Thanks Brian, I really appreciate your parts. Ill dig around and see what I can find on that. would you try a higher gem pump for faster moves or is...

Thats an impressive press. Any tips on picking of the Cylinder, pump and controls? I have been wanting to do one and bought the tire hammer plans bu...

That is a crazy cool method of design. I will have to find the book and give it a read. I did find a video about it that gave a brief review of the ...

Good stuff! I do love those long knives. So what's the point of the drawing with the circles? Do the circles help with symmetry or something?

Hey Im from Iowa too!, wait Buckeye... Hawkeye... similar aren't they? LOL welcome to the group man.

The thing I like about the single bevel so far is that its a nice slicer. The edge is easier to maintain since its half the bevel to touch up. The d...

For me, I like the Japanese Nakiri knife design. Its a great cutter, slicer and feels great. I, like most people in the kitchen, think I am a decent c...

Plenty of plans out there for building your own. I went with one from Outlast Forge. He is in Iowa down by Des Moines and provides a nice product fo...

Should we post ours in here or under a new topic? Don't want to hijack your thread, if that isn't the intent. BTW love the detail on these.Love all ...

HA, I almost asked what dates... LOL Looks great, Since I have not been yet. Where is this at and what costs are there other than travel/lodging.

Thanks for the advice Brion. Ill keep my oil a little cooler and work on a basin for my quench oil too so I can better access it. Heck if I got it, ...

Yes, thanks Lin. I am exploring different styles to learn what I can from them that might work for other things. I kept my question vague to get s...

So the draw knife seems done, just needs some handles and a final sharpening on the stones. Think its good, but will see how the edge holds. Also go...

Sounds like a fun idea. Maybe Santa will help me out.

Well I didnt have anything large enough for the blade of it, so I got a cake pan and filled it so about 3/8" of the 1 1/8" blade was in the canola. It...