Welcome to the forum guys. Great jobs on your early knives. Jesse, I like that little EDC. I see that we have several new member lately an...

Patrick, If you're going to pass through Little Rock, Arkansas, please stop for a visit at the Historic Arkansas Museum. I am usually on duty Monday t...

I know many of you have this next little trick in your bag already but some have yet to see it. This is the simple, down and dirty, finial. That descr...

JJ, not yet. I see no reason why it would not work in the same way.

I sometimes will hot fit a guard. This is one example of when I used this method. It is a take down Camp Knife. This knife got the Camp Knife Award in...

Gary, I have both and I just use which is handy.

Here is a jig I us to hold sculpted guards while they are off the knife. This will allow you to file and sand the back of the guard in the inside curv...

Here's an approach to forging and forming S guards you might find interesting. It's a good example of how important using heat as a tool. This guard i...

I am weak on tooling. I just don't have many dies and don't like to make them. So I usually forge them free hand. I get them close and start grinding....

This is a good subject Gary. I will participate and surely look forward to the pictures and the input.

I rarely use 36 grit except to clean the scale off or to shape some handle blocks. I start at 60 and leave some material to allow me to remove the scr...

Welcome Graham.

I would suggest using a simple carbon steel when welding to mild steel. The 10** series. I've had more success with forge welds using them.

Jesse, I heard Bob Kramer MS say that there are Three T's: Time, Temperature, and Technique. While this is understood and taught in bladesm...

Nice knife Joshua. How many guys competed? Was there a time limit? Did you get the bone and oak from the hdwr store too?