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"You can make a drop dead stone cold copy of anything, including a knife, for your own use. Selling it is something completely different." If its a song or a written document with a copyright or a high tech item with a patent I agree but when it's a knife, I totally disagree. Here is a picture...

I need some help. I recently purchased the gas forge pictured below and I have used it successfully to heat treat several smaller knives. A week ago I attempted to heat treat a larger knife. The steel was 1/4" W- and was 13 3/4" long. I ground the blade with a flat grind using 60 grit ceramic...

Anthony, my perspective on this is slightly different. I believe that when it comes to knife design, there is nothing new under the sun. I you see a knife you really like - chances are the maker "copied" some aspect of a knife he had seen before, and so-on and so-on and so-on. Every time I come...

From a different perspective. I am retired. I had a successful business career and I am very comfortably retired. I love to work with my hands and I have a very strong creative bent. During my business career I always maintained a creative hobby: woodworking, silversmithing and over the last...

Handy little sticker. W-2 w/ Hamon. Brass and W-2 guard. Wyche Elm Burl sanded to 1500 waxed and buffed. Thanks. Wallace

Hello. Recently I posted a picture of a piece of burl called Wych Elm (I reposted it below) that I got from a friend of mine in Scotland. Also below I have posted a picture of a partially finished knife with a handle made from the first piece of burl. As you can tell, the wood is magnificent and...

Same piece 10" X 6" X 2" thick Front and back. What do you think? Wallace

Has anyone ever heard of Wych Elm or sometimes called Scottish Elm and the Burl that comes from this tree? Knife handles? As I don't get very much scale, if any at all, when I heat treat Stainless Steel (AEBL or CPM-154) what would be wrong with hand sanding down to about say 400 grit before...

Well, Anthony, give me a little hint on how it works. I have a Facebook page and a list of friends and I look at it once in a while to see what they are up to but I don't post anything and I don't do anything else. How does it work to do what you're talking about? Thanks, Wallace

Hey guys, I'm needing some help with displaying my knives for public consumption. I make about 4 - 5 knives per month and virtually all of my sales come by word-of-mouth references. I don't generally take orders but I do build knives on request and when the knife is finished the customer can...

While you are at it would you mind telling me what stainless steel you use? Thanks, Wallace

Hey Ben, what grit do you use as your final grind on this knife. Thanks, Wallace

Here is a little hidden tang hunter that I finished and donated to the Las Cruces, NM Mulligans for Mutts Golf Tournament and Silent Auction. They make sure that we neve put a stray dog to sleep here in Las Cruces. Can't go wrong...

Finally found a decent piece of Sambar Stag so I cooked up this little hunter to fit it. Specifications: Blade material: CPM – 154 Stainless Steel Blade Finish: Mirror polished Blade Hardness: 59 ( Rockwell C hardness Scale) OAL: 9 1/8” Blade Length: 4 3/8” Blade Width at Plunge...

I have had a Pheer 454 grinder for about two years now and I love it. Lately, however, it has developed a problem that I don't know how to fix and I'm looking for some suggestions. This grinder runs smooth and quiet but lately It has developed a "wobble" in the belt. Before the belt, any belt...

You got an extra one you might want to sell? Wallace

Anthony, You are a cool dude! Wallace

Could I ask where you got your Stag taper?

I started building knives 2 1/2 years ago. Like you, I decided that I would not sell a knife that was not commercial quality. I sold my first knife about 5 months into my journey and I made a decision at that time that I would never sell a knife for less than $300 and I haven't. Anything less...

I am tearing my hear out trying to find a great (not just good but great) Sambar Stag Taper. I need 1" diameter at the small end and a 1 1/2' - 2" long oval at the big end and about 4 1/2" - 5" long. Any body know a reliable source or, better yet, anybody got one stashed that they would like to...