Last seen: Apr 7, 2023
Hunter, As Brion mentioned, the traditional wood for knife sayas was Magnolia. Not the easiest wood to find, but if you contact some hardwood lumbe...
Hunter, Mesquite is a very hard, durable wood, that is somewhat difficult to work. As Ed alluded, you will have to slice it, preferably into 1 inch...
Joshua, The knife is beautiful! It has a much more gentle and curved drop point that other seaxes that I have seen. For a half-ladder pattern, do ...
Dennis, Sorry for the slow response, the ABS website is not exactly user friendly. I am in central coastal California; I see you are in Jackson, wh...
Karl, I would love to contact the Mastersmiths in California (where I live) for the occasional critique, piece of advice, or class. I inquired abou...
Debra, I definitely haven't been getting it. Please put me on the mailing list. Thanks.
Kevin, I saw your list of mastersmiths in pennsylvania. I am an apprentice living in central California. Can you provide a list of ms smiths in Ca...
Dennis, I asked the ABS President, Steve Dunn, that same question and he said no. They only offered a secondary location in 2020 because of COVID. ...
Ivan, Good to hear from you. I read over my intro; embarrassed by the typos! Oh well. What have you been doing, bladesmithing-wise, up in Seattle...