I would venture to say that the reason you don't see more checkering is because of the skill involved and the fact that you are working on a finished ...

Look good so far Lin--and I am enjoying it Thanks for taking the time to share this with us Brian

Those are beautiful Lin. I have a great appreciation for the looks of these knives, but an even greater appreciation for the imagination that went in...

Well, with this event approaching fast, I wanted to give a little heads up of what I will be showing. For the Damascus demo, we will be in the ...

That is really neat Lin. I appreciate your creativity and look forward to the new and interesting things that you come up with next. Brian

I feel that it is mostly engineered. basically what we are talking about is the light reflection coming off the blade. If you take a plain carbon st...

I would like to see a topic on hammer ins. What topics do atendees want to see. Of the normal topics, what do you like and what would you like to se...

Do you have any larger sizes? You could forge them down to the size you need. I forge all of my 416 from larger sizes. Just a suggestion B...

I will be demonstrating mosaic damascus. The method I will show will start with a normal stack of steel and not a can. I do things to the steel to d...

Wesley I live about an hour and a half West of Peoria. If you taper your tangs and taper you slot slightly and anneal your 416 stainless, ...

Wesley Where in IL are you located. I would suggest that you continue to use SS. 416 is a good choice and anneal it. You can get a press fit w...

Like Bob, I use Castable refractory. It is heavy but it is durable. Brian

Thank you Dan! Thank you Sally! Your generous donation of your time and skills to better the ABS is much appreciated -- you are quit...

David The maul head should work and be hard enough after all, we dont wear out our hammers every time we use them. The one thing to consider her...

To add to what has already been said ... The knife for Blade show I would consider not using brass on. It is a numbers game. There are still plenty ...