You can color the epoxy to more or less match your scales to help hide it. But the best way is always going to be to fix it by making the tang flat o...

A couple of other things to keep in mind are the attachments that are available and variable speed. As you grow in learning you will most likely want...

Excellent idea that seems to be well thought out and reasonable! This could get the ABS a lot of exposure that could generate even more interest ...

I used 20 Mule Team for a long time and never had a problem except for the mess. The past half dozen billets made I started using kerosene and there ...

Hi Travis, I will take the hammer. I sent you a PM.

Majority. I think there were 7 judges when I went thru.

I forged very little taper in my performance knife. The idea being that I wanted the bend to be across the length of the blade and it seems that any ...

Welcome! Nice to have another member from NC!

Hi Nick I wrote an article for our newsletter on a pouch sheath. If you want to check it out go to ncknifeguild.com / Newsletters and read Summer 201...

I use a work rest and slow the belt speed way down and use a J flex 220 with the end slightly wrapped around the edge of the platen. It takes a littl...

I used 5160. I forged 2 blades from the same bar and other than for forging all normalizing and heat treating were done at the same time and temps. ...

The North Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild is having a meeting on April 28th at Montgomery Community College. Google will give you our website and o...

Lighting is also a very important thing to have in your shop. Good lighting around your grinder will help get your blade back on the grinder at the s...

When doing a stock removal knife and I want to taper the tang I will scribe two lines at the end of the tang the width of the tang I want to leave. T...

All of mine were 1084. Once finished there really isn't a good way to know without being told what the steel is. I would recommend you use what you ...