Matthew Parkinson
Matthew Parkinson
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Apr 18, 2025
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A Few Questions From An Apprentice Smith For The Master Smiths

Well I am not a mastersmith yet, but I have been doing this a long time and have give quite a bit of thought to these very questions. So I am going to...

6 years ago
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Falchion

Man the respirator really does look odd on my big head.. Thanks for the pics Ryan! I am always so busy in the classes I am lucky if I remember to ...

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Falchion

[quote name='ryan larson' date='25 January 2019 - 01:48 PM' timestamp='1548449304' post='23892'] This was such a fun class. The instruction was some...

6 years ago
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Falchion

[quote name='Jason Volkert' date='22 January 2019 - 03:09 PM' timestamp='1548194947' post='23876'] Nice work Joshua. Cool class Matt. I am really in...

6 years ago
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Falchion

thank you for posting Josh! I was.going to try and get some photos edited to post when I got home, thank you for saving me the trouble. MP

6 years ago
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Falchion

Double post.

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Need Kitchen Knife Thoughts

I make mostly medium thickness blades most popular size is about 8" cutting edge, so that is the size I tend to make the most. for me that is right ar...

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Need Kitchen Knife Thoughts

there are three main thoughts on this , zero bevel stupid hard, (61-64hrc) s-grind pretty hard (60-61HRC) these can be zero ground or down to less th...

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Best Of 2018

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='02 January 2019 - 10:57 AM' timestamp='1546451853' post='23751'] What I like seeing about your work Matthew is the wide...

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Best Of 2018

[quote name='Greg Arhart' date='02 January 2019 - 09:53 AM' timestamp='1546447999' post='23747'] Should we post ours in here or under a new topic? D...

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Collector's Corner

thanks let me know if I should try again,

6 years ago
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Collector's Corner

I have tried posting a knife a couple of times now, and I haven't seen it listed. Did I make a mistake or is something wrong?

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Reference Materials And Suggestions

we have a pretty good sized library at the shop. I to tend to learn best from books so when I get to trying a new area of knife making I tend to buy b...

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