Welcome James!

An O/A torch is capable of creating 6,000°F in a 1/4" spot, I have never been able to figure out how so many knifemakers could apply the word "control...

Hello Joshua, I like your instincts on the torch. Heat treating with a torch is one ugly idea that I wish knifemaking, as a whole could forget and...

Welcome Michael!

Hello Scott, The time served must be consecutive. If you miss six months, or a year, but get back to your membership, you would need to pay all ba...

Welcome Joshua!

Hello Mike, welcome to the ABS. Lansing is about a half hour from my shop. Sincerely Kevin R. Cashen

Hello Daniel, Welcome to the ABS. The ABS School with SOFA has their Intro to Bladesmithing Class very year in late August to Correspond with the Mi...

Welcome Mike!

Welcome Anetta!

Hello Douglass, We would like to provide a list for Members by location, it would be easy enough, however there are rules we need to follow on how ...

Old time Bladesmiths and Blacksmiths, loved old motor oil, but those were simpler times when we didn't know what we know now; we also worked with asbe...

I have always said that I judge the progress, and potential, of a smith by how many "buckets of blades" they had accumulated. It really isn't how abo...

Welcome Daniel.!

Welcome Cody