Last seen: Jun 24, 2023
Matt, I plan on going to the Bill Moran School, but that will be some time next year. Steve Schwarzer is just about an hour and a half down t...
Thank you Brion and Ed for your advice. I guess my next question is about upgrading my forge. Right now, I have a Hell's Forge 2 burner, but was l...
Thank you Michael
Just getting started with bladesmithng, I think if you are using a forge and a hammer to create the pre-form/profile of the blade from tip to tang, th...
Thanks Michael, That is why I was looking at the Ameribrade, the Mastery Package comes with pretty much everything except a surface grinding at...
Thank you Michael, I have watched almost all of those over the last 2 years. I also liked this video series from Dunstan Forge:
Bob, Just from my perspective, it would depend on speed and ease for drawing the knife. For me, not knowing the feel of everything, I would want th...
Thank you Vic, I think I have decided to set the power hammer idea aside for now and maybe up the press to the Coal Ironworks 16 ton. As far as gri...
Thank you Ed, and thank you for your service as well. I wanted to start bladesmithing about 10 years ago; however, my ex-wife wasn't really su...
Thank you for the tip Michael. I am also really close to Steve Schwarzer. I would really like to spend a couple of days with him at the forge, and m...
What is everyone's opinion on the Ameriblade grinder?
Thank you for the comments and the links Michael. I have watched a lot of Kyle Royer's videos before I started, along with a lot of Jason Knight and...
That is really good Bob!