Sometimes with customs you have to be "creative"......declaring the contents as a "Knife" is a sure way to either get it "lost" or confiscated. A...

bladesmithing is undergoing a pop culturization Therein lies out greatest adversary. We've raised a couple of generations of individuals who's...

While I'm here...this wasn't today....more like a couple of days ago, but I finished my first pieces for the 2018 Blade Show. A Culinary set of my Fo...

OH MAN! That knife in the dishwasher just makes my skin crawl! I've had that same thing happen so many times that I've gotten hard core ...

I was wondering if you were doing it by hand. That's a tough one.....LOTS of hard work. The toughest part by hand is achieving the reduction/level ...

Not enough heat, nor enough duration at heat. When your "can" looks like it's ready to weld....leave it there for 30-45 MINUTES. In my shop if any ...

Just do it nicely. Whatever you do WILL! be judged. That's the key! All too often when I'm judging at the JS level, I see things done ...

There are alternatives to most every methodology, The trick is to figure out the variables that are always present from shop to shop. I mentioned the...

Whew! That's some pretty ugly grain size! Two things..... 1. "Soaking" 2. Too high on the temp. "Soaking" se...

I concur with both Karl and Kevin. I've also owned a Mill/Lathe combo in the past, and in my experience it does neither job well. I would add to s...

Welcome aboard Logan! Starting out, things can seem overwhelming. I would start by say that there is no magic formula.... it just takes ti...

I'm going to break my response down into 2 areas.... the "Forging" area, and the "Finishing" area. Forging area: The two most important tools in...

Thanks Lin! I'd have to say that as time has gone by, I've find teaching this craft more and more my favorite part of Bladesmithing. It just ...

For about 3 years after I learned to create Damascus, I did it all by hand. If so, what’s the secret? There really is no "secret", beyon...

I agree with Karl in that "minimum" has too many variables to even guess. I would venture to say that the "minimum" would be the least you can get ...