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If you have a standing belt sander or a grinder you could shorten both the screw and nut to fit, taking a little at a time. It needs to be a finer grit (120 max) either way and you will have to debur once you have shortened so the threads will not be messed up. That way you can order a little long a...

Hi Tarheelpwr, I have NOT DONE what you are looking to do, however I have seen it done. you will want to do a fastener that sometimes goes by the name of a Chicago screw, which is a screw and nut that have similar heads on them. You will probably want to countersink the heads so they do not stick in...

Thanks Chad. I appreciate your offer.
I will touch base soon.

Xplorer,
very nice as always.
Seeing your work is what inspired me to try my hand at it.
Its funny you posted up that knife as I was just contemplating doing a piece
of Shokwood with a blend in a curve similar to what you did there.

Hmmm, may have to think of something new now. Ha, ha.

Okay, So I finally got everything together materialwise for my wifes knife. Let me know what you think. I have been sitting on this Damascus blade for a while and it is sharp. Some of the details on this one Brass 4 point Compass inlaid pin. metal spacers, I wanted to pick up on the colors in the Sh...

Thanks guys I enjoy it, usually moreso when my garage is not 110 degrees.

Thanks Woodpuppy, Like I said this one is the guinney pig so having it come out in the end was a pleasant experience. I have to say I was inspired by other members on here like 91bravo and Newtons amongst many others, there are some extraordinary blades on here. I will post a couple more pictures of...

Cameron I love the blue hue to yours.

I am kind of cross pollinating here. This is my latest Mule team that I did. The Patina was a lot of experimenting and honestly at one point I was ready to pitch it. But I kept experimenting until I got something I liked. I started with Grapefruit cut into tiny squares. When that was too light, I tr...

So the latest knife is a bit of a diversion from the others. This one uses no Shokwood but embraces a tough laminate material, known as Dymalux. The color I chose is Coffee. In another twist I chose to experiment with this blade and do a Patina on it. I am still using the PMA11 steel which is a carb...

Thanks Jon

Thanks Meat Man, These Mules are addictive. And I have lots of people that like the finished product so they just keep coming. I have at least 2 more in the near future that I will be doing. The first one is a Patina'd blade with Laminate scale to it, and then the wifes Which should be really sharp ...

Here is the latest knife. A friend called me last week and asked if I could do a knife for his dad's birthday. I said sure and asked when it was. He told me and it worked out to 2 days later. I kind of laughed and said I could do it but we would be late for his birthday. So I put in some OT so to sp...

So I have done a couple more knives since my last visit and have at least 3 more to do in the near future. Here are some of the newly completed pair along with a couple pics with the first one. I started carrying my Mule and a few people have asked how much to make one. I shot them a number and they...

Thanks guys, I should have another one to share in a couple weeks. My wife threatened to steal this one before it was even shaped. SOOOO I bought a Damascus Mule Team blade for her off of Ebay and have some more Shokwood coming in "Shamrock Luck" color (Emerald Green) which if anything the...

So now for the final product. I am thinking of calling it Planet MT. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l260/terrymc_01/AIRGUNS/knives/20180324_122744_zpsh3zbyqdz.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l260/terrymc_01/AIRGUNS/knives/20180324_122823_zpsbavuljxc.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l26...

Well after a few days of glueing, First the G10 to the Shokwood, then drilling the scales for pins, and yesterday gluing the scales on. Today I got to start the shaping process. I told myself I would not get in a hurry but once I started I could not quit until it was done today. http://i98.photobuck...

I received the Shokwood today along with the other supplies.
Here is a rough layout of the scales.

So I am a new member here. I just bought my first Mule Team. I just received an MT26 with A11. I love the fact that Spyderco has provided so many excellent steels for this knife. So not only is this my first MT it is also the first knife I am doing a handle for. So in my personal fashion I am going ...