Great to have you back Houston! Brion

Excellent work everyone. Good group. Eduardo Berardo won the Joe Keeslar award for best JS presentation knife and Scott McGhee won the B.R.Hughes awar...

Sounds like 2 inchitis. Bob nailed it. It occurs from uneven pressure with your grinding, usually when cleaning up plunges. The trick is to go slow a...

Hello everyone. Well the Mastersmith folder finally made it. I had hoped to have it done much earlier but family comes first anyway here it is. It is ...

Hello Pablo and welcome. We look forward to seeing your work. I will check out your facebook page. Brion

Good stuff there Kevin. Nice hamon work and the two swords are great. The messer makes me want to go chop something. Really nice work. Brion

Welcome Kevin. It is good to have you in the ABS and on the forum. A lot of information is available here and post any other questions you have. I loo...

Great look John and super clean! I look forward to seeing it at Blade. I will see you at the CKCA banquet I guess. Brion

Usually on wood Matthew, I go to 2000 grit and then use a white scotch brite pad which is around 4000 grit. Then I go to paste wax and a buff with a c...

I will be there Jo, at 7P. Stop by and I will be glad to. Brion

Welcome Tim. Good to see you here. It was nice meeting you at the hammer in. Brion

Steve you and your family have our sympathies and condolences. You lost a good man. Brion

Actually Ed I have not had any real problems with 1095. I get nice hamons with it. However, the 1095 I use comes from one source and I have seen the ...

Personally Jo, I would prefer a selection of handle material, not all the same. It shows your versatility as has been said. As far as bluing goes, it ...

Jo, as far as thickness goes, most blades seem to be around .225 or so, except chefs style knives. Probably because most of our forging stock runs 1/4...