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My Zombie gun has been sitting around gathering dust for quite awhile. Might be time for a good cleaning.

My only fear is that I would enter the BWCA following my compass, only to keep ending up back at the parking lot.

That's good to know if I ever make the trip up north. I would have assumed an auto knife was a no no, but I wouldn't have guessed there would be a problem with a thumb stud equipped folder. Not a problem anyway as I always bring the Ripster's older brother camping. I guess he's sort of a half...

I'm 61, and I have been hearing "the sky is falling" all my life. I quit listening years ago. The list of possible catastrophes is extensive and many are real dangers. Just think, if the giant asteroid landed on the giant Yellowstone volcano that would be twice as bad. EMP attacks wiping out the...

Grand Canyon? Never mind, that's in February.

I have never tried it Jim. People have asked me if I would make them a fillet knife in the past and I have politely declined. It seemed to me that grinding something that thin would be a pain in the butt. I figured they could buy a better fillet knife than I could make them one.

Is the party barge done yet?

Steve this one was made out of some precision ground 440C because that's what I had laying around. I use D2 hardened to 60 RC on my sheath knives and have used 440C hardened to 58 RC on folders in the past. My choice back then hinged on the thought that a folder might be subject to more...

In the last picture I had finished cutting holes and slots in the blanks. Next, having scribed some lines I rough sawed the pieces out on a band saw. I didn't take a picture of sawing this project so I'll have to cheat and use a picture of me sawing the knife that Memaquay won a few years back...

Thanks Christine, your comment means allot to me. Ever since the "kit knife" I have strived to come up with my own designs so they don't appear to be "copied". Of course I have influences that combine depending on the knife that make up my style.

After giving it allot of thought, about 15 years worth to be exact, I settled on specifics for the mechanism. It would have a coil spring as apposed to a leaf spring, and it would be opened and unlocked (to close) with the same button. In the process of making it I discovered that I would have...

My project for this winter was to take my model three folder and redesign it to be an automatic knife. Automatic knife is gentlemen's code for Switchblade, as automatic knife doesn't seem to raise eyebrows. I designed my Model Three folder in 2004 and I still have the first one. It has been my...

Due to interest shown in my knife project, I am starting a separate thread in DIY so I don't clutter this thread up.

I had posted some pics of a knife project in the What's Happening In Your Shop This Winter thread. Doug, in a PM, has encouraged me to do a build thread of this project. First I'll share a little background on my hobby. In 1989 while visiting my older sister in Denver Colorado, I spent a few...

Just finished your report of wintering on Colville Lake. Thank's for taking the time and effort to share with us.

The release button locks the blade open and closed. So I would call it a button lock I guess. When I get the next one far enough along I'll post some pics of a similar one with internal pieces in place. It will make better sense than me explaining it. The scales are jigged cow bone.

No apology needed Brad. I didn't take offense to your post.

Hey Brad, Wasn't trying to "shoot the messenger" just poke at the knife laws a little. Just saying I find it odd that deadliness would be determined by the opening method. I myself am guilty of liking gadgets. A knife that opens by pushing a button falls into that category. I use one at work and...

Brad, I think a length limit for concealed carry makes much more sense than the mechanics of opening a pocket knife. I mean really, what difference crime wise does it make if a knife opens one second faster, or with one hand instead of two. IMO switch blade laws are hysterical emotional BS. That...

In the winter of 2015-2016 I did a knife build that Robin raffled off for a fund raiser. Along the way we had poles to pick handle wood, blade finish, bolster material, and to name it. It ended up being named The Ripster. Memaquay was the winner. For those who were not members yet here is the...