As a knife maker I have the luxury of variable speed machines, etc. in my shop for my own use. But, after the Blade Show this year, I have been reco...

That looks like a very handy and useful knife.

Welcome to the forum and to the ABS. What has proven true, again and again, is that you get OUT of the ABS what you put INTO the ABS. It's my gues...

Welcome, George! It's an exciting time to part of the ABS. Please let us know if we can help in the search for that "perfect knife"!

I can't imagine a better grinder for all around general use than the grinder made by Brett Matthews -the Esteem Grinder. "Complete 2 hp Variable ...

What is your steel, Joshua?

I like that bolster. Sweet.

Nicely done.

I don't weld my pieces to seal them up. You can literally use a piece of thin walled tail pipe and crimp the ends. I use clay where I don't want i...

That's the big difference - you are using two tool steels that will act just about the same when finished/etched/polished. It will be difficult to get...

Mark - "For images within posts there are image posting size rules in effect to keep the image uploads at 1,000 x 1,000 pixels or less and under 500k ...

Tempered martensite is very strong.

Let's not confuse etching with simply blackening. Probably 99 of 100 people who are using coffee are only using it for the contrast. I have no idea ...

Sweet!

[quote name='Chad Kennedy' date='27 September 2019 - 07:03 PM' timestamp='1569632633' post='25358'] Ed you are the man! Thanks for chiming in. H...