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Welcome! There's a great bunch of peeps here who are happy to share info! Looking forward to seeing your blades take shape!

that is one cool innovative design! nice job!

That's beautiful! did you make the billet of steel?

beautiful blade!!

Gotchya! (finding the nearest bridge to throw it off of...) LOL....thank you!

beautiful work! (and an ingenius jig!)

ummmmm...ok...

Last fall, a friend of mine commissioned a blade for his instructor. This instructor is an ex-Marine as well as a well known Maritial Arts instructor...and we wanted to pay homage to both traditions. So, I took the KBar over all dimensions and did my own version. :-) The blade was forged...

Beautiful work!

Looks great Eric!

Absolutely beautiful!

Those are some beautiful tools! Very nice work!

beautiful piece of functional art, Sir!

He did love it! Thanks! So far, he hasn't bled on it...hoping that trend continues...lol. :-)

Here are a couple of photos of the blade I made for my father for Christmas. The steel is Alabama Damascus, (random pattern) 416 layers. The handle is clear stabilized Amboyna Burl. I used brass and Stainless for pin material.

I like it! Welcome to the world of making sharp pointy things! I like the design...simple, comfortable, useful...functional art! :-)

THanks Ausbrooks, I used 11oz Oak-tanned leather on the base layer (belt contact), then I put down the magnets(imbedded them in the 11oz.). Next I barge cemented a layer of very thin oak-tanned mask leather over the magnetes. I used 8oz oak-tanned leather for the welt and and outter layer...

that looks like a beautiful piece of functional art!

That is beautiful! Very nice work!