Sorry to hear of Ray's passing. Prayers to his family and friends.

The relief in the liners is to prevent scratching of the blade. You seldom see this feature on less expensive factory knives. But the knife collecto...

I'm also very interested in seeing what anyone else has done for a vent hood. I can't get enough air flow through my shop to mitigate the heat from t...

Karl is correct about the potential safety risks of running high pressure propane lines into a building. I didn't mean for the comments about my set-...

Jordan, You can definitely build folders without a surface grinder and mill. Yes; the inside of the liners, the spring and blade tang need to be...

Caleb, Welcome to the ABS and the Forum!!

Mine is also running off the 500 gal tank that feeds the house. I installed a gauge though. Guess maybe I need to just crank it all the way up to 10 p...

What psi do you use? LOL! I don't know. I run my forge off a high pressure line from the 500 gal tank that supplies our house and my shop. ...

Thanks John! That's great information. Shade 3 lenses are fine for forge welding work and really reduce strain on the eyes. But, they are p...

T.K. Welcome to the ABS and the Forum!! You do some beautiful work! Post up any questions that you have about bladesmithing and we'...

My cast refractory, single forced air burner forge takes about 20 minutes to get to welding heat.

Ben, Welcome to the ABS Forum!! You've had great opportunities to learn from some of the best makers in the business. And, congratu...

Gary, It might be time for you to move up to a cast forge. You've seen mine and how well it works. I use Mizzou Plus castable refractory...

I see no issue with using spring steel for your knife parts. Especially since you are just learning to build them and plan to use the knife yourself....