Thank you all for the input, this was exactly what I was hoping to get from this. I find it interesting how as a pretty inexperienced maker, I can kn...
Thank you both for your thoughts. I actually had a fair amount of difficulty with this knife's design, particularly in regards of where to put the pl...
A few more... As with many photos of knives, you can't see all of the problems. There's a slight bit of face...
The first anvil I ever hammered on was one that looked very similar. The guy who made it used what he had on hand-mild steel. Not ideal and will take ...
Thanks for the explanation of your process. I've seen similar seaxs and really wanted to try the stacked method used. I recently got some old wrought ...
Matthew- Great looking knife. Are those twist bars stacked then welded and ground from there? How much forging to shape do you do after the blade b...
Great question and thanks for the information. Could someone explain a bit more about the time aspect? I've heard several times over that changes in ...
I enjoyed reading about this process before and again here. If I'd had chemistry explained to me with a demo like kero welding, something tells me hig...
I think it's been 3+ years for me and my shop will never be finished . Honestly, I think my shop will continue to evolve as I learn more and my method...
Since I'm the only son-in-law, I managed to nab the "favorite" slot a while ago . Jeremy
No problem, Cheyenne. The info I was able to find pretty well mirrors what you wrote. The restoration wasn't too difficult, but it definitely gave me ...
Finally got the knife done. A friend (who's WAY better at sharpening than I am) helped me out and got the knife back to REALLY sharp. The block of w...
I really like your knife and ended up going to your website. I watched some of your videos and look forward to going through the rest. Thanks for pos...
Cheyenne- Any news on the knife? Getting ready to start working on it in the next few days unless it turns out to be a really bad idea. Thanks for...