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I thank you much for your help! I have seen much of your work and can't imagine the hours you put into those blades (which are outstanding)and I also see how much time you spend on this forum and your own! I thank you for taking time to help me out! I hope to shake your hand someday!

Thanks Ed, I feel foolish asking, but, what do you use for flux on 15n20/1084! I have used nothing but borax! I have also heard that if you convert the borax to glass state and then crush it back into powder it works better, any thoughts?

Hi everyone, Had a few q's about san mai and pattern welding? I have been a blacksmith for 9 years and messed around with knives for even longer! I need to pass a jurying into a local organization and have seen some beautifull san mai from Mr. Ed Caffrey and others as well as regular pattern...

thank you all for the advice, I am working on a bowie now and will be using tru oil if I can find it if not linseed oil which I have used before on hammer handles but never trusted to last, but I will now! Thanks all!

Mr Caffrey, thank you for the reply. I am using native to the Eastern U.S. hardwoods, ie. black walnut, tiger maple, ash etc. what are your thoughts on finishing these woods?

I am constantly trying a better way to finish my knives. By finish I mean final poly on handle scales and final buff on bolsters and such, my difficulty is 1: keeping poly off of metal bolsters, 2: keeping metal dust from rubbing into wood scales when sanding for poly and in between coats, 3...

I have also messed aroung with several types and found that surface prep is the most important. Leaving a perfectly flat surface may not be best either, I have recently started grinding grooves and slots and even small holes and or thru holes in my tang ( I only make full tang knives) to give...

Excellent! I am having a hard time uploading photos of my most current knife, says it is too large but won't re-size like it said it would do automatically, any thoughts?

1095 blade material, 8 inch o.a.l., Polished aluminum bolsters, black walnut handles. $350

Greetings from Sanbornton N.H.! Bryan Custance is my name and I just joined knifedogs and am getting my bearings! Not used to these forums and not very good on the computer, I just make knives, so please bear with me in the beginning. What is this sites purpose? What are it's benefits.