My press The above link is a picture of my press for those of you asking about it. It is about 40 inches tall (24" ruler leaning up against it)a...

To address some of Jason's questions The size of the press is determined by what you are going to put in it. I built my own press and it is a C ...

Gary A thicker tile may help. My tiles are 3/4" thick even with the TIG method. You can also weld your seams shut with the MIG then grind ...

Gary What is the method that you are using to hold the tiles together? Are you using flux or Kerosene? How thick are your tiles? I have t...

Steve those are cool -- a little much horsepower for what we will be doing though . I will be going over how I use an old cast iron sewing mach...

I use a 110 volt mig for much of my dry weld Damascus and Tig for tiles. The MIG is best with solid .023" wire, 75/25 co2/argon gas. Don't forget to...

Yes Jared, come to Kansas. I would be pleased to help you. If you cant make it, you could mail some of your knives to me for critique. While I ...

Steve That would be fine. I am planning on bringing mine as well. This is the type I use. It is a treadle type, but I just turn the flywheel by h...

Steve I will cover using a sewing machine to sew inlays. This is a real time save and makes for a higher quality sheath. Because inlays look ni...

This is a walk around of my forge. The forge is made of castable refractory which is a lot like cement. This design has a 6" inside measurement and ...

Just to so everyone is clear on what we are talking about, this is a copy of what is outlined in the flyer. Sunday will be all about helping atte...

This will be my first time at this event as well. I have demonstrated both silver wire inlay and leather sheaths at other hammer ins though. A...

This is always a great event. SOFA is a great host and the facilities are great as well. There is quite a diverse group of demonstrators as well whe...

David I only use 2 shoulders. I did try using 4 mnay years ago, but found it to be more work and did not have very good luck with it. The metho...

Wow -- it was only last fall when we were at 100,000. Brian