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As stated above, you really need to define "survival knife" I'll give you some examples of what I mean. My first thought when you say survival knife is that a survival knife is the one you have with you. Or maybe you are thinking of Jimmy Liles "Rambo" knife If you are in the tropics, my...

He Sean, Thanks for hosting this year. I am going to kick it up a bit this year, I have started to make stainless damascus, and my entry this year will be made of my own stainless damascus. I put a damascus knife in every year, this one will be special. I don't know the design yet, but it will...

Happy new year all you kitchen dogs.

Larry, There are a great many professionals and serious foodies who love the octagon style of handle. I have been using one for 2 1/2 months now myself and can see the benifits for myself. As for the pinch grip with the octagon handle it works great, and more comfortable than you might imagine...

Merry christmas to all.

My favorite would be stabilized wood, and maple is always my top choice. I like maple because of the variety, especially with spalting. For pics check out Daves thread about my knife.

Dan, Dave doesn't own this one, He's selling them for me. He has done a good job so far, this one only lasted 25 hrs. Boss, the balance on this one came in great and its really thin too about 2mm on the back, its almost 16 inches long, but only weighs in at just over half a pound. After I...

Denny, Its in the works

I have been making knives out of my O-1/L-6 damascus for quite a few years now, but I have realized that I have been spoiled. I started grinding out some kitchen knives, and because I wanted thin, I HT'd them before grinding the bevels in. 9" blades or more and 2 1/2" wide. It seemed like it...

In the world of professional chefs and serious foodies, many japanese knife styles have become popular in the last 10 years or so. They have taken precedence over the european styles, although the most popular of these styles the gyoto, shares many similarities with both the french and german...

My rolling mill for rolling out hot damascus to the final(proir to grinding) thickness.

I have a 16' x 32' shop that is split in half, one side for forging that I don't worry about heating(major BTU's) and the other side with a wooden floor. The whole shop is well insulated. Just after I built the shop I went through the same dilemma. After much research I settled on an edenpure...

I have a dirt floor in my shop, I just rake it from time to time.

I prepared these remarks for another audience, but I thought they might be relevant here as well. I would like to introduce you to my favorite steel Mr. O-1, and his wife in my damascus Mrs. L-6. I will briefly introduce some of the common alloying elements of steel as well. In my research...

I will be as well, I had better, I'm one of the speakers. :D

Steve, I hope everything goes smoothly, with a fast recovery. My father has had a few angioplasty, and a pacemaker installed(I have to do all the welding jobs for him now). Best of luck!

+1 on the distructive testing, although "design changes in progress" saves most of them.

Ed, Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see any of the Fossil damascus you mentioned, would you mind posting a pic of that pattern? If you decide to set up with the saw I can give you some tips, believe me, all has not gone smooth and I have some experience solving problems in that area...

The reason I ask is because I went through the same dilemma about 12 years ago and after weighing all the options I decided to go with the saw. Its clear to me we have different approaches, because I routinely cut billets just a bit smaller than yours and it takes about 10 min to setup and about...

Ed, I'm curios to know why you don't use the bandsaw yourself, for horizontal cuts 1.5" is not that much of a chore, and from what I know of waterjet, you wouldn't have to deal with the tapered kerf. Thanks,