Yup, i'm up in Auckland, North Shore.

how do you do such a nice bevel on the blade!?

Belt grinder ..

Finally... finals are over, had some time to spare ...

Steel is W2, tempered to 58 HRC.

Laminated some denim w/epoxy, and went crazy with the belt grinder :D
added some brass like you said Jake :P

It's based on the template i drew, but i went with a more "traditional" handle style.

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That looks great Jake, handle looks really comfortable ...

I started on the hidden tang like you suggested .. it will be my first attempt.
Wish me luck

Simple pics would be awesome

But 64hrc with those grinding angles??

I like lean slicers :D however, i would of preferred 60-61 HRC

One thing i've noticed with this file steel - considerably harder to sharpen compared to other high carbon steel i've used (O1, Elmax, Calmax and AEBL) which have been generally HT to 59-60 HRC ...

Wow Jake! great knife ...
I've been viewing your work for quite some time now *lurking* and thought i would have ago myself using a old carbon steel file. (W2 i think it was?) with Norplex Micarta handles and 1/4" aluminium pins.

It has been heat treated and tempered to 64 HRC .. which is annoying ...

Great stuff JSR!

I actually brought one recently, i have the 'silenced' version with the extended barrel.

One downside is the trigger, it's a bloody heavy pull. I'm guessing the magazine rotation design is to blame ....

That thing looks super ghetto!!

.... well it is his first pnuematic ....

Nice first pnuematic, all those brass fittings must be heavy though?

Acetone would work.

Mathematic with algebra includes calculus. Which will lead to Level 3 calculus next year.

Mechanical engineering is useless for me.......
Had to drop stats and modeling on day one, due to the fact we were not allowed to have two mathematics this year. (academic dean could of told us an early heads ...

Thanks for that, i knew about the point system for entry.
But didn't relise how high the requirements were ...

The guaranteed admission score for the BE(Hons) in 2012 is 240

Seems like i will need to pass most of my internal/externals with Merit or Excellence to meet the point requirements.
I'm ...

school authorities and what I thought (and still think) to be unreasonable rules enforced by the school (we have compulsory uniform which is fine but other rules like having to be clean shaven all the time, not allowed to have hair deemed to be 'scruffy' or 'unorthodox', not allowed to wear t ...

I was playing with some homemade fireworks in the New Years,
Mate of mine made couple of mexican polumnas with reasonable amounts of flash powder (would of estimated around 7-8grams)
inside plastic bottles.

the report/shock waves from 20m+ was quite an experience compared to commercial pyrotechnics ...

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