Kevin, Many apprentice smiths get caught up in using different steels. My best advise that I can give you is to use a forgiving steel like 1084 ...

We're all glad to have you back. All my best!

When asked by the public about the show I normally tell them that it has both good & bad for the knife business. I just hope that most viewers and be...

[quote name='Mike Williams' date='29 June 2019 - 05:53 PM' timestamp='1561852418' post='24882'] My suggestion would be to test the knives in their u...

[quote name='Aaron Rosenthal' date='17 April 2019 - 10:21 AM' timestamp='1555518101' post='24522'] Thank you so much! Acraglas it is! ...

Jerrin, Keep in mind that forge welding is mostly heat control and that a press welds from the inside out while a hammer welds from the outside i...

Let me add my thanks to both men for taking on a thankless job. Well done!

Jason, I've attempted this but once with many of the same difficulties that Lin mentioned. Something that you may want to consider would be rath...

I have also used an Evenheat for many years. If I had it to do over again I would get a Paragon. The Evenheat is just a little flimsy where the Para...

I'm having trouble posting images but here's a link to one that I think turned out nicely:

Here's another example of the same technique on another billet that I just started: br />

Ethan, W2 is notorious for doing this. If fact I spent quite a bit of time trying to get W2 blades H/T'ed without a hamon and was unsuccessful. ...

Thanks, gentlemen. I'm glad you like it.