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Beautiful. It is that time of the year.

A quick dip in acid will let you know if you got a hamon.

I usually rough shape around 25 knives. It will have 2-5 of various shapes. From there I batch them into 3 or 4 to work on at a time. Not necessarily all the same shape.

Lots of knife makers hire sheath makers.

I have been busy with life, leather, knives, and assorted other interests. But, I finished up a knife that I made with my nephew. We tried to make this knife in a weekend that he visited. We got about 75-80 percent. Not bad. Finally finished it up. Made from HHH Damascus. It started as...

Man I hope you heal quickly.

Your improvement is showing. Nice job!

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Total off the wall question. Why red layout fluid? Why not blue layout fluid? Just curious.

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OPaul - The knife looks good. But your sheath making is getting better and better. Great job!

When he joins, if he provides me a private message I will send him a welcome gift. Free of charge.

There was a very young lady on here about 10 years ago. Maybe 13 or 14. She was treated very well. It may have been a couple of young ladies. Just make sure your son signs up and introduces himself with his age.

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I will take a shot at an answer. Generally speaking if a single person hand forges a blade, it takes longer than in a production line setting. So a hand forged blade will cost more because of the hours needed to complete the knife/axe/cleaver/etc.. I equate your hand forged term to hand...

Different colors. Many more choices than metal pins.

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I would field dress a whitetail deer with that!!