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First knife
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10/25/16 02:44 PM
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Re: First knife
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10/25/16 02:48 PM
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Last edited by DesertHunting; 10/25/16 02:49 PM. Reason: Doubled up on a picture
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Re: First knife
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10/25/16 05:27 PM
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Pretty good for a first. Just a friendly tip, You can mix some epoxy with some saw dust from the scales and fill in any and all of the little pin holes in the mesquite scales and then sand it back down after it's cured and you'll never know that they were there. Mesquite is notorious for having pin holes in it, even after stabilization.
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Re: First knife
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10/25/16 07:32 PM
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Very nice....
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Re: First knife
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10/26/16 12:29 AM
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Thanks for the tip Mike, I noticed those.
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Re: First knife
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10/28/16 04:55 PM
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Looks good! When I was a kid my uncle made a knife from a file. I've always thought that was really cool and have wanted to do that myself. One day, some day.
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Re: First knife
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10/29/16 01:11 AM
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Looks good. Just keep on getting better as we all try to do.
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Re: First knife
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10/31/16 09:33 PM
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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement everyone!
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Re: First knife
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11/04/16 01:07 PM
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How do you get the design in the top of the blade?
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Re: First knife
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11/06/16 07:42 PM
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love it, keep making them.
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Re: First knife
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11/07/16 01:13 AM
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How do you get the design in the top of the blade? By using hand files. On this pattern I used a round file and a triangle file.
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Re: First knife
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11/07/16 01:21 AM
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Looks good, now go make another one!
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11/07/16 10:51 AM
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