plus ring hilts are just COOL! 🙂 MP

love the bowie . great set over all, sorry I missed seeing them in person!

welcome to the forum Craig I make a good amount of chef/kitchen knives. base you steel choice first on your available equipment, any of the steels ...

really nice work! I started a 1 cubic inch challenge here last year, you can take a look at the thread here/p>

[quote name='Kevin Cunningham' date='28 March 2021 - 09:56 AM' timestamp='1616946989' post='27722'] Yeah I’ve seen that technique done. I guess I ...

looks like a spring fuller. Some folks use then to isolate material for the tang (forge in the two shoulders). MP

My friend Mace Vitale asked me to post these for him he was having some trouble getting the photos posted from his phone. He started with a 1" cube...

looks like your photo didn't post. MP

yeah that pretty much sums it up. I have reasons for using either method in different situations, another smith might make different choices. ...

[quote name='Joshua States' date='24 February 2021 - 07:01 PM' timestamp='1614218474' post='27594'] I finished this today. O-1 flat ground drop poin...

In very thin stock it can be help full to slash cut the point before forging the blade but it makes no real difference in mono steel. For me forging i...

As far as a business, sometimes industrial space may end up more cost effective overall. Right now We have 6000SQft building our insurance, liability...

You will most likely need commercial insurance. They may or may not have issue with a home shop. My insurance is through The Hartford, but my shop is ...

I went and got some pro pics of my challenge knife along with another small bowie I did recently.

With any thing that has any sort of distal taper that is out of sequence with the profife the grind will have to warp out of plane. I have noticed the...