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Bruce, I came across this site that has a Will & Finck push dagger. The pictures are pretty poor, but you'll easily get an idea of the design and some of the embellishment. Link: http://shcivilwarantiques.com/catalog/antique-bowie-knife/ Nathan

I guess I'll play. This is the first one I made. Off and on for a number of years I had made knives from blades I bought at Koval's when they were still open. After they closed I looked for another source of blades, found Texas Knifemaker Supply, and wandering around on their site found The...

Whitetail antler can be very porous toward the center. Stabilizing will fill the cavities with a plastic compound, making it denser.

Try going with thinner stock to make your knives. I completely understand the frustration in filing knife bevels--it takes a lot of patience. But you can make a good knife with stock half the thickness and save yourself the arm fatigue. Meanwhile, keep saving those pennies for the 2x72.

1084 vs. 1095--You are really asking 2 different questions here. For experienced makers with the proper equipment I think many would favor 1095. For most users, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. But the real question here is 1084 vs. 1095 in the hands on an inexperienced...

Sorry Matt! I fixed it in the OP. It was great to meet you too, and I enjoyed seeing the filework done. It's one thing to see still pics on the forum WIP threads, much better to see the process in person.

I enjoyed meeting you and talking with you Fred. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to you before I left, but my wife, who was a saint and let me go that day, had been watching our 2 younguns and it was about time I gave her a break. I do hope to make it next year.

Not sure what you mean by a "bare minimum" of knifemaking tools. My first few knives were made with a "bare minimum" of a hacksaw, drill, vice, and files. If that's your approach I'd keep the blade down to about 3 inches or so. Keep it simple, and leave the recurve until you get a little more...

I finally had a chance to make it to a hammer-in in the area, organized by Adlai Stein of Macabee Knives. It was an all-weekend event, but I only made it Saturday. I rolled in about 10 a.m. The big event on Saturday was a repeat of last year's attempt at an iron smelt by Aldo Bruno and Lon...

Bump once. Fuzz sticks, anyone? Osage doesn't make the best wood for starting a fire, but it's purdy. . . Yep, curls carved with the necker.

I'm out, to my dismay. I forged out a couple of small blades last month, but have been tied up remodelling our basement, so haven't had time to finish them up.

I pulled out an old pattern from a couple of years ago and tweaked it some. Here's the result. These are cut from 1/8" thick 1080 from Kelly Cupples. There's a little variation from knife to knife, but they are about 5 inches OAL with a 2 inch spearpoint blade, with a self-guard. These are...

Roger that! I love the blade shape on that one.

"High end" here probably means a J.A. Henckels set off the shelf from Macy's, as opposed to the WalMart special in the bubble package.

On the areas you want to have the "faux forge finish" apply some cold blue. Then, dunk the blade in bleach. It will immediately start to rust. The longer you leave it in, the more corroded the blade will be. Try 5-7 minutes to start, take a look, and if you want it aged more than put it back...

By the time you buy the Grizzly wheel, pay for shipping, have a shop check to see if it's balanced, have the center milled out, buy quality bearings and have them installed you'll likely wish you had gone a different route. Some makers have had good success with wheels from Sunray. They...

Welcome JPH! If your name happens to be Jim and you're the JPH I'm thinking of, you make some very nice metal stuff. Nathan

Those are beauties, Fred!

I seem to remember that the hole is a metric size, a little larger than a half inch. Bruce Culbertson built a Goddard-style grinder a couple of years back using one of these. He used the arbour that BossDog sells, but had to have a machine shop add a sleeve to take up the gap. He said it...

Welcome Gambit! I live north of Columbus, whereabouts in the Buckeye State are you located?