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So, I've been sitting on this order for a damascus santoku kitchen knife since October and decided its time to get it done. Didn't get any of the early pics, but they start after I made my W billet. Can't wait to get this thing finished! Getting it nice and hot in the forge.. Squared...

I've never had a class from Ed but I'm sure these would be awesome. I've learned so much from him I could probably write a book. Would be well worth the money!

Those are sweet...to be honest when I read that really fast I saw cocaine slicers...I thought they used razor blades for that. At least that's what I learned from TV lol

Hey everyone, just had the spirit of the blade show this past weekend. Unfortunately didn't sell all my knives but I had a good show. I had Caleb Royer take some pro photos of 3 of my knives so I'll post them once I get them back from him. Here is one of the knives I had him shoot. 416/1095...

I do similar, I go from 60, 120 in ceramic, to a45 and a30, then off to my disc sander at 600 grit. You wouldn't believe how "not" flat your bevels are until you hit them with a disc sand. I'll do 600 and 800 on the disc then go back to 600 hand sanding. Every since I started doing it this way...

I was just thinking about posting something I found the other day on this exact subject. When drilling out the block for the tang, the best way I have found is to use 6mm pen blank drill bit from woodcraft. They are $4 and 6mm is just under 1/4". These pen blank drill bits are super sharp on the...

I took this pic last night as I was heat treating a 416/1095 san mai bowie/fighter...can't wait to finish this one...

Thank you Sean, that means alot to me. That's always the goal to keep getting better. It's been hard for me to do as well, with neck surgery in 2018 and a baby in 2019 I haven't been as committed as I'd like! Was supposed to test for JS this year at blade, but I'm gonna push it off until next...

Got a couple more just about finished for the spirit of the blade show here in less than 2 weeks. First is a random pattern damascus hunter with 416 guard, 416 and cherry red g10 spacers and a piece of nice curly koa from @Gene Kimmi Second is a low layer twisted w pattern hunter with 416...

Great work Ted, glad to see you back at it!

Looking good Jess! You ready to sell all these at the show?

We got 4 inches of snow and 1/8" ice last night. The winter is still going strong this year :)

Definitely sounds like belt tension to me.

I would use a high wattage led, they still put off heat. I know my 100 watt bulbs do. And it would actually be more cost effective as a 100 watt led is rated at like 17 watts

Yeah John, Steve Schwarzer does that with old used stainless foil...the billet falls right out of the can

I'm a tech nerd, but what about putting a pid and a small relay to turn the bulb off and on to keep it at an exact temp? Would be easy to wire up

I can help you out Wallace...just send me a private message

@tkroenlein when I see that "dendric" pattern as you call it I see what looks to me like tiny puddles of water, but I never knew there was a term for it! Thanks!

That is exactly what I'm wanting to do Ed...I found an old brown and sharpe #2 surface grinder for $500 and was wondering what my options would be to convert it to belt before I commit to buying it. Not sure how I'm gonna get it in my shop though...since it weights 1200lbs

Scotchbrite will definitely not get rid of decarb! It may get rid of some of the forge scale which is on the surface, but decarb is in the outer layer of the steel. You will need to grind past it or use a heavier grit sandpaper to sand past it. I also do as John does, dawn dish soap and hot...