A couple of knife making questions
I've gotten the idea in my head to make a couple of slipjoint folding knives. I'm planning on starting with 3/32" O1 steel for the blades and springs, however I've never worked with stock that thin before. When profiling the blade, at what thickness should I stop before heat treating? Also, in some of the patterns that I've seen, there's a relief cut for the tang of the blade so that the liners won't leave visible scratches on the tang. Given that I'm working with hand tools, doing an exact relief will be hard to do. Could I not just install some thrust washers on the inside of the liners kind of like we do with razor scales?