I also have some straightening dies for my press. If you don't have a press, take two pieces of angle iron (2x2x3/16 works well) and lay them over the...

I too have my stack of shame. The bucket of shame got moved out to the steel yard…….. some I have cut up and tried to weld back together into a Dama...

I have never tried the Parkerizing process, but MS Adam DesRoiers has done it quite a bit. You might want to reach out to him. His profile and contact...

Then I experimentsed with some bronze casting using my Delft clay setup.  Castings-8.jpg

In anticipation of actually making a fluted handle, I made one of these layout jigs. Thanks to Kyle Royer MS for the wheel pattern and tool design. On...

The other side  V2-Side-2.jpg

I sanded the fullers to 320 grit,  V2-Side-1.jpg

A little design sketch showing some spiral fluting.  V2-fluted.jpg

As always, comments, feedback, and suggestions are always welcome.

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that I decided to fuller the blade.........  first-cut-V2.jpg

So I'm am going to do a Damascus ring hilt using a twisted bar for the guard, spacer package, and pommel. I did the design drawing (very basic at this...

Francis, I have also found this to be related to the type of abrasive used. SIlicon Carbide paper leaves a darker dust than Aluminum oxide does.

Jesse, Attached is a photo of my personal sheath knife. This was the first finished knife I ever made and it was in a classroom setting under the t...

The simple answer to all of them is "as thin as I dare". I have stopped measuring at these stages and just go to the next step when "it looks right"....

The pieces are held together with two blind pins. The handles are shaped entirely off of the blade.  Finished-handles.jpg