That's one way to do it, gotta be careful if the spacer is too thick though and the angle of your pieces are not perpendicular to the tang (the pins won't line up).

@@DonNguyenKnives sure, you have to measure everything perfectly 👌

Hope it helps

I'm not sure what you mean by slot over wa

Yeah I could've done a better job going into more detail on that. Basically every drilling operation I talk about, I chase the holes with a reamer to make them more accurate and round. For a 3/32" pin, I drill slightly undersized and then ream with a 0.0940" reamer.

Not much at all, but you can go as far as you want. I maybe take off like 0.010" with some 1200 grit paper by hand.

Damn yeah I have no idea. I would hope Paragon would send some more useful help

Hey Jeff, I usually use stainless pin stock from McMaster Carr. You can buy them in longer lengths and then cut them down to size

@@DonNguyenKnives Thanks Don. Going to Blade Show ATL by any chance?

@@jeffreyryals1861 Unfortunately not this year, just too many things going on all at once!

Hahaha yeah I need to get back there to restock a bunch of random stuff. I would say grooves in the pins are redundant. For me they're more for keeping things in line rather than holding everything together. Prepping the components and gluing the handle to the tang properly is what will keep the strength over time.

Which one? There are a couple of different locations Grant? Or First ave?

@@timjackson5555 I usually go to the Grant one for my misc stuff

Don Nguyen Knives that's the only one I've been in. Bought my new shop and see one off of first ave and another jewelry around the corner.