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    I would have to say northmount took the words right out of my mouth. You have to dry the leather because the moisture cools the tip too fast making it harder to control. You will have to turn it up causing a quick burn then nothing that is why you are getting the bumpiness, and inconsistency.  And I also found out you get a lot of residue when it is wet. Your hand is heating up because your turning the heat up to compensate for the moisture. Like was said the hotter the tool the hotter your hands. I clean my tips on a coarse cloth like a jean material, and if they get too gunked up I use a very fine emery cloth to polish them.

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    On ‎11‎/‎7‎/‎2016 at 2:58 PM, Colt W Knight said:

    I have the large and small barrel Craftool Pro swivel knives. Both of mine swivel freely, and have no play in the bearings.

    Thanks for the reply. I guess I just got a defective one. It's a good thing it doesn't effect the performance I really like the yoke.

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    On ‎11‎/‎7‎/‎2016 at 2:20 PM, electrathon said:

    Compared to the basic Tandy knife the pro one is awesome, but it does not meet the quality of a Barry King (or other makers ) quality.  They do work, just far from the best.  The blades are pretty bad, really recommend buying a better one.  Barry does make one that fits Tandy knives, you will be amazed at the amount of better once you change.  Both sharper and the big deal is it will stay sharper longer.

    Thanks for the advice. I will look into getting one of those blades from Barry. Even though I found the knife to be way superior to the cheap one I did notice that it took almost as much stropping as the cheaper knife just to keep it from dragging. It looks like I should have went with the Barry King the prices were about the same.

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    On ‎11‎/‎7‎/‎2016 at 11:02 AM, Rlbuckers15 said:

    I have one,  I like the knife itself. However I did not like the blade that came with it or the angle on the blade,. Too steep. I ended up buying a leather wranglers sky and havnt put it down since.

    I have sense used it, and I personally like the angle of the knife, but thin I like to do a lot of intricate cuts and haven't ben doing this long enough to get more used to the straighter blades. I really like the Leather Wranglers SK, but thought they were a bit too pricy. However now I see they came out with a brass version that is very reasonably priced for the quality at around $90.00 it will most likely be my next swivel knife purchase.

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    1 hour ago, ccw505 said:

    Well, it definitely depends on the wood used. I decided on cherry because I wanted to make something nice. However, even with the premium wood I probably have only $25-30 in materials. With pine or doug fir you could likely get that down to the $10 range.

    Thanks for the info definitly cheaper than I thought. I'm going to have to get started on it (no excuse now).

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