My name is Teddy and I am a knife addict. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//smile.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> I have made some knives forty years ago by adding furniture to 'store bought' blades. I switched to making fine jewelry and operated my own retail studio for 28 years. I closed my studio at the end of June,2012 and decided to finally author knives by making the blades also. This last year, I have sold/traded excess equipment for a nice grinder, steel, and a lot of supplies to get started. I took a class in knife making by stock removal, but it was not productive so I have been reading everything I could and trying to learn how to grind properly.

And then I went to the ABS Hammer In Troy Ohio this past week-end. I learned SOOO much in those 3 days that my feeble brain is still trying to process it all. I now see forging in my future. I have a ton of questions, but I don't know enough to know what to ask. You can be sure I will be asking a lot of questions.

Thanks for having me and look forward to contributing as much as I can to the forum. ...Teddy Finesman