While the Golden Mean may be difficult for us to apply in all areas of knife design, it is good for us to understand that these rules are evident in a...

Stephen, I find it very interesting that you mention using the "Golden Ratio". Other names that I have seen for this principle are Golden Mean, ...

Dennis, You should be able to bend the brass to fit the antler without annealing it. But, it can't hurt to anneal it first. Shape it as close ...

Hi Dan, Editing photos for posting is a two step process. You need to resize the image for pixel dimensions and then compress the image for a sm...

Thanks to all who responded to this question. I knew the correct answer, but as I have not been a part of the ABS judging and also was being chal...

Thanks to Dan, John, Bert and all who have responded to this question. I will post Bert's reply on the other thread. I was confident that I knew the...

Hi Dale, Mammoth tooth is pretty much your worst nightmare to use for handle material. It can be done, and nicely too, but working with it requi...

Maybe you can weld the staples into a damascus billet when you are done with them.

Yea…………… Thanks, Dan. LOL!!! We’ve probably been spared a lot of calls because our contact information, which was in the...

Thanks for the congrats guys. We were really happy about having this writer contact us about an article. The custom knife industry is not well known...

Lin, I would use the same process as you. Can you tell us what method Jim uses?

Cocobolo is one of the woods that tends to be oily. The oil in the wood can inhibit the ability of the adhesive to stick. To help this situation, cl...

The blade is 8 3/8" long. The handle will be a stag taper. The fittings will be mild steel that I will hot caustic blue. The guard and ferrule ...