Good to have you here Bill and welcome. I will see you in Little Rock. Congratulations on your JS. Welcome again. Brion
Dana I have to go along with Bill. I use primarily 3M imperial paper for the higher grits and WD-40. I get the 3M imperial at a body shop supply store...
Deifintely welcome Cheyenne and thank you for your contributions to the forum. I hope to meet you at the AKA show. Stop by and say hello. Brion
Very nice Zack and I applaud you doing a dagger. Clean knives, good work. Brion
Well dang Dale you stole my line. Nick it is great to have you here and about time. Your comments and techniques are more than welcome and I look forw...
Josh you may want to do a little bit of grinding on that blade and see what happens then with the file test. You may have a layer of decarburization. ...
Welcome Bill, good to see you here and congratulations. I will probably see you at Little Rock. Brion
Hello Cheyenne. Also Aldo is as bladesmith too and knows what types of steel we need. Plus he is just a real nice person and great customer service. ...
I have used a 25# and a 50#, also a Sahinler air hammer. Right now I have an old model 25# that runs pretty well. For my shop it works well, being it ...
Great posts guys and a wealth of information for prospective JS and MS. Thank you all for posting. I agree with everything. One other thing, if there ...
Hello Zeke. I do temper my blades with hamon. You do not lose the hamon when tempering, however you may lose some of the very fine features, may. The ...
I was wondering if you had tapered the tang from top to bottom. Good idea and problem solving. Yes that is exactly what I meant by design opportunity....
Ed, I like it. Good shape for a hunter. I also like the dovetailed bolsters, those are a lot of fun. I agree with Phil, well done on stretching your s...
Good steel selection Ed, those two steels weld very well. I usually flux on the weld and then I will flux again and make sure the weld is set, some Jo...
Congratulations to all the new Journeyman Smiths. Sounds like it was a good field of applicants. A good way to start the San Antonio judging. Congra...