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Tomorrow night! (Tuesday, April 18, 8:00 CST) Here's the episode description: "For the first time ever, the competitors are challenged with creating not one, but two blades in the first round. With double the pressure and double the work, the bladesmiths are pushed to their limits, which...

I appreciate your vote of confidence, Brad. :D

We're not allowed to talk in a whole lot of detail. :) On the contestant side, there's a whole lot of sitting around and waiting while set changes are made (especially during testing, when things have to be reset after each contestant, depending on the tests being done) and waiting on other...

Anthony - Tempering gets mentioned every episode filmed, but it almost always gets cut by the editors so it doesn't actually make it onto TV. They have something like 250 hours of footage for each episode that get whittled down to 43 minutes, so there's a lot of cutting going on besides the...

I'm the guy in the green shirt and beard who should have gotten a haircut before going on international television. :D

Finally can post this video. Chris "hinted" too strongly that I was filming for FiF (what, a bladesmith in San Antonio can't suddenly take a winter vacation in New York just because?) so I had to wait. :D Nothing too demanding, but this was on top of splitting up wood to feed a firepit for...

Finally can post this video. Chris "hinted" too strongly that I was filming for FiF (what, a bladesmith in San Antonio can't suddenly take a winter vacation in New York just because?) so I had to wait. :D Nothing too demanding, but this was on top of splitting up wood to feed a firepit for...

Thanks! They're now showing commercials for my episode (next Tuesday, 8:00 CST), and it's interesting to see myself on the TV screen. The cuts are edited so quickly, that by the time I realize I'm looking at myself, I'm already off the screen. :D It should be an entertaining episode.

New season starts this week. And on the 18th:

New season starts this week. And on the 18th:

Some recently finished tantos. All are 80CrV22, with paracord wraps over neoprene hardened with West System marine epoxy, with Kydex sheaths. This black one was a commission, while the tan one will be on one of my tables at the Blade Show. Blades are around 7". This o-tanto and smaller...

Some recently finished tantos. All are 80CrV22, with paracord wraps over neoprene hardened with West System marine epoxy, with Kydex sheaths. This black one was a commission, while the tan one will be on one of my tables at the Blade Show. Blades are around 7". This o-tanto and smaller...

Here are a couple of camp bolos that went out to customers recently. Both of these started out as demonstration pieces, showing how I use the dies on my power hammer to forge blades. Neither one of the customers who ended up with them had me build sheaths for them. The blades are a little...

Here are a couple of camp bolos that went out to customers recently. Both of these started out as demonstration pieces, showing how I use the dies on my power hammer to forge blades. Neither one of the customers who ended up with them had me build sheaths for them. The blades are a little...

Looking good, Igor! I particularly like the little dagger. :35:

You may not know what you think yet, but I like it! Looking forward to what you come up with.

I finished up a few mid-tech mini-parangs recently. These are made from blanks waterjet cut from 3/16" thick 80CrV2, then ground and heat treated by me. Handles are TeroTuf with flared stainless steel tubing rivets. The blades are 9 3/4" long. A shot of a third one in the hand of the...

I finished up a few mid-tech mini-parangs recently. These are made from blanks waterjet cut from 3/16" thick 80CrV2, then ground and heat treated by me. Handles are TeroTuf with flared stainless steel tubing rivets. The blades are 9 3/4" long. A shot of a third one in the hand of the...

Looks like it came out pretty good!

I was pleasantly surprised to see today that he had brought the slingsword back out, as a basis of comparison for a wooden sword he had made from European dogwood, the hardest wood that grows in his area. The slingsword shows up just before 8:00 in the video...