Cal, I generally like my guards to be wider than the spacer on bowies, such as on a bowie with a standard bowie oval guard. There are exceptions, like...

Hello Zack. Basically 15N20 is 1075 with a small percentage of nickel, say 2%. I heat treat it just like 1084. In damascus the 1084-15N20 mix will giv...

Amen to that Bill. I am glad to hear he is in good spirits and recovering. Definitely keep safe in the shops. Brion

Lon, thank you for letting us know. Horrible thing to happen, definitely keep us informed and thank you for the paypal link. We will keep him in our t...

Hello Chris and welcome. Good to have you here. Like Lin said, check out the videos on the ABS website and the search feature on the forum is a real h...

I am with you Kevin. Daggers are fun. Guess some kind of weird here too. Besides they look so great when they are done. Brion Zack, do a lot of re...

Another brief note. The daggers on Kevins website are some of my favorites. The man knows daggers. Brion

Hello Zack. Concentrating on a dagger I see. It is good you are doing research on them. There are numerous designs of quillons, so yes the very forwar...

Great news. The smiths in Europe have a great opportunity. Thank you Joe. Brion

Cal, good to see you here and welcome. There is a wealth of information on this forum. Let us know how we can help. Brion

Robert, looks like you had the Jim and Tim class. Good bend. Brion

Steve, contrary to other opinions, I do not see the need for multiple quenches with 5160 or 1084. If the normalizing was done correctly the grain shou...

Very nice Robert. And they say you cannot get a hamon in 5160. Ha! Jim Crowell would love it. Good job. Brion

Steve, I use a gas forge, but it is very controllable, and I am very familiar with it. That being said, I do normalizing right after forging. Heat to ...

Yes, Zach. No more cutting competitions at ABS events. Too much liability involved. Brion