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I made a knife with Purple Heart today
#14438856 01/06/20
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$9.51 delivered for stainless steel blade a brass bolster..
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GEI9IG/

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I drilled out the pin holes from 0.096" to 0.250 inches.
I am out of brass pins, but I have some brass screws left over from my father working on his boat in the 1960s. The screw shanks are close to 0.250"

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I found out that Purple Heart is hard to sand.


Last edited by Clarkm; 01/06/20. Reason: purple heart, not purple heat
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Re: I made a knife with Purple Heart today
Clarkm #14444249 01/07/20
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And it doesn’t stay purple very long either....

You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

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