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Those are interesting knives. I don't know if there are any other autos made in Mexico. A lot of sold in Mexico ones but not made there. The bolsters are aluminum on steel liners so they are pinned on. Most of the ones I have seen must have peeked when they were made because the blade can't fit any ...

You should just make your own blades. The only additional step you would have to do is grinding the blade. All that other stuff you did is harder than that part.

What are the other projects you mentioned?

Lol, that's awesome. And that bolsterless swivel bolster seems so obvious but I don't think I have ever seen it before. Did you come up with that?

It looks great. What is the next one going to be?

Happy Birthday!

I think that drawing in the Hubertus catalog is just mean the show the backspring o/c mechanic while the blade and the handle was just the artist trying to make it look fancy.

That is a legit Dalton. It is a weird model as it really isn't like any other Daltons.

Though, "Property of United States Militia" is kinda meaningless. It pretty much means "Owned by Owner".

Those screw on French autos are nothing but trouble.

big_slim wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:03 am That Ryan guy died a few years ago so nobody has to worry about him anymore, he was younger so definitely wasn't natural causes.

Dang...that guy died? Well...I guess that matter is settled. And I guess we have a pretty good idea of what he was buying with his petty thefts.

There is a guy named Ryan (can't remember last name) in Oklahoma who pops up on TB every year or two and rips someone off. He would switch his user name after getting called out. The last name I remember was RH but he also used names like HomerSimpson and MrMojo. They were generic internet names tha...

Lol, that is pretty cool. I left a message saying he should join the forum.

That looks great. But I am telling you: get a stamp. If the first few you make don't have your stamp on them it is going to drive you crazy later. And once the blade is treated it can't be stamped very well.

Wow, I never knew they came in 13". The only ones I have ever seen, which weren't many, were all 8".

Did they make the other sizes too?

Based on what I have seen. About 5-10% of JPLs have scales with no cracks (unless they are rescales, which yours is not).

That's awesome! Making a new part for a cheap DA OTF is about the hardest thing there can be to make.

This is how it starts to for most knife guys (though, usually it is something simple like a guard or a spring). Keep at it!