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The Benchmark seems to be AWOL. I will keep looking for it. In the meantime drool over a Gough Custom knife ($300). http://goughcustom.com/

I heated the beeswax in a double boiler and applied it with a dauber. Then I used a heat gun to make the leather absorb the excess wax. I will locate the knife and take a few pics. My new liner is still open on the blade side - I was more concerned with point punctures. I had a small piece...

No Title I am devastated. Apparently I am sooo far removed from the hipster fashion scene that I was unaware of the Urban Lumberjack look until reading about it on this forum. Maybe this will be the next "look"

Glenn, I too bought a Benchmade. I was a bit disappointed with the seemingly flimsy sheath, so I toughened it with melted beeswax and made a more more durable liner out of HDPE. Outside of a few non-scientific tests I have little in-the-woods time with this blade. Batoning and...

My saw history is thus: 1. Sven Saw. Good basic saw, but with the limitations already noted. My 1968 model had developed a sideways curve to the backbone, so I switched to 2. Sawvivor. Fine saw. No parts to lose like the Sven (OK - technically one could lose the blade). I have the...

CW assures me that the two piece sets have fewer vices, including less tenancy to alter the overall shape of the hull.

I'm sorry Holmes. The slider didn't work well enough and then I discovered that sliding my butt on a stationary seat worked well enough. So the sliding mech became just another version that ended up in the spare parts bin. Jim

Well Brother McCrea, I might be able to make a donation of a Holy Hand Grenade to your shop if I could enlist your services when I re-rail my Magic this spring. Jim

No Title I had Ed's Canoe make me a contoured seat frame with cross-arms at 16" centers instead of 8". My goal was to not need a seat pad for my less-than-skinny posterior. I originally fabricated a sliding setup, but soon discovered that I could just slide my butt fore and aft for trim...

I will be replacing the ash gunwales on my Black Gold Magic this spring. The original wood suffered "end cap rot" due to many days living on top of my car, and now I have to store my boats under wrap outdoors so I an leaning toward aluminum stock. Yes, yes I know that ash is warmer and classier...

Have you seen this vid from Gough Custom Knives? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LXpgSzKyQ Jim