Recent content by Greg Covington

Goofing off at the anvil with a vintage Stokes Bros rasp. The rasp was made no later than 1915...so I'm hoping she will harden ok.....Stokes was in business from the 1880's till 1915 It's big! 16.5" overall Before I get too crazy with finishing the blade I will thin it down a bit and...

After quite a long hiatus I've started to build the Combat Special once again. This one is hot off the anvil. It features a 7.5" handforged blade of 1095 steel. The 3/16" thick blade is differentially hardened and the double tempered to apprx. 59Rc. Handle scales are linen micarta and the...

Hello all. Greg Covington here from Ohio. I've been making combat knives and Bowies since 1991 but took a hiatus and decided to set back up again. Most of my Bowies are Bagwell style...having learned alot from the master himself back in 2004-5 or so. I'm guessing some of the old timers...