Man, that's a nice knife. I was hoping there would be more discussion and pattern development details in this thread.

Love the knife and thanks for the video of your process.

I really like this steel. The only thing I can add is that I was told that a sub critical normalization adds toughness. Not that its really needed...

This a great topic to follow. I am attempting my first ferry flip and don't have a press handy. I have a power hammer or I can hand weld it. Any...

Pictures would help. Unknown steel is difficult to make work for a lot of reasons. For all the trouble you've been through buying a bar of 1075 or...

I've read through the responses. I think one of the challenges is rolling over the ridge line is using any kind of soft backer. Where a hard backe...

For the step, we could if we had a file guide that would open wide enough to allow the block to fit in it. Mount the block in the guide and grind to...

Not to hijack this thread. Can we have a description on how to make a seamless fit between a ferrule and the handle? I've thought about ferrules as ...

I'm grinding to around 120 before heat treat. I work up with trizac belts from A300, A100, A65, A45, A30 which leaves the blade at around 500. The...

Really love this knife!

And a few more.

I figure I'd add a few more.

Dan, just saw this now. Thanks I appreciate the compliment. [quote name='Dan Cassidy' date='07 January 2016 - 10:50 AM' timestamp='1452189057' pos...

Typically a cutlers/dog leg/dog head/off set/Japanese blade smiths hammer can have eyes at an angle or straight. The idea is two fold. If you are ...

Lin, have you tried it with a 4 sided shoulder?