Great idea Kevin! DO you know if this will take place at other hammer ins? Brion

Welcome Jonathan. It is good to have you in the ABS and the forum. If you have questions just let us know. Brion

Chad 1084 is one of the easier steels to heat treat, but it prefers a full quench. I would do a full quench then temper at 400-425. Then I would draw ...

Welcome Bobby. We are glad to have you aboard. One thing, can you resize your photos? They are way over the 1000x1000 limit. Thank you in advance. W...

Joey, That would be from the front of the guard to the point. I believe. Brion

Brian you can get W1 round stock through fastenal, metal supermarkets, Grainger, etc. Similar to W2 but no vanadium. Brion

I am exhibiting at table 7P I have been there for 14 years Of course as far as objectives: To come home with less knives than I took would ...

Travis I have heard good things about the IMG machine. Like Joshua says the stencils are important. I have my stencils made by IMG and have for years....

Welcome Matthew. Nice looking work! We are glad to have another smith from down under. Do you happen to know Jackson Rumble? You have some great s...

Ed, Diane and I wish you the best in getting this tracked down and taken care of. We are thinking of you. Brion

Yes it is true. I will not go into all the details, but basically we lost our lease. So, since the school is through Texarkana College and the ABS, it...

Hello Michael. We have safety glasses, dust masks, and ear plugs. We also provide notepads. As Lin suggested a sketch pad can be useful. Bring an leat...

Hello Steven and welcome to the forum and the ABS. I applaud you using known steel. 1095 makes an excellent knife, however it can be temperamental in ...

David, personally when heat treating for a hamon, I only go to 120 before heat treat and that is belt finish. I just use satanite. I will leave the ed...

Nice looking blade Josh! The first bit of advice would be to resize your pictures a bit smaller if you could, less than 1000x1000 pixels. The othe...