All, Not to be an alarmist but mastodon and other fossilized ivory will be suspect without documentation. There is a species test that involves ...

Welcome Jeb, Let me share that I started out making knives using the stock removal method. That was 1978. By 1981 I was forging everything and I...

Steve, I am looking forward to the Heartland and the demos of others. I am particularly excited to do a demo on making wood lined sheaths. Back i...

All, I am just wondering if this is a hold over from attempting to weld steels that did weld easily to each other after the first weld. To clari...

Just to add to the mix. I run my forge at 5lbs for everything and as Steve describes I control the balance of forced air to propane in a two jet forge...

Great post, Mike. I only met you briefly at the Blade Show in Atlanta but I was left with a strong impression of someone who is a teacher, mentor, an...

Gentleman, Congrats on your promotions to JS and MS. As one of the judges for the MS I was very pleased with what I saw. You all have talent. ...

Wes, It would be hard to tell the difference between 1080 AISI and 1084 AISI. As Brion indicated 1084 might have an increase in the depth of har...

I probably depart from the rest of you in that I use diamond impregnated 'stones'. I start off with a 600 grit (approximate) 2 x 8 inch diamond plate...

Kelly, Welcome to the forum. I spent my first 11 years as a bladesmith in Montana. I lived mostly in Billing but I also lived a few years in Mi...

I will throw my two cents in here. Most of my bladesmithing life was in something close to a double car garage. Then about 10 years ago I moved way o...

see the attached picture of Grendel. Dan P. Attached files

Jerry, I want to underscore a point made early in that you initially indicated that you tempered the 5160 blade at 400 F. That is just too hot f...

I want to echo Brian's comment about the limit I have is my forge opening not the press. My press weighs just under 4,000 lbs and it was custom made ...

It seems the original question has been side stepped and maybe talked around. All of the posts were thoughtful and respectful. Thanks. So, the ques...