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The website is right here https://www.steveearleproducts.com/

Scroll down past all the other goodies and hold on to your wallet with both hands while you do it, lest you end up with a Wesson Long range, or a Wesson mid-range, or a Fraser action. They are the best ever made...

Then, finally, if you have a few dollars left, click on Assorted Things.

Just a Word of Caution. German gun unlikely to be CKRD at 28 L.P.INCH!! more likely 0,9mm.If you had a large enough pattern you may run into an issue re-cutting at 28 lpi.

I have recently purchased Dem Bart cutters from www.kvwoodcarvingsupplies.com. Once you place your order Mary will give you call for the payment info. She is great to talk to BTW. She said she had a large stock (as of January 2024) of cutters but she was unsure if she would be able to get more once these ran out. She is in Canada and i had no problems withe shipping them down to NC.

I am new to checkering so take it for what its worth, the dembart cutters do not seem to last very long. They seem to dull very quickly. I have some NOS i had ordered from ebay and some new stock i got from Mary. The older stock seem to last longer but i have not sat down and tried to do a hardness test between the NOS and new.


Ullman precision and Steve Earle make some nice cutters as well. With the gunline cutters being the same cost as Steve Earle ad Ullman, i think i would go with the latter rather than gunline.

Is there any way to sharpen those cutters?

Dem Bart are ok ,but they in no way compare to Ullman or Steve Earles products ,take it from someone who makes a living doing this ,do yourself a favor and buy from the guys I mentioned

I highly recommend the carbide Ullman single-line cutters and Joel Schafer's book.

OK, I guess it's time I joined this conversation. Steve Earle and I are very good friends and a few years back I asked Steve if he could make checkering tips, I was having a difficult time getting Gunline tips at the time. The current Brownells cutters were not good at all! He looked at the Gunline cutters and said "sure" and started making cutters for me and the trade. He also asked about the Brownells handles so I gave him one of my Full-view handles to copy. He made some much needed changes to the basic handle and started to make them also.

I also like Michael's product and use his carbide tipped tools also. I do use Steve's spacers and single line cutters exclusively because they are great and he is a very, very good friend. Just a thought on Dembart tools and tips, I haven't used one in over fifty years and I have a collection of them that people have given me. I should just sell them because I ain't gonna use them!!! I see people asking about Dembart tools and where to get them, my thought is WHY!?

Some of you are probably wondering why I don't use and electric tool, well I had one and just didn't like it. I'm reasonably fast doing my work by hand and it keeps me busy.  

I am in the process of liquidating an friend's estate which has quite a few checkering tools and cutters. Most of it is new and includes a Dembart Master set and at least 2 full view handles. When I get it all sorted out, I'll put them in the classifieds or you can contact me now to speed things along.
Thanks
Phil

BrentD, thanks for the link. I will probably buy some of his cutters. I guess the reason that many people have an interest in Dem Bart is because the cutters are cheap. I had heard that gunline was not that good so I never bothered trying them. Like I said I started buying Dem Bart in the early70's and cost was very important then since I was in HS. Cost now is not so much a determining factor as longevity and quality. I've got enough good info from you guys to formulate a clear path forward. Thanks to all!
Hugh L, the German gun I am working on came without a stock. I measured the fore end checkering and with these old eyes of mine came out to 28 LPI. I figured it would be metric and it may be a couple a thousands either way but I will not be recutting any of the old checkering. The gun now has a Bastogne walnut stock and will soon have
a new fore end. The old fore end has some cracks and missing wood so the new one will be shaped the same but a little beefier where needed.

This was emailed to me a couple days ago, and I was asked to pass it on to Tanky here.


Dan Wildhaber <runninforthebarn@gmail.com>
Sat, Apr 6, 9:33 AM (2 days ago)

to me

Hi Stan
I read on the forum but I'm not a registered member.
I live in Washington State and a number of years ago while in Snohomish I tried to find Dem-bart.
Where my GPS said the address was, there was a small residential lot that didn't have a house number. If memory serves me correctly there was a small building, of some sort, on the property.
(It's been a while)
I believe this business was started a generation or two ago and the business is basically offshore and the current owner or family member doesn't have much interest.
Can't remember how I came to that conclusion but I put some effort into trying to contact them as a user of their tools but didn't have any success.

I'm messaging you because Tanky's profile doesn't have an email address.
Hope this information might be helpful to you guys.
Best regards
Dan Wildhaber