Has anyone used the golden ration to figure out rations. Having done a lecture with Peter Jonson and seen the way many European swords were laid out...

Go with the biggest motor you can get and variable speed if you can afford it.

Mine was made by these guys and its excellent.

That is an exceptionally nice knife.

And there you go, way to go on the broach. Like I said on the other forum these are really nice.

I love this steel. One of the things I've noticed and have had it confirmed from some other smiths is that no matter what it decarbs deeply. The f...

I use muriatic acid in a 1-4 solution. On carbon steel it will remove scale in 20 minutes. I then dip it in a backing soda water mix to neutralize t...

I have used clay with charcoal an some borax in it. It has to dry well but it works fine. As long as it sticks for just a second in the quench it ...

I also use rutlands black and I thin it slightly to be more like japanese clay. You can leave it out to dry or some people put it right in the furna...

Thanks Chris, I'm trying to get a feel of a handle that grips well with a full grip or a pinch grip.

Thanks Anthony.

I drill two holes top and bottom of the slot about the same thickness of the tang and use a slot broach to clean out the material between the two hole...

Thanks Anthony. They worked really well.