Sawing the Blade
A bi-metal 24 tpi bandsaw blade is used to cut the rough profile of the blade

Leaving Excess Stock
Here, you can see that excess material remains where the stop pin will engage the blade in the open and closed positions. The lock notch is also left alone.

Surface Grinding
The blade is flattened, smoothed, and brought to the proper thickness on a surface grinder. About .0003 of an inch is taken off at each pass.

Measuring the Blade's Thickness
A precision micrometer is used to verify the blade thickness throughout surface grinding. This blade is now at the proper thickness

Rough Profiling the Blade
All the sawcut edges are ground smooth using the belt grinder with the platen attached and squared

Layout of the Holes in the Blade
The Micarta® template is used again to mark the location of the pivot and thumb stud holes. The locations arer center-punched

Fitting the Blade
After drilling and reaming, the blade's profile is carefully ground to fit the handle.

Checking the Open Position
Here, the blade has been profiled to the proper open position

Checking the Closed Position The blade has been fit correctly in the closed position, as well

Making Washers
Nylatron® washers are punched out of strip stock using a polyurethane pad, arch punches, and a centering guide

Checking the Blade's Center
The folder is assembled, and centering of the blade between the scales is checked.

Fitting the Thumb Stud
The thumb stud is installed in the blade and the folder is opened and closed to make sure the thumbstud doesn't hit. Here, a little more material needs to be removed from the handle profile in the closed position

Correcting the Handle Profile
The handle profile is modified with a 220 grit belt and frequently checked with the blade and thumbstud for proper clearance.

Checkering the Blade Ramp
While the knife is apart, grooves are cut into the blade's thumb ramp with a checkering file

Flattening the Lock Side Scale
The pivot is removed, the frame is assembled with spacers, and the outside face of the lock side scale is ground flat

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