This is my favorite folder from 2023! Love how the mosaic damascus on the blade turned out. The bolster is a crushed W's with different layer counts a...

You guys are all doing amazing work! A lot of inspiration in this thread! I think this Bowie was my favorite of 2023. I was super excited to win Be...

I had the same thing happen a couple of years back, but the customer was my bro inlaw! Haha! He had been out hunting in the rain, killed a deer, clean...

Thanks Ed! That helps a ton! I haven't done much cannister, but I really need to get into that realm. I may have to do a couple test pieces and ...

I have had this in the past as wel. It has always been in a spot where scale was present. Usually on the flats of the blade where I didn't grind much ...

Where is the Anyang hammer located?

That is a beautiful twist!

Wow! Those are really cool pics! Thanks for the info! I went ahead and forge welded the billets together. I drew them out a bit and ladder patterned i...

It has been a couple of months since I finished this knife. I thought I better come back and show a finished pic! So this is a broader ladder pattern,...

Super cool looking blade!

I took my billet cut it into thirds, restacked, welded, drew out to .45x1.90x 7" I decided to make my own ladder dies for the press. I cut 1/4" groove...

Super cool blade Karl! Thanks for the help again! I was worried about cutting and restacking again thinking it might distort the pattern to much. But ...