Hey guys! I decided that I have sat on the side lines long enough. Put me in Coach! Time to double down and start improving. I don't want to stall out. Gotta keep growing! I have been blacksmithing, strictly hobby fashion, for about 9-10 years total, but only bladesmithing for about 3. I am a former Marine, Former Professional chef, and your new resident goofball~! I sort of isolated myself so far in this craft, I am looking at expanding. I learned a lot hiding in the shadows and reading this forum as well as being a member at bladsmithsforums. Outside of this I had zero input in the form of in person instructional. I am interested in learning more about the 2 week(?) intro class by a master smith. Is this a Set class located somewhere, or can virtually and MS offer the class at any time? I met Jason Knight while I was visiting Kyle Gahagan's shop recently, he (they)convinced me to join the ABS.

Due to my background I personally like making kitchen knives the most however I am starting to dabble in more of the hunter realm. I vehemently want to make beaters users that will stand the test of time, not JUST something good to look at. Here are my last 2 involved pieces i finished earlier this month, and the knife im currently working on, still needs marking and some finishing touches before it gets mailed out. Some how blade smithing has become more of a 75% job in the last several months... and i love every minute of it! Shop improvements are coming and I think they will help dramatically. Attempting to sign up for Blade, to be determined if ill make it in.

Anyway, i have tons of questions we shall start with just the one.