
Gary I say go for it. From my understanding W1 is like W2 with less vanadium. Think of it as clean 1095. Most of the carbon range I have seen is aroun...
That is really nice Stuart. The guard and spacer work really set the blade off. Great work. Brion
Stuart, welcome aboard. Great to have you in the ABS and on the forum. Any questions you have, just post them and we will do our best to answer. Wel...
Very nice John. Really nice hamon, the secondary hamon above the main is called utsuri, and a nice example of it. Love the texturing on the handle and...
As Bill said Dickie was always willing to help. He was one of my two masters for my JS performance test. If I had a question I could give him a call a...
This will be a really good weekend covering a lot of subjects. I would say a not miss hammer in. I will be covering hamons, specifically the polishing...
Thank you Dan. Very unexpected and sad news. Dickie was a good guy and I have good memories from shows and hammer ins. He will be missed. My sympathie...
Yes that is the place to get it. Definitely talk to Carla and she will get you taken care of. Brion
Thanks Mike, yep that would be me. Looking forward to it. See you tomorrow. Us Okies got to stick together. Brion
I really like that Gary. Has a great sheffield look to it. Way to go Brion
Thank you George. Jim is a grinding machine. Brion
Hello Ricky and welcome. There are a good number of really fine smiths in Arkansas. Good location. I look forward to meeting you. Are you going to mak...
Thank you all for the ideas. This is what we were looking for. Keep them coming. Brion
Thank you for the updates Scott and George. Yes, Jim does make it look easy. He was my instructor along with Bert Gaston a long time ago. I have learn...