[quote name='Jesse Bartram' date='04 April 2017 - 05:59 PM' timestamp='1491350363' post='19957'] Dang I was Hoping someone would jump in on this. ...

Here's the knife etched & ready for final assembly: I hope that you enjoyed the trip through the construction of this one. Gary

[quote name='Anthony Griggs' date='29 March 2017 - 04:21 PM' timestamp='1490826099' post='19900'] Gary Lots of work, and looking good. A...

I wanted to give the blackwood handle straight flutes and in order to compliment the octagonal pommel I used 16 flutes in the blackwood. ...

I wanted to give this one a long octagonal pommel but the only material that I had available was an old hardy tool from years back made of 41...

[quote name='Dan Cassidy' date='26 March 2017 - 12:19 PM' timestamp='1490552379' post='19861'] Great job organizing this and the future planned Hamm...

[quote name='Karl B. Andersen' date='25 March 2017 - 04:25 PM' timestamp='1490480715' post='19857'] That is fantastic. Truly. Good job on pulling ...

I won't bother with the typical dies such as flat, ladder, beveling etc. as they have been well covered. Here are a few specialty dies that I've u...

Scott, It sounds as if you didn't press the dies completely into the billet if you went from 1/2" to 3/8". I would suggest that you grind ...

Thanks, Kevin & Ed for taking the time to explain this. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Gary