[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='26 January 2018 - 07:00 PM' timestamp='1517018427' post='21973'] Let me see Joshua. I will try. Good stuff by the...

The mortise is checked for a snug fit and the wood glued back together. Now to index the blind pins to hold the antler to the wood and the wood to t...

[quote name='Timothy Reece' date='31 January 2018 - 07:06 AM' timestamp='1517407592' post='21991'] Thank you for sharing this with us, Joshua! I...

Seaxes did not have guards as we typically think of them. Most of the ones that have been found had a ferrule that was inset into the front of the han...

[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='28 January 2018 - 06:24 PM' timestamp='1517189068' post='21981'] Nice Joshua! You don't happen to have a pic ...

The next phase was the grinding and polishing of the blade. This was different from what I'm used to doing. I typically do all my grinding on a work r...

Steel smelting (both hearth and crucible). Different cultural blade forms (Japanese/Chinese, India and subcontinent, Pre-Medieval European, etc.). ...

While I think that method does work well, it's not my preferred way because I dislike that sharp angle where the wood of the handle meets the metal of...

BTW- I meant to post this is the WIP section. If it is possible, can admin move the thread over there?

[quote name='Karl B. Andersen' date='24 January 2018 - 04:06 PM' timestamp='1516835214' post='21956'] My process has evolved a bit since then. I s...

I took a bit of advice from Karl Anderson and have started to sculpt that curve and the handle material at the same time with files and rasps. It is a...

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So, I let my post stew for a week and came back tonight to see what else happened. Lin, Thank you for your contributions. Both in this thread an...

At the risk of raising some ire, I'll be perfectly honest with you. I will start by saying that I support the ABS and have actively defended it on sev...