In 1989 I took a damascus class in arkansas using coal. There was not a gas forge that existed at this time. Tim Zowada came up with a gas forge aroun...

Pops gave me this source McMurray Metal Co., 214-742-5654, I purchased what I needed without a hitch, he asked you make knives,Ha! Timothy

[quote name='Nicholas_Killmeier' date='18 September 2017 - 06:32 AM' timestamp='1505741540' post='21181'] Hey guys, I'm trying to find some gua...

I need a little bit more info. Where did you get the vertical forge? If you read the information concerning the steel you are using, it tells you at w...

Good point Karl, time at temperature is the same with salt, open air heat ,etc, there is no warp drive tempering that I know of. If I go in a sauna at...

I left something off, after it air cools and forms banite, I then temp by putting it back in the 350 degree salt for one hour , take it out, the put i...

I will tell you what I know, I use low temp. salt for thin blades. I use a lot of 15n20 for kitchen knives and hunting knives. Because of the thin bla...

I am glad you asked about wood, the best I have used and try and use it all the time for checkering is African blackwood. It cuts clean like plastic, ...

Laying out a checkering pattern on a knife handle, pistol grip or rifle stock are all pretty much the same. Each are rounded with dips and radius. A f...

I typed in checkering on utube and there were 10 or so gun stock videos that I think would be helpful. Timothy Gunsmithing - Hand Checkering Tool...

Checkering, when I was first getting started, a customer asked if I wanted to learn checkering. He said I could practice it on his knife. So I said, w...

Thank you all for your encouragement. During the last three years at the Blade Show, the "Bladesmithing for Kids" has sparked a lot of interest by the...

Steve, I saw a W-2 and 203E Bowie knife , which was hot blued at the Blade show in Knoxville, TN in 1991. The 203E was the color of a rainbow. It was ...