Welcome Ray. Good to have you in the ABS and on the forum. Good looking knife, by the way. Any questions you have we will try our best to answer. If y...

I like the idea of a handle shaping demo, maybe also handle design. The sword demo would be great also. I remember Don Fogg use to do katana demos, th...

Another possibility. Keith what did you use to clean the blade before etching? Those could be shiny areas where there were oil spots. I use dawn dishw...

Welcome Ryan. As Dan said ask any questions and we will try our best to answer them. This forum is a great resource for us. Enjoy. Brion

You are welcome Chris. The reducing heat while forging is basically designed to limit stress and grain growth in the steel. Start at 1800 to 1900 for ...

Hello Evan. On most of my bowies there is a distal taper from the plunge to the point, unless there is a reason for not doing it, like a chopping knif...

Hello Chris. As Justin says, the colors do not mean much as any oil or other substance on the blade can cause different colors. The step of putting t...

Joshua, I etch my blades. I have used a stamp, but I seem to get a cleaner mark with the etch. I also had a bad experience with a stamp and a damascus...

Andrew, it is great to see you here. Very nice bowie. Love the hamon activity and with water and no clay. Very impressive. Welcome. Brion

Evan, welcome to the forum and the ABS. Your enthusiasm is great, I look forward to seeing your work. Let us know what we can do to help. Brion

Welcome Justin. Good to have you aboard. There is a lot of great information here and in the membership. Just post any questions and we will try our b...

I forgot to add. Pictures would be great. Brion

Great tutorial Steve, and Dan, Thank you for posting them. I sure wish this had been around when I did my dagger. This will save people a lot of heada...

Hello Chris and welcome. Sounds like you are hooked. You will find a great deal of information here and a lot of help. Good to have you here. Having B...