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Arock, you're right, that was pretty cheap advertising for Laurence. He should throw in a few fingers for that. I wish he made full gloves out of that soft fabric. Grizzly Bear

Well I'm working on a nice knife for a friend that did some work on my tractor gratis. It is going to be a nice knife with a good Japanese (not Chinese) blade with stabilized burl wood. My first experience with my new grinder (sander) was a dozy. I took the skin of all 4 of my finger knuckles...

No disrespect to Chris Reeve; I never could spell and was too lazy to go and get the knife and read how the name is spelled (sent thread at 3:00 am). When I sent back the knife to be re-sharpened, they were very good at taking the knife back. I hadn't sent in my registration card. They just...

Dan your sword is beautiful. Your saya and ito look great. Did you make your own Damascus or did you buy Damascus blanks? I have been finding it hard to buy a manufactured blade to turn into a katana. Do you know of a place to buy blade blanks or do you have to buy the Damascus and cut and grind...

I just bought a Chris Reese's Sabenza pocket knife. I paid over $450 for it. Now that I have it and tried to use it, I am wondering if this knife is worth $450. It is well built but arrived dull. It could hardly cut paper. I sent the knife back and they re-sharpened it. It is still dull. Is...

I just surfed the internet. I can't believe how much they want for bronze. It was way more than I expected. I'll have to think a bit more about it before I make a "fun" knife. God Bless Grizzly Bear

I just watched a video about bronze age swords. They were put to the test and held up better than I thought they would. The tested sword was shown to cut paper really well. Of course when it was used to parry a modern high carbon blade sword, the bronze sword got cut up pretty bad while the...

Thank you for your prayers. It means a lot to me. Grizzly Bear

Darrin I will try and get with you and your new group. I got bad news a few hours ago and I may not be able to make it for a while. My daughter was told today that she has started labor at 7 months. The baby most likely won't survive at this age. She has been ordered to have complete bed rest...

Thanks for the advice Darrin and Smithy. I was kind of wanting to learn the blacksmithing part of knife making, it seems like you would be getting down to the core of working with steel. You can smell it and feel it at it's beginning. I will start saving my money for next year. I have already...

Thanks for the input John. I've made two knives using un-stabilized king wood. I just used a Tung oil finish. I have not heard any complaints from my buyers yet. I bought the stabilized burl because that is what they were selling and I thought I needed it. I'm thinking now that I need to...

Well guys, I'm learning that stabilization is not the panacea I thought it was, but I can see how it helps. Sorry to hear how unstable burl is. I really like the way it looks. I bought some mammoth toot scales and a block that has been stabilized. I hope I don't have problems with it too. I'm...

Hello Canada, Your exactly right. I've been lucky so far but I am definitely going to get the rhinofingerskins. I am a part-time rancher and I got my shirt caught in the PTO of my tractor and it started to pull me in. Fortunately the material tore apart before my gut was about to grease the...

Thanks for the info. I'll check out Devin Thomas Stainless. Laurence, I went to your web site for your rhinofingerskins.com and I think I am going to buy two sets. I'm ambidextrous so two sets would come in handy. The leather gloves that I use at the ranch are good for protection but I can't...

Thanks a lot guys. I guess living in New Orleans by the ocean below sea level is the culprit. God Bless Grizzly Bear

Hey guys. I have a question about Damascus steel. I saw what was advertised as stainless steel Damascus steel. I didn't know there was such a thing. I thought Damascus steel was made from 2 different non-stainless steel metals. Is the stainless steel Damascus any good? Does it rust? Please...

Hey guys, have any of you gotten warped stabilized wooden scales from a retail vendor? I thought stabilized scales were not suppose to warp. When I unwrapped the scales (California Burl Wood) they looked great. I re-wrapped them in their original packaging and placed them in a file cabinet in my...

Darrin, I might be interested in joining you. I've just started with knife making so I don't really have any knives to show yet but it would be a good idea for me to get into the group at the ground floor. Let me know more about it. I live outside of New Orleans. I'm new to the state. Moved...

Keith, Keith I was surfing the internet and found a site that sells pre-ban elephant ivory. The web site is "Fields Ancient Ivory". I haven't used them yet so I don't have any experience with them. Good luck Grizzly Bear

Jason, Thanks so much for your reply. Since I am retired I have plenty of time on my hands and want to learn new skills. I intend on putting my best into it. Grizzly Bear