Very nice, James. I'm looking forward to seeing them up close. As always, this'll be a great show. Gary

Jesse, Since no one has jumped in here I'll give it a shot. As a general rule, a little rust on the billet layers isn't going to hurt much. I...

There is now a thread on the bladeforums to establish a relief fund for the restoration of tools for Russ: br /> Gary

Kevin, I would like to hear how much of the knife was pre-designed and how much of it did you design "on the fly". I have a tendency to star...

Tucker, A technique that Brian Thie showed us while at The Heartland Symposium which you may want to experiment with is to make a mock billet fro...

I too cool with water after the temper. There have been a few times when a slight warp occurred during the temper which I was able to correct by co...

I've not used this steel but it appears to be similar to W1 with a little more Cr. I've not seen this with the W1 and I'm not sure what an extra .3-...

The bidding for my knife is now over and the winning bid goes to Les Alldredge. I have asked that the bid be applied directly to Adam's PayPal a...

I'm going to leave the bidding on my knife open until midnight Jan. 1. If you want to help out the DesRosiers here please get your bids in. Tha...

[quote name='Karl B. Andersen' date='28 December 2015 - 07:06 PM' timestamp='1451351163' post='15532'] The key question, Gary, is ".......with an em...

I've got one reserved at the Merriott. Let me know if interested. Gary

Thanks, Dan. All my best to the two of you for the holidays. Merry Christmas! Gary