Welcome to the forum Hylton. You're doing some nice work. May I suggest that you try to resize your photos just a little bit smaller? Ever ...

Thank you Bob.

This very encouraging Gary. Karl and I were talking recently about the increase interest in knife making across the country. It's a welcome trend but ...

Kevin, Since this forum is mainly to educate directly about forged knife making I want to discourage business discussion as such. Of course we all kno...

Please consider resizing your photos Kevin. I'm not ignoring your question. I'll check back in a bit. Maybe someone else can help in the mean ti...

Welcome sir. Let us know if there's anything we can do for you.

Most likely you will need a variety. There is no one set of tongs that is "best". It absolutely depends on the shape of the piece you are trying to ho...

Good job and very prompt. Thank you. Again, impressive work. Anyone would be proud of that knife.

Very pretty! Tell us more about the bearing stone.

That looks really good sir. I see a few scratches in the guard finish from earlier grits but that can be remedied pretty easy if you want. Very nice d...

Very nice work. Close forging. Nice tapered tang. I can tell you've studied Joe Keeslar's work.

Mark, I don't make these types of blades so far. So I can not answer specifically. Off hand I would say the hardness level should be low to me...

Kevin, If the rivet head is formed hot it is akin to blacksmithing. Most rivets formed on knives are cold. I cant imagine there not being videos...