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Good ideas. I will try the diamond stone tonight.

There are two springs. They are (at this point were) the same thickness. The smaller length blade is definitely thinner. It was not in good shape when I purchased. May have been cheap to begin with. I may just convert to a single blade. This is my first attempt - I have kind of taken the lets tear i...

I am new to this and learning by doing (and watching video). I have disassembled an old two blade. It was loose before I took it apart. I think I see why, the spring is about 0.6mm thicker than the blade. How would you "plane" that spring? I only have a hand held electric belt sanderr and ...

First, Thanks to all. Second, "the too nice to learn on" comment is what I was trying to get to. If it is just a dingy 10 year old knife worth $5, I was going to go for it. But since it has value (both monetary and respect (i.e. it is old enough to give some respect to)), I will find anoth...

All, I am new to the site. My long term goal is to learn how to rebuild/remake pocket knives. I want to buy junk knives at garage sales, pawn shops, etc. clean them up, fix them, put new handle materials on that I like etc. I have a knife that I picked up years ago. I was thinking of using it as a t...