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Hengelo_77 said:
Did you use a knurling wheel on those liners? How do you do that?
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I use the knurling wheel to lay out the spacing of the cuts. I just put a drill bit through the knurling wheel hole and drive it back and forth across the liners until a mark appears. Then I cut on the marks with a jewelry saw. I did all three liners at the same time so the cuts line up nicely. I have some pictures on a different knife here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmDZMHhrVl_/

I like using the knurling wheel and a saw because you can put coining on convex surfaces (like on the gunstock pattern), which I imagine would be hard to do with checkering files.
 
Finished an other Sami style puukko.
I realy like this micarta, it is not stacked but 3 layers rolled into eachother. Plus I had some smaller pieces of rag micarta that make for some interesting spacers. It has a rombic tip but full thickness and rounded spine. Bronce guard, stainless blade.

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Elmax again, cocobolo handle, stainless hardware. This time it's a rat tail construction with a blind stainless nut at the butt. The colors are all over the place in these pictures, I can't seem to get it consistent - sorry about that. It actually looks more dull in real life.
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Richard338 said:
Wow, you're going to get PMs about those nail nicks.
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Secret to making a good thumb nail mark, is hot punching, or also called stamping, you should do it while the blade is at least glowing red using a punch, then just grind in your bevels and crisp lines will appear, the advantages in doing it this way is, it eliminates grinding one using a stone wheel on a rotary tool that doesn't always deliver consistency and you do not have to have some expensive milling machining to achieve excellent results, punches can be easily be made out of any carbon steel wood chisel quickly on a sander and heat treated and tempered to a recommended punch recipe ~ crescent shape pulls and long pulls can be easily achieved ~ ⚒️
 
I finished these twin Tantos a couple of days ago. NitroV and Ironwood with Turquoise G10. A short at 9 3/4" and a medium at 11". Funny I've never made one I called long. There's some fancy filework on the spines and the sheaths say Peace from Strength in Kanji.22-38 3a.jpg22-38 4.jpg22-39 3.jpg22-39 4.jpg
 
Finally got this one finished. 8.25" edge of 80CRV2 with hybrid dyed maple with aluminite scales. White G10 liners. This one replaces my bought everyday knife in the kitchen. It is a slicer. My first fully forged with forging in bevels instead of just to shape. its slightly off center, but overall pretty happy with it.
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