Grand Torino

Looks like fun. :up:

Welcome aboard. :up:

G10 or micarta......something tough for a tough knife.

Congratulations....and welcome to the South. :up:

Nice...and great shootin' by the way. :up:  Looks like you have a winner.

I kinda like that guy.

Well said....

A chainsaw? Really? How big is your bag?

You just ain't whistling Dixie.

Yup....can't happen fast enough.

Congratulations. :up:

Gun and knife Gun and knife forums is also the closest I'll ever get to social media. I just don't have time for all that other stuff.

Lot's of good info here men...thanks to all. :up:

The hell you say.....

I like it.

It's 1095.....1095 is much easier to achieve a hamon with than O1.....at least I'm told. I still have a lot to learn about all that. As far as the RC hardness....I'm thinking somewhere between 60-64.  I need to get a set of hardness files to be sure.  As far as the process I followed this knifemaker's lead.  And never be embarrassed to post your work.  We have a good support group here. :)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98SwyhJz7JM

I like the lines of that  :up: Nice work.

Nice,,,congratulations. :up:

It could have been yours.

I'm not sure. I was just drawing things out on a piece of paper one day and ended up with this and thought I'd make one. I guess "camp knife" bridges the gap between many different shapes/sizes of blades.

Welcome aboard. :up:

Maybe you missed this one.

So I have this Springfield 1911 A1 that's in pristine condition I acquired in trade for a couple of knives and was thinking of adding an ambi-safety since I'm a lefty. Yes I can operate it without it but it would be easier with one.   Anyway.....while researching I read that they are prone to failure since most have a weak link between both sides. Is that true? Additionally I see that some people have had the safety slip from safe to ready when holstering or removing it? Can anyone explain that?   Is this true with guns that come from the factory equipped with this option? I am finding it hard to believe that this is a major flaw in a gun that's been around forever. Am I wrong?   Then I see that Wilson Combat makes one they call "Bullet Proof". At $160 or whatever is this one really the best and all the others are crap? By buying one of these does it eliminate all the said problems of the rest?   Help an old man out if you can and give me some advise based on fact if you can. Thanks.

This is your back to basics camp knife made from 5/32" 1095 carbon steel. It has spalted tamerind scales with SS pins and lanyard hole and file work on the spine. The blade is 5" long and the OAL is about 10 1/4". And yes...that's a hamon you see on the blade. This is an experimental piece on my part. I much to learn about heat treating and hamon's but am very happy with this first attempt. It will be used by me as a test blade so it will see quite a bit of use.

That's pretty funny right there.