Good questions Lin. I am interested to see the responses. Lon, did not bounce it off the floor, but the zipper in the case ate the very end of the po...

Great post Derrick, thank you. I will echo one of your points, give yourself plenty of time. You are looking at every little thing on these knives, an...

Welcome to the forum John and congratulations on your JS. Yes when you are making those knives you are amazed at what you start seeing and how much y...

Very nice work Mathew. The perfect personal carry knife for a viking. I like it. Good job. Brion

Very true Derrick. Going through the process of making and submitting your knives is a serious decision and makes you focus on your work and skills. P...

Congratulations to all. Sam Lurquin won George Peck award and Aaron Wilburn won the B.R.Hughes award. Some nice knives. Brion

Welcome Jeremy, sorry Pitt. Good to have you here on the forum. If you have any questions be sure to ask. We will be glad to help. I see you are not t...

Thank you Kevin. That makes things clear. Brion

I have been watching this thread and have started replies, but like Mike, deleted them. It raises some good points and questions. Thank you Tom for st...

Boy Sam those knives are clean. Excellent work. I look forward to seeing them in person. Brion

Very good Dan. I look forward to seeing what we can use. Brion

Just want to add a thank you to everyone and thankfully we are safe. Moore is devastated with around 30 square miles destroyed. The tornado is probabl...

Wow, I have sanding belt pile envy. My pile of belts is nothing compared to that. Go Sam go. Brion

Robert the standard ratio is 3 or 4 parts water to one part ferric. For hamons you probably want to do a series of short etches, say 10 seconds, with ...

Basically Devan, a hamon is a demarcation line between the hardened martensitic area of the blade and the area above which is a mixture of martensite ...