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just finished this little Skinner,,,,from a leftover piece of twisted 1095/15n20

o_O I'm not sure of all the technical aspects of how to identify different knives,,,, my minds eye says this is a fighter,,,,, lmk if it's actually something else lol. I took a class on masking Damascus. this is the final result, twisted 1095/15 n20, Manzanita handle

waiting for the new clay I lined my forge with to dry,,,,,, if this is what the old timers did,,, you telling me they sat around and waited for it to air dry while customers with money are waiting!!!??? It's killing me to wait,,...

were do you go? what do you ask for? I have a logging cable /rigging supply store close to me. what do I tell them I'm looking for,,,, or what do I want to avoid. thanks

I lined the bottom with clay. Please comment on the shape if it needs redoing, first time for me. Don't want to cure it before final shaping. Hope should I cure it? Just stay a chock fire and get to work,,,take hot coals from another coal forge and slow cure it? thanks

1080 steel, harvested the antler myself. need to learn how to make sheaths now.

made this twisted billet at a forging class. got two knives out of it,,,this is the smaller of the two,,,,,

I love repurposing things,,, old Mag light+Kershaw blade=survival knife. Very light!!!

I'm really enjoying the Manzanita wood that I have harvested from my local area. It's hard and Sands down to a marble like finish. To steal is 5160 Spring Steel. Brass guard was actually a sailboat and its first life. Picked it up at a second hand store for a dollar. Took the sails off cut a...

I don't want to incorporate a feature on a knife, that I have no idea of its specifications, or use. So please explain why you would want a false Edge, and its parameters. In other words, how do I explain what it is, why it is,. What's the difference between a false Edge and just a dull Edge...

1056 hand forged, about 11 inches long. day one,,,,,,,tempered and headed for the grinder,, all comments welcome.

Very new to forging and knife making. I'm guessing there are some unbroken rules that generally apply to every blade regardless of style. Could you list some of those attributes for me? I've heard of things like the point of the knife should be in line with the handle. Are there other things...

So I'm also an avid woodworker so I understand progressing through the different grits of sandpaper to get a mirror finish. But now that I'm working with metal I find I don't have the patience to run through an entire list of grits. So I start with 36 grit and my question is what is the next...

Give me three, or more if you like, things new knife Maker, like me, screw up all the time. - cutting ☝ your fingers - not changing to a fresh sanding belt soon enough -get nervous when making finishing grind, and screw it up,,,,.,,