I will be doing some work on the theme soon. I have noticed a few circumstances where various elements don't display correctly on larger monitors.

If you have any input on how the site looks, please share here. I know it's a little bland-and-tan But it reflects my favorite scale color.

The cheapest will always be what you have! I have seen knives made from those $4 machetes  you get at Harbor Freight (You can get two knives out of one easily.) I have some cheap, flat pry-bars that are earmarked for knife making.

If you are just starting out I would go with what you can find cheap that looks like it will work. After some practice you will have some knives on your belt and some experience under it Then get some O2 tool steel or some AUS 8A.

Bladforums has some decent threads about knife making with nothing but hand tools. There are some videos on youtube showing start-to-finish with just hand tools.

Let us know what you make!

Nice! What did you have to do to convert it?

Any treatment to the walnut? I'm digging the color.

I love the look of that shuffle. I have only seen pics over the last fee days and was thinking about getting one myself. What do you love about it?

Well for one, for the money(mine at least) it's very well made. The lock up on it is fairly early for sub 20 dollars, the ergonomics are great, blade characteristics(edge retention, sharpen-ability) are pretty good for the price, plus you get a milled back spacer, and I don't even notice it's clipped in my pocket until I need... or want to play with it lol
Also, mine is a dark blue handle with stonewashed blade, clip, and back spacer and I think it looks great. The blue does with the stonewash very well.
I'll post a better picture of it when I get home from work.

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I love the look of that shuffle. I have only seen pics over the last fee days and was thinking about getting one myself. What do you love about it?