Chun, I have to ask just be sure it's covered. Did you draw the blade back twice?

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Matthew, Bear in mind that what I say on this subject is merely an educated guess. The dropped choil is probably a feature influence...

I sometimes do silver solder but I did not on this one. It is fit tight and "JB welded". The fit is mechanical so the epoxy is just to hold it while f...

Beautiful work James! It's gonna be a good show.

Dean, You are talking about the front spacer, right? If so, take a look back at post #12 and you will see the spacer off the blade and then on the bla...

What you appear to have is a duck nest with a clinker breaker sitting in a truck wheel. So it is a home made forge. In order to use this most effectiv...

Well done Mark! It looks great.

I want to clarify a point I was making above. Once you get the thumbs up by several MS that each of your five knives are good to go, please don't let ...

Jesse, I like Balistol but there are several others that are fine. i don't know who is on the judge list. The list might change from year to yea...

I agree with the above advice. Just get them ready and be prepared for the test. Don't rely on any opportunity to work on them in the judging room. Pr...

I really enjoyed seeing Rodrigo creating this fine knife. Thank you Dan for posting it up. Great videography.

Travis, You can forge these. Just concentrate on the bolster first, positioning the material in the bolster, then forge backwards to get the...

Kevin, Thanks for your reply. I take it you're pretty much in agreement with the idea that banding is not detrimental to performance in blades, but it...