Great story, Lin! I can actually see myself falling into that same trap, by thinking I would "honor" the OOTD, when in fact, I might turn out look...

Karl, I definitely agree and I look forward to hearing more from you about this. Also, I hope the shoulder heals soon! Steve, I completely a...

That's pretty impressive! Very beautiful work! This raises a question in my mind though and I'm going to start a new conversation in the ...

Welcome, Dwight! I'll echo Anthony's post and recommend looking for a master or journeyman bladesmith near you. As you'll learn by reading t...

Welcome! I can't wait to attend the Intro course! Trying to work it into my schedule and I keep hearing all these great things about it,...

Well, I don't have much to contribute, but here's where I'm at so far. Since these last ones, I've met someone with experience that is going to help m...

Welcome to the journey! I'm new too and I'm looking forward to taking the bladesmith class soon, I hope. I've basically been fumbling ar...

Definitely great insight, Matthew! I think that has been my problem while trying to learn, I've been jumping around too much. Once people lea...

Very cool and I agree with Dan, nice work on the wire inlay!

Totally agree, Tim! I think I've figured out the picture thing, so here are a few examples of my work. The rusty one is the knife that I...

I agree that a quick search or browse through the forum will help. I learned a lot from one of the Topics of the Month about shop safety and will be i...

Thanks, Chris! And I totally agree about being in charge of my own development. However, I recently appointed my wife (a.k.a. the boss)...

Thank you all! Karl - Ken was definitely a character and I enjoyed my brief interaction with him! It's funny that when I started unpackin...