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This is what i use and i know a lot of other guys use too. The pin material files without too much issue so you dont need a big file. More mistakes can be made quicker with a...

I use fine and tiny. The file is about 1/4" wide. Some tape a protective piece around the pin. I just file with my finger against the file. With a little preasure towards my finger i dont slip....

I got one of those sets. Sure comes in handy.

Just watch for bent pins.
Compare both sides. Are they straight across from each other. Are both scales inline. Meaning one is not higher or set back. This is the first steps in checking for bent...

Thanks for the video. I didnt know what mole grips were. We call them vice grips. I use a drill chuck but whatever gets thr job done is what matters.

Just encase nobody has mensioned it, honing without scales can be done but its a lot harder. I will have done a bevel set on a blade then lightly kill the edge to make it a little safer while...

As you have figured out, Flush cutters cut flush! This is not what you want. Side cutters (or in the world I grew up in we called them Dykes and not the female type) cut with a little leftover. Not...

Too long and you take a chance in bending the pin. Peening takes a little time. Dont hurry it with a big hammer. Its only going to make things go bad.

That is a nice idea, Tom. Good one! And if you left the extra scale on top and taped it would help to guide the bit to keep it straight.

Pivot pin hole and wedge pin hole should be about the same distance from the ends of the scales. And I like to put them around 5/8" from the ends as a starting point. So you need to lay it out on a...