kasaino

#1 Ok, personally, I would do a hidden tang with a couple of rivets through it. I know that you want the handle to follow the back of the blade, but a two inch tang makes that slightly impractical seeing how you plan on using the knife. If the tang were longer, and wider I would say slap some scales on the sides and go full tang. But that doesnt seem to be the case. None the less that is a beauty of a knife!

#2 you should HT first, then re polish, then sharpen. Diamond is just fine for sharpening.

#2 1/2 If that blade is made of O1 steel, I would quench it in old motor oil. before Vegi. oil, I have used motor oil plenty of times and like the outcome, just make sure you set up the blade with magnets so you can tell when it has reached non magnetic temps (magnets fall off), then get ready to quench.

#2 3/4 the temper... once again depends on the steel... O1 somewhere around 325 degrees for an hour two times. should work fine. Use an old toaster oven, or oven.

The knife looks really good, nice job! Hope this helped a bit.

bad accents

lol! I mean umm that was not kind ....YABA DABA DOO!!!!

Like Clark Kent! he could LEAP tall buildings, and PACK a powerful punch!

going to the BAR

Our hero was very sad, as people READ the news paper about the sack wearing weirdo, they decided he was a HACK!

Welcome, we'll be looking forward to your posts!

So I think you should be ok, as long as the leaf you make is or can primarily be for adults, not only kids. just my 2 cents.

The next thread says,(Glenn, I dont mean to violate any rules by copy and pasting, if i have please erase this and the previous post sorry and thank you), What is a children's product?
A children’s product is one designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger. Toys, clothes, furniture, books, jewelry, blankets, games, CDs/DVDs, strollers, and footwear may all be considered children’s products.

In determining whether a consumer product is “intended primarily” for a child 12 years of age or younger, the following factors will be considered:

A statement by the manufacturer about the intended use of the product, including a label on the product, if such statement is reasonable.

Whether the product is represented in its packaging, display, promotion or advertising as appropriate for use by children 12 years of age or younger.

Whether the product is commonly recognized by consumers as being intended for use by a child 12 years of age or younger.

The Age Determination Guidelines (pdf) issued by Commission staff.
If a product is intended for adults or for general use by consumers of all ages, then it is not intended primarily for children. Products marketed and priced in a manner that would not make them appropriate for use by a child would also not be intended primarily for children. An example would be an expensive telescope -- because it is sold for general use by all ages, it is not a children’s product even though it can be used by a child on occasion.

The am i affected section on the second thread says, the law covers all manufacturers and importers -- large and small, domestic and foreign. All businesses, including handmade toy and apparel makers, crafters, those making charitable donations, and other small business must take appropriate steps to be sure that their products conform to all aspects of the law and safety standards, including the new lead content and phthalates limits (more on phthalates) and mandatory toy standards

Yeah no joke, I have family on the east coast... one more reason to go on vacation! lol

I really want to, but my forge is under-going construction. luckily the due date is a few months away, I plan on donating a couple! I'M IN!

.....if there is a real version.

Nifty, I would want to mess around with the real version of it.

Until now the number of times i have seen the word zerk was ZERO, leave it to a JACK of all trades to enlighten me!

Cool, well what ever you decide to do, there is plenty of info. on this site!
welcome aboard

sky diving

sweet deal! I love those quick fixer-upers so are you using that blower now?

Thats really cool!

Ok, so slightly heavy. no prob.
it's sad to hear that there is a toll, worse that it's risen.

Congratulations! (for your new baby) Nice knife! I bet you were happy to get another finished, Im shocked though, most new babies i remember have the wonderful habit of screaming at 3:00 am... not much time for sleeping.

do you want us to make them a bit larger than regular? cause the natural size of them may still become trophies for vandals. I dont mean insane larger then life leaves, I just mean a bit thicker etc. (?)

paint roller

"So there we sat till the wee hours of the morning, Mom, Mother, Katie and I swapping dirty joke after dirty joke.)"

Those are some of the best times, dirty jokes with the family! especially the grand parents! cause you never can tell how many jokes they have until they get going! I have been up till the sun came up with my great grandma (who would kill me for calling her grandma, much less great grandma) telling jokes and funny stories until we were crying, balling, weeping, stomach pain beyond belief!
good times, good times.

The same turk who used to lurk at a PARK picking BARK?

that is intresting. I may have to try and make some..