My favorite of last year

I look forward to seeing the progress Joshua!

Good evening Kale, you can attach a file directly when you make a post, it is below the text box that you type in. There is a 1mb limit on this forum...

Kale, I purchased this W2 from New Jersey Steel Baron. I am in PA so the shipping to me is about a day or two, which is great. Also I discovered if ...

So the results of my first effort outside of test pieces, I intended the hamon to have "fingers" down towards the edge: Also my first time...

Hi Brion, thank you for the response. I am using W2. Unfortunately the first one I quenched (parks 50) cracked at a sharp corner between the blade a...

Well I have completed the knife and it will be heading to NC tomorrow. I am overall happy with it but I would love to get some constructive critiques...

Makes sense Karl, thank you. A bit more progress on my hunter, The handle is okay, I think the fit is pretty good but I am not overly happy wit...

Thank you Karl, the only filing I ended up needing to do was the radii for the tang. I made a safety edge file from a small square file I had that di...

Hand sanding complete, I think the edge may be a bit on the thick side before sharpening, it is about .035-.040" thick. I am hoping that is going to ...

Well done, Congratulations!

Thermal cycling, profiling and grinding complete. Next step is heat treatment. I will certainly have to get the forged shape closer to what I want n...