Fit and Finish

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1. Salt Water Etching Tutorial

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   By C.Anderson, August 19, 2010
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   • JohnCenter
   • January 21

2. An excellent video on hand filing.

   By JJ Simon, April 16, 2018
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   • steven smith
   • April 19, 2018

3. How I solder bolsters to a tapered tang

   By Brian Dougherty, September 17, 2017
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   • Joshua States
   • October 16, 2017

4. Precision Tang Fits

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   By Dave Stephens, November 7, 2010
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   • Garry Keown
   • May 31, 2017

5. Simple Engraving for Knifemakers

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   By tsterling, August 19, 2012
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   • Florian F Fortner
   • May 24, 2017

6. Consistency in the finish grind. Photo heavy.

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   By JJ Simon, March 28, 2016
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   • Tom Rudd
   • December 2, 2016

7. First Habaki

   By nprovos, September 25, 2009
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   • Al Massey
   • June 26, 2015

8. Silver inlay into steel

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   By Alan Longmire, November 8, 2008
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   • Dion
   • May 30, 2014

9. All Cracked Up..or How to Tart Up a Siya For the Ham Handed Maker

   By JPH, March 2, 2014
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   • harry_r
   • March 3, 2014

10. Leather Grip on Swords

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    By peter johnsson, October 1, 2009
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    • James Spurgeon
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11. Polishing (image intensive)

    By Marius A Bacher, March 3, 2011
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    • Alan Longmire
    • April 11, 2012

12. First Japanese Sword

    By C.Anderson, February 4, 2009
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    • John Page
    • November 20, 2011

13. saya problem

    By jake cleland, June 24, 2008
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    • C.Anderson
    • September 3, 2010

14. TSUKA-MAKI (the art of wrapping the tsuka)

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    By SITH 1, January 27, 2006
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    • tengew
    • March 5, 2010

15. Solder for Habaki

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    By Burchtree, February 15, 2007
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    • Brian Madigan
    • August 3, 2009

16. doing a fancy pipe hawk handle my way

    By Alan Longmire, March 3, 2008
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    • Ben Potter
    • August 18, 2008

17. Just a thought on Japanese burnishing...

    By Al Massey, 16 hours ago
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    • Emiliano Carrillo
    • 44 minutes ago

18. This is why I'm always recommending files to people

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    By Alan Longmire, August 23, 2018
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    • Matthew Stone
    • Friday at 04:53 PM

19. Question regarding a forged finish with a stonewash

    By Shane Savage, February 12
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    • SteveShimanek
    • Thursday at 07:47 PM

20. Glue in file work

    By Gerhard Gerber, February 4
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    • steven smith
    • February 5

21. Working with Micarta / Phenolic and tool suggestions

    By JohnCenter, January 28
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • February 4

22. BLO and Turpentine soak?

    By JohnCenter, January 14
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    • Garry Keown
    • January 18

23. Gorilla glue versus epoxy

    By dickbrom, December 18, 2018   

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    • Forest Xavier
    • January 16

24. Source of free stainless pins

    By Tim Frost, December 26, 2018
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • January 2

25. Handle broach.

    By Jeremy Blohm, December 24, 2018
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • December 24, 2018