Recent content by 50calmike

That is a really sweet looking blade. What are the dimensions, at a glance it looks to be about 12" blade with 6-7" of handle.

Sage advice indeed. How many of those guys started out in the hole, learning to make better knives, building a rep, customer base etc... Now many of these makers are gods in the bizz. Good thread gents.

I forgot to intro myself at the beginning of this site of yours Tracy. I live in Maryland and am an aspiring knife maker. My learning curve was greatly reduced at a recent Grind- In at Bark River Knife, where I met our esteemed leader, Mr. the honourable Tracy Mickley. He helped out greatly...

Back when I was doing iron work, my boss came running around the corner of our shop with a rifle ( 10-22 ). He was going to scare the other employees at the shop by firing one off into the woods. Well, he was an idiot and fired the round off into his foot, right in the middle. I had to drive him...

Hey Tracy, I do believe I'll take #182.