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knapperboy:
Hello everyone!  I hope you are all doing well, nice heat spell in my area so I've been getting lots done! One thing I've been thinking about is different notcher designs. What is the best design you've tried?

Tower:
Hammer a steel nail flat then file a point on it.  It works great for me

Outbackbob48:
I took a7018 welding rod and nocked the flux off from it then flatten to screw driver point. I use this for narrow entry punch notching  ??? works for me. Bob

knapperboy:
Outbackbob48 I definitely like the welding rod idea because I can make my standard flaker style with it. Do you think brazing rod would work better because you won't have to knock off the flux?

Tower I really like your points  ;D I've tried nails a couple of time but I can't get them to stay in my handles! Have any solutions for this? I use elm for my handles because it grows locally and it doesn't split as bad as many other woods I've tried.

Right now I just make a standard copper flaker and file the tip into a fine point, but it takes a lot of maintenance and It is usually insufficient for thin notches.... and I like to be extreme  >:D

Outbackbob48:
Knapperboy, never tried brazing rod but flux comes off really easy just tap it with a hammer on anvil and flakes off then beat rod as thin as ya can, I'll see if I can find a picture of mine. I also file a notch on one edge to hook on notch platform, not sure it is needed anymore but helped when I first started punch notching. Bob

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