Welcome Don. Glad to have you in the ABS and the forum. Let us know what questions you have. Brion

Very nice and very clean John. Going to be a real happy customer. Great detail work. Good stuff! Brion

Really nice! Thank you Kevin and thank you Dan for editing and posting this. Very cool knife, I love persian styles anyhow. Just great. Brion

Good stuff Ed. Those will be a big help to the members. A lot of information packed in there. Thank you. Brion

Hello Garrett. Welcome to the ABS and the forum. I look forward to seeing your work and meeting you in person. Brion

I saw that Dan. A big thank you to Steve. Brion

Fantastic Nate. Thank you and congratulations. Your service and theirs is greatly appreciated. Brion

Hello Mel. One book I have found to be a real wealth of information on all sorts of historical pieces is "The Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arm...

Welcome Brad. There is a lot of information here on the forum and on the website. If you have any questions, post them up. Good to have you on board. ...

Thanks Lin. I have a similar piece coming up with small half pennies. Definitely forge at high heat and anneal. Learned that from experience. Interest...

Sorry to hear about this. Another knifemaker passing away. 2014 has not been kind to the knifemaking community. I never met Rade, but heard many good ...

Thank you Steve, and a Happy New Year. This is a topic I am very interested in. Hopefully I can learn what I need to make videos, being the technologi...

Truly sad news. Jim was always fun to be around and willing to help out in any way at the Heartland Hammer In. My condolences go out to his family and...

Great Ed and thank you. Mine are done the same way. I guess I am a technological caveman. I have a good digital camera, but have not ventured into vid...

Here are my two at the moment. Number one is a standard drop point with a five inch blade and mesquite burl handle. Good user. Steel is 1084. ...