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Another thing: when I don't pay attention to where the spacer is when I do the final flattening squish in the press :oops:.... especially after nailing the forging at the heel:mad:.

he's hooked. there's no turning back now... you actively looking now or want to wait for Jesse?

I've got one and don't use it much, preferring an angle grinder and cutoff discs for most of what I do. It's good for cutting larger quantities of larger stock, and really good at cutting hot stock while forging, but I don't use mine much. As mentioned above, too loud, too much mess.

Thanks, Doug.

Thanks for the recommendation, Doug. Out of curiosity, do you have Dr. Larrin Thomas' book, and if so, does the video have better/more/different info or is it easier to understand?

Great to hear! But with 25+ years in the rehab field, allow me to mention (if your doctor hasn't already) that it sounds like you are in the the dangerous portion of your recovery/rehab, feeling good enough to push yourself to the point of doing some serious damage. Be careful.

This is the typical reaction I've always gotten, too. But I tend to follow-up with, "But you are a friend/relative of mine, and not a random stranger who is paying hundreds of dollars for a tool that they could pay $30 to do the same task." Sometimes, in the excitement of the moment, things like...

I agree here. I see these the same as, "the handle isn't as dark a brown as I'd like...." which could be totally subjective. What I would caution you about is to take some time and think about how you will feel about this with 5 more years as a maker under your belt and having these early...

One way is to not sell any knife that has any of those issues.

Now, I just started etching my mark on blades, so don't have too much experience yet. But can't this be minimized by lowering the amps(voltage?) and/or using more, but shorter, periods of time with the etcher actually etching, and giving the blade and stencil more 'rest' periods allowing them...

Hello @I102BS , welcome. Might I suggest joining the NWBA and plan on attending some of the events at the mentoring center in Longview (unless COVID flare-ups put a pause on in-person gatherings again). Plenty of members who are Knifemakers in the group.

As others have said, welcome to the forum. You should be able to correct that by using the edit button on your initial post.

There's a lot of that going around these days... ;)

I think he meant that he needs to build a new forge to meet his new press's capabilities...

Bump and reminder. This is still on for this Thursday, 6 pm PST and there's still time to register to participate live.

maybe I sent an e-mail...you'll probably get a response on Monday.

Just placed an order with IMG and got the stencils in a few days. Patricia called me the same day I filled out the form on the website.

Well said, Ken, basically my take away too.

I'd bet this has as much to do with it as anything. Aren't the manufacturers shooting for an acceptable range of % of each alloying agent as much as a specific amount of each?

I'm not sure I agree. After all, we are dealing with physical materials that should have known properties. So the folks who study this should be able to know what the "right" answer when they can control as many variables as possible. One of the problems is, do we really know all the...