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Over the past 6 or so months I've been chipping away at this project, finally finished. The Arrowhead Dagger has quite a few unique elements. The blade steel contains vintage Fred Bear broadheads and a stylized arrow down the center bar of the multibar blade. The guard has textured arrowhead...

I've been working on two fairly major projects for the last four or five months for Blade Tx in February. Finally done! The first one is the "Border Bowie Multi bar Damascus with explosion on the top bar and twisted W’s on the bottom bar, with a bar down the middle that contains steel from the...

My "big" piece for Blade this year is a Fred Bear themed bowie knife. I included vintage Bear Razorhead broadheads in the damascus, which you can see as the dark lines on the sides of the "arrow" that I put down the middle of the blade. I wrapped the arrow billet in bars of twist 1084/15n20...

Trying to up my slipjoint game. I've made about 50, but this is my first milled integral and only my second with a shield.

This one will be at Blade Texas. It has elements from the Battleship Texas. The "sky" contains gun turret bearings, the intermediate gray color. The "island" has ship steel and shrapnel from Okinawa. The "sea" is regular 1084/15n20. The setting "sun" is a rivet from the ship, outlined in...

How hot is it in Texas today?

I've made about 100 of this hunter over the years, and now I've contracted with White River to make some for me. CPM S35VN and various synthetics. Should have a good variety, plus a bunch in orange/black and blue/black suretouch. Knife is 7 3/4 with a 3 1/4" blade. Comes with a right hand...

As knifemakers y'all appreciate the tension between making what sells and making what you want. You may also be familiar with not having the time to make as many knives as your customers would buy. To get around those issues, I contracted with White River Knife and Tool out of Michigan to have...

I'm about worn out from being an elf. These knives are my last ones for the year :)

Many of you Knifedogs folks are "my people", and I know many of you have purchased copies of one or both of my books for yourselves, for which I am very grateful. For the rest of you, here's an opportunity to purchase autographed copies at the lowest price I've offered. While Hacks is a...

You know I like to use old and weird stuff, but you may not know I did quite a bit of trapping back in my younger days. I've wanted to do a trapping themed historical knife for a while. This one has quite a few interesting elements. The damascus includes the spring from a vintage Newhouse #4...

Father's Day is coming soon, and so for the first time since publication, I am putting my books on sale. Knifemaking Hacks is over 300 pages of knifemaking tips and tricks, with over 100 professional photos of some of the best knives in the world. This book is perfect for knifemakers and...

I finished this bowie nearly two weeks ago, but wasn't satisfied with it. There were some fit issues that showed up after glue-up that weren't there on the final dry fits. Also there were some guard issues I wanted to fix, so I busted it up. Took it back apart and re-shaped the guard and...

I haven't done a dagger since 2015, but I figured there's no time like the present. This piece is forged from some of Aldo's early Schrade 1084, with a milled fuller. Fittings are 416, and the handle is mammoth ivory. I built this one takedown, to facilitate potential future engraving. I'll...

Been forging some more lately in preparation for Blade Show. Here's one I forged from some 5160 that I got from Forged in Fire. The handle is a piece of gidgee I've been saving at least 6 years waiting on this particular set of knives. Fittings are 416.

Happy to announce a few things that happened at the ICCE show this weekend with regard to the Knifemakers Guild. Board member elections were held at a business meeting Friday morning. Todd Begg was elected president, replacing Gene Baskett. Gary Langley was elected VP, replacing Wayne...

Two years ago at the last ICCE, Alice Carter and I hatched a plan for a special knife. We've had it done for a while, but are finally glad to announce it will be presented at ICCE this year. Some of y'all know I like historical elements in my work. This knife is full of history and tells a...

Today is Texas Independence Day, and a fitting occasion to finish this knife project. When I say I am patriotic, be clear that my loyalty is to Texas first. I’ll summarize the knife here, although there is more detail in the WIP thread in Shop Talk over on that "other" forum. All of these...

I've been working a bit on a big bowie that will be ready for ICCE in Fort worth. The steel is some W2 that I got from my fellow Forged in Fire competitor Rob Singleton, clay quenched for a good hamon. The oosik was my door prize at the last ICCE in Kansas City, and I've been waiting on a big...

Quite a while back I got the idea for a knife based off of my Forged in Fire episode. I used some W2 from my fellow competitor Rob Singleton. I was able to get a white oak whiskey barrel lid from Linda Hibben, the legendary Gil Hibben’s wife. I also had parts of the busted Qinglong Ji from...