On Apr 16, 10:36 am, "Leon" wrote:
And while I have you attention, can you recommend an affordable and good
brand or type of HS drill bit for drilling in mild steel, etc.

See if this works - it may not work due to the wrap:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...ght=drill+bits

or

http://tinyurl.com/ceffq3

Pretty good discussion there about drill bits and their use by the
knife making community. Some of those guys drill a billion holes with
their bits.
Quite an assortment of folks with an opinion on bits, all the way from
the casual builder to the registered bladesmith.

Robert