The knife looks like a great cutter! The 2 x 4 cut, however, gives me the willies just watching it. Please, please think about how well that sam...

Zack, I don't see a problem with your using the billet you've described. The 300 layers are pretty much covered. Had it been a straight ladder ...

[quote name='ZackJonas' date='07 March 2013 - 11:15 AM' timestamp='1362676517' post='6740'] Hi All, So I'm beginning my journey toward Master S...

[quote name='Javan Dempsey' date='10 January 2013 - 02:26 AM' timestamp='1357806417' post='6187'] Will do, thanks Dan. Hi, Javan. Basic...

Karl, I've welded these up before, using different methods. By the time I got done, the links were stretched to a point that the blade wasn't re...

[quote name='Ryan Baswell' date='23 February 2011 - 05:43 PM' timestamp='1298504625' post='1232'] I have signed up for the intro to bladesmithing cl...

Just from looking at the photos, it appears that the steel may have been forged without having been annealed first. When forging used springs, it's i...

As John White and Bert Gaston have pointed out, there are many of the more sophisticated patterns which must be formed by grinding after the patterns ...

Michael, Dan brought my attention to your post; on reviewing the thread, it looks like you got a real round table of Masters who give excellent a...

Way to go, Brian!