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Removed as all issues have been resolved. Jose is an easy person to talk to and definately will work with you to meet your needs.

So I went bangin' on some steel today and ended up with a fillet knife with a cutting edge of 12 1/4". Made from a bar of 80CRV2 that was 5/8" by 3/16 by 13 3/4". Ended up with an over all length of 18" the tang needs shortened quite a bit but i was practicing drawing out steel. It flexes...

Went to David Roeder's house this morning with the plan to forge some blades. So I had a number of steel bars cut to length and I picked up the 1095 and decided to try it. Granted this took me forever to forge but it shaped up pretty well. I'm needing lots of time on the hammer and anvil but I...

So here it is.. the big # 1 Forged from and old file and the antler is from my cousin in Northern Idaho. Forged the blade on 12-31 at David Roeder's shop, hand finished it that night in my shop. Assembled it on 1-1. And Yes I double stamped.... I am still working on the sheath. I will post...

So I decided to be industrious today and make a set of handles for a blank I purchased in Aug from Two Finger Knife. This was (at that time) intended to be a gift for my dad for Christmas but since then I have learned a lot and made a few handles and decided that I will forge a blade for my...

So I got off to a running start this morning with a sheath I had cut out and attached the belt loop. Then got a wild hair and decided to try to do a 2-tone dye for first attempt. Apparently I have to do it the hard way the first time. So i wetted the sheath with a water/alcohol solution and...

I mentioned at work that I was going to give knives for Christmas this year and I've been working toward that by getting tools, equipment and supplies that I would need to begin with handles and eventually knifemaking. So a co-worker decides that knives sounds like a cool Christmas gift and...

For the past year + I had an idea to make a few hunting knives for family for Christmas. Nothing too extravagant I would buy the blanks and put a nice handle on it an Viola!. So fast forward about a year to May this year. I had 2 benchtop drill presses and one was a bit newer and nicer than...

Well it's been over 2 years since I last welded anything. So it isn't the prettiest but it is functional. It was a combination of 2 or 3 different vises I saw and kinda melded the different ideas.