It's a wood glue that is cut with water. It does a pretty good job of penetrating all the pores in the antler.
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It's a wood glue that is cut with water. It does a pretty good job of penetrating all the pores in the antler.
Yep. 3500 psi with a 26 inch vacuum.
Getting ready to cut them up and stabilize them. Hmmmm - smoked salmon huh?
Here's a thread on how I put it on. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?16373-Putting-A-Makers-Mark-On-A-Knife&highlight=electro-chemical
Yes. I was almost sorry that I decided on the double pins at one end. Drilling the four holes took about 30 minutes (as opposed to two minutes in annealed steel). I dulled two 1/8" carbide bits.
Most of the local knife makers that have been making knives for a while use a lot of D2.
I'd like to tell you that it was painstakingly hand tooled, but it's actually a roller. The stitching marker I was using was 6 holes per inch (Tandy has 5, 6, or 7). I wanted to pick up a 5 hole...
Just finished this one up. I did not heat treat this blade. I made sure I cooled the steel after every pass so that it would not heat up and change the properties of the existing treatment. I...