edge guard is a great idea! Thanks Joe!

It is a much different project than doing a wa, but with the attention to detail that you reflect in your handles, I am sure you will pull it off, Trent! Feel free to reach out if you have questions or get stuck.

Just make sure there is enough room left for her car, and maybe you can stay out of hot water.

Thank you for suggesting that I take WIP pics and allowing me to post them for the group! Glad it went nice and easy, and came out so cleanly!

Almost ready to glue everything up! Before blending the epoxy, I always dry fit everything together. Once you know it fits, and will tighten you are ready to go. I use an epozy with a slow setting time, Fast drying epoxies don't give you the time necessary to get all the glue applied and get...

I just finished installing snakewood handle scales on a Misono dragon. Before I started @chiffonodd asked me to take pictures of the process along the way, as he was curious what was entailed. I figured there were probably others on the forum who might be interested in seeing it as well. This...

Really beautiful work with the finger stones. You made the cladding line pop!

+1 on the food safe silicone. It is clear (mostly), flexible and easy to use. And most importantly, it is food safe

There are a number of great tutorial threads on here, which fully explains a step by step process. Between here and YouTube you can really get a pretty good idea how to get started. It has always been my experience that just about anyone on here is willing to spend some DM time helping new...

Even though the tang bend seems to be a common condition (I think one of our US pharmacuetical companies has developed a treatment for that) Toyama makes a marvelous knife. Despite being stout in the spine, his grind allows a user to ghost through even some dense veg. Because I have had mine...

I have done 2 Toyama handles, both tangs had a bend in them. This is definitely a thing!

"We can make him better than he was....better, stronger....faster" (you have to be my age to remember that television reference)

A young 59 (at the beginning of a shift). An old creaky 59 (after the shift is over)

I was just gonna chime in on this thread and you beat e to it @Heckel7302! I am really pleased with the Eagles draft. For both Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean to fall to a spot where the Birds to grab them was a wild good fortune. The guard they got in the 5th out of Michigan looks like an...