Very good idea. Where can one find a gizmo like that? Bob

Brion, Yes indeed! They worked well together. We had a blast. Highly recommend the class. Well worth the time effort and expense. Lookin...

Brion, Yep, Jim taught us this in the Intro Class. He made a cutter with an outstanding torch hamon and I won it in the hat draw at the end of th...

Steve, Here are three pics of my bend test and the blade afterwards. It sprang back nicely. Bob

Steve, That was never suggested by the MS's that taught us for any of the common types of blade steels we use. We were told to forge, normalize ...

Steve, Brion's method is pretty much what we were taught in the Intro Class I attended in April. Eight out of nine knives passed. One knife fra...

Great post and work! I plan on attending the class next spring. Thanks for the photos! Bob

These monthly topics are great sources of information, and this is another great topic. Tim Potier gave us a demo on file work in the Intro Class, an...

Congratulations to all! Bob

Matthew, More good info! I had thought about that as we are an on a well, hard water issues. Thanks! Bob

Thanks for the information Dale. Bob

Ed, you could use golf club epoxy. I get mine at the local Golfsmith store, and it's already black! You can get it in various hardening speeds....

My ferric chloride arrive four days after ordering from the ebay source Dale suggested. Well packaged, reasonably priced, and free shipping! We...

That should be fun! When do you find time to make any blades? You are very busy! Hope you have a great time. Bob