Dan, you already know how I feel.

Another thing to remember is that many makers these days back-cut or lessen the thickness of the tang behind shoulders filed into the sides of the ric...

Fluted, wire wrapped handle! (I'm with those guys)

I certainly hope that the new Journeyman Smiths find their way to this thread. I have been collecting as many JS and MS photo sets of knives as I ca...

Congratulations, guys! Be sure to post up pictures here so we can all admire them.

Bluing salts don't "rust" things in the shop like evaporating acids do. It really is just a tank of salt water when you're not using it - for lack of ...

[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='28 December 2011 - 09:09 PM' timestamp='1325128152' post='2910'] Hello Karl. As far as training goes, basically i...

Zack, in your first post you said, ".......a recent discussion with another MS.....". Now I don't know if this guy was trained as a judge, or not, b...

Chad, I see you are in Indiana - whereabouts?

I guess I do not understand your intention. Only edge quenching a clayed blade will result in the spine holding heat for an unnecessary amount of time...

Jeremy, the bluing is a controlled oxidation - basically rust! - as a result of the steel being attacked by the molten salt. "Salt" is a term us...

I've been collecting as many as I can over the last few years. I gave Dan Cassidy a CD with all those I had collected up to last year. I've been req...

Jeremy, the hot-bluing I do, and have been doing steadily for 10 years, is one of the popular bluing methods used across the firearm industry. You o...

She is my "Friend" on Facebook and she posts there quite often. She's actively doing knife work and seems to be herself - which is a handful. I beli...

I will be there to keep an eye on both you guys. There is always a TON of info here and I have been spreading the word every place I go in the cy...