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Flux free weld, I like it better than flux, less mess, don't have to worry about eating up the forge's soft bricks.

@Chris R, I think the nickel in the 15n20 gives a better show coupled with the 10xx. I base that on results I had with simple, low layer levels of pattern steel (not enough layers to call it damascus).

@C.K., No prob, I'll post more once it's cleaned up good.

No delam anywhere, that is fingernail polish left over from the protective coat applied to the outer layer. Like I mentioned, needs more cleanup, waiting for fingernail polish remover to get here tonight, denatured alcohol makes for a lot more work and I'm out of acetone.

After many different recipes and etchant soak protocols, this is my best attempt. I still have a lot of work to do at the transition line where the two steels meet, but I think I'm getting there. This is what I'm going for, but it still has a long way to go as every component will need much...

I really like the sheaths, fits the style of the knives.

Thank you for your service, very nice knife.

"Nucklebuster" here, and aptly named.

^ Yes indeed!

Every once in a great while the wife will come out to the shop to "visit". I swear she has a photographic memory for what was there last time and what is new! I've learned not to tell all and she has learned not to ask $$'s. I could always "visit" her quilting cabin..., . My HF 1x30 has lasted...

Very neat and clean looking, I like that it matches the scales.

^ LOL, yep!

Hey!!! I RESEMBLES THAT! I thought ever'one had one!?

"This is the last tool/piece of equipment I will need, then I'm set." Someone keeps moving the line on me!

I grew up with wood heat, love it. We've been looking at the Jotul stoves for the house, pricey but have a good resell value.

I have had to adjust my shop time to accommodate the weather. My shop is so small a tiny wood stove would take up too much space, so I saw the Mr Heater Big Buddy on sale and gave it a go this morning. 27* outside, a very workable 50* in the shop. Spent the morning making spacers and guards...

Yep, I did the math before hitting the buy button! For me it wasn't about the savings in it, it's about doing everything I can in-house and really knowing what I have made and what my steel has gone through, and what it can go through and take as a knife. I know the commercial ht guys are very...

Daniel, sure will!

Kiln-- not forge, but you all knew that!

Thanks, I had a lot of help with it, wish I had made it longer for a 2 burner. Next time.. , .