Excellent! Thank you Ed. Looking forward to working with you. Brion

Hello Cornelius. It is great to have you in the ABS and on the forum. If we can help let us know. And Christophe, I think it is a Tim thing, or maybe ...

I like that Gary. Nice work! The guard handle treatment reminds me of a hanger or short sword handle. Works really well. Thumbs up. Brion

Johnathan, welcome to the ABS and the forum. I look forward to seeing your work. Brion

Great numbers Dan. A very valuable resource for bladesmiths. Thank you for getting it all up and going. Brion

Hello Evan. Like a lot of makers I use a number of suppliers. For 416 I generally use Jantz Supply and Aldo Bruno ( New Jersey Steel Baron). Bronze I...

Welcome Jeb. You will enjoy the hammer in. Let us know if you have any questions and we will do our best to answer them. Brion

I heard about John's passing this evening and am still in shock. John was a very good friend and will be greatly missed. Always willing to help and al...

Hello James. Pretty much as George states. The steel needs to be orange to bright orange for the point forging and other forging. It just takes practi...

Hello Nicholas and welcome. Great to have you here. I look forward to seeing your work and you sharing your blacksmithing knowledge. Brion

Joshua, the processes should work just fine for W1. W2 has more vanadium, but the carbon contents and other alloying elements like manganese are very ...

Thank you Harvey and Bill. I look forward to it. Like Lin I will work up something special for the show. Brion

Thanks Bill. I guess the next question is how do we get tables? And how much are the tables? Thank you for the information. Brion