My do-all knife.Hand made Nepalese. Claims to be made from truck leaf springs. Spine is 8mm thick.I had one similar to that that. It was  a Khukr...

This basic design is an upgrade after several experiments and can do basically anything one can wish it to do, except for chopping wood ;). It is a li...

That's a very cool design Ds J. The finger gap beind the choil especially makes it usable as a precisely controllable cutting tool. The closer yo...

hopefully in a few years, I can source a 9mm revolver.  8)  8)  8) Revolvers are for bitter old farts. Don't do that to yourself.

If I didn't know better I'd be worried that you were taking up stamp collecting.

On the airrifle forum was a guy making knives. He made a vacuum chamber that he placed the resin impregnated canvas in. The idea is to draw the entrap...

What do you use to vacuum all the air out?I squeezed it and the excess resin out with a jury rigged press/form made of formica covered chipboard cover...

Re the question on handle material, I'm a fan of micarta type scales for their impermeability, durability and grippiness. I made an experimental ...

Looks good, one thing.Works good another thing.2nd knife I like, first knife will work well, but not as sexy  ;D Damn straight. The first one is ...

I am all in favour of a longer, slender blade with general design of a clip point bowie. Blade length: somewhere between 5 to 7 inches.  While be...

This is my 'one fixed blade knife'. I got it an unfinished state without a sheath. I believe it's forged from a roller bearing and it h...

Another possibility:- General knife discussions - Folding knives- Fixed blade knivesI think that would more than cover it.

Loving being along for the journey on your boy's development. He's learning and doing stuff that is of lifelong value and will differentiate...

I've loaded with Musgrave S200 branded powder in the square tins from the early 80's that was within shot to shot velocity variation of the ...