Thanks, Brion. The W2 is some of Don Hanson's. (I am going to add a little hawk's bill to the back of the rubber handle scales.) Gary

Zack, The questions you are asking could take quite a lengthy answer but I will attempt as brief of one as possible. Firstly, just because a pot...

Welcome, Thaddeus. You got off to an excellant start with Jim Crowell as an instructor. Not only is he one of the best at bladesmithing but is...

Here's a blade that I just H/T'ed and I would appreciate your comments. This is W2 that was normalized three times, soaked at 1475 for ten minutes an...

Zach, Finding 15N20 thicker than what you have is hard to find. Aldo had some this fall. Give him a call to see if any is still available. ...

I am in the process of making one at this time and am using W2 for the blade. The biggest problem that I had with my previous handle was that i...

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='11 November 2012 - 08:26 PM' timestamp='1352687168' post='5603'] Here's a tip. Watch how Jim Crowell and others ...

Something that hasn't been addressed much is blade geometry. Something that I have done to previous blades is after flat grinding the bevels, back gr...

[quote name='Andrew Telfer' date='04 November 2012 - 09:02 AM' timestamp='1352041344' post='5560'] I absolutely intend on going to one of the abs's ...

Andrew, The best suggestion that I can give you is to spend some time either with an established knifemaker or at a hammer-in before you get t...

What prompted my question was the shattered blade in Topeka. This knife failed during the 2x4 chop and appeared to break on both sides of the 2x4 lea...

There was some talk at the Heartland Symposium about ABS competition knives needing to be differentially H/T'ed in the future. Has anyone heard more ...

Thanks, Steve. Great video. That answers many of the questions that I had. Looking forward to see this one progress. Gary