yeah that might be helpfull wouldnt it ... editing that now.. thanks Joshua

I don't know what this is you are referring to ... but I am intrigued, can you explain? MP

this is something I struggle with, and as such have been trying to come up with a best practices, to garner more control over it. what have I found...

I dont know how good this is but here you go, sorry it took me so long to get done.

I like taking these to an extreme sometimes, I will forge 98-100% to finished shape with just the edge being cut in after forging and as little filein...

[quote name='Kabe Wolf' date='27 July 2016 - 03:44 PM' timestamp='1469655870' post='17814'] Hey guys, I know this has been covered in the apprentice...

we have three band saws in the shop at the moment. two of the cheap smaller 6/9 one set up with a large table in the machine shop and the other set up...

I like Ed do AT least 120 pre-heat treat I will also take all of my profile grind lines length wise , nothing crossing the edge. I find this to be alm...

I order fromwhen i need new files. I also look around at estate/tag sales for OLD American made files in good shape and buy them if I can. I have been...

one think to consider, working my hand is especially suited to "viking style" this style is multi bar and all low layer 10-25 seem to look best. the t...

I like the 10x 3m you can get a home depot for under 400 grit and Rhino wet red line for 400 and up. the rhino wet is hands down the BEST paper I have...

don't discount the help of JS smiths , they have after all passed, and should have a good idea of what is expected. I had Mace look at my knives when ...

millers make things flat and square, surface grinders make things parallel and accurately sized two very different tasks. for this reason they need to...

do a low temp anneal, at a guess you are getting carbides. For best results harden first then soak at 1150-1200 for half hour or so. most of the time ...