Actually Lin, I believe I have seen something very similar in my Japanese sword books. I belive it goes "the sword reflects the swordmakers spirit or ...

I will start off Steve. Great topic as I use these on just about every knife. My main go to pieces are cratex wheels and points in assorted grits. I a...

Welcome Josh. Any questions you have we will try our best to answer. Good to have you here. Brion

Great idea there Gary! I am curious to see if there is a difference in look. I know grinding in gets a different look from pressed in. Brion

Yes basic Lin. Basically great! Nice clean knife. Brion

Thank you Anthony for attending and you are welcome. We are glad to do it. It was a very good weekend. Nice weather, good attendees, and a lot of fun....

Here is the knife being given away to hammer in attendees this coming weekend. Steel is 1084 with a hand rubbed finish, 416 stainless for the guard, a...

Mike, I don't know if I will ever be socially ept, but I will keep trying. Mike has very good points guys, pretty smart man and knows what he is talki...

Everyone has sonewhat different methods Anthony. My normal sequence is forge the knife, then normalize, first thermal cycle bring the blade to 1600 de...

Looking forward to seeing you Anthony and Scott. I hope the weather stays nice. Brion

Welcome John and thank you. You have a great instructor just west of you in Steve. Plus the ICCE show in September is a great place to meet other mak...

Welcome Anthony. It is good to have you here on the forum and in the ABS. You will have a great instructor for your Intro class. Brion