Hello Landon. Yes it is acceptable, peened pins are stronger, but with the right preparation, ground flush works. Make sure to rough up the pin surfac...

Hello Shawn. I will tell you what I do. On the alignment pins, they do usually go all the way through the spacer set and into the handle material. As ...

Thank you everyone. We should have a good picture before long. Brion

Evan, you are very welcome. It was good meeting you and your father. I could not agree more about the show and level of craftsmanship exhibited. Some ...

Welcome Dwayne. Good to see you here and in the ABS. Just let us know if you have questions. Welcome again. Brion

Welcome Landon. It is good to have you here on the forum and in the ABS. I look forward to seeing your work and if you have any questions just post th...

So here we are at the final chapter of this WIP. Previously we saw the finished blade and guard pieces, so now it is on the the finishing of the guard...

Thank you all for the encouragement. Tomorrow will be a full day and we should have a finished knife by the end. Phil I am not sure what you mean by i...

The saga continues and I am running short on time. The blade is polished and looking good. There is ashi below the hamon and utsuri or ghost hamon abo...

Hello Zack. Personally I would jump on it for that price. Peter Wright is a great anvil, I have two of them. a 107 and a 121. My main anvil is a 305, ...

I hope that the information from Dan will be of help Johnathan. There are two really good instructors for that class in Jim Crowell and Tim Potier. Ji...

Robert, that looks like a bluing tank to me. Karl can fill us in. I use a bluing tank that came from Brownells. The dimensions are 6"x6"x48" and it ho...

This show is becoming the show to go to, for makers and collectors. This is due to the people like David, Chuck, Lin, Steve Wilson, Jerry Petty, Kerry...

Evan, either of those will work fine. Like Brian, I use a bernzomatic I purchased at Home Depot a number of years ago. Apparently that model is no lon...

Here is an update on the persian. I have ground the swedge on both sides. Very carefully and slowly on the grinder, running a slow speed. ...