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Given the recent welding table thread, I thought I'd make a video on a couple of tips that have dramatically helped the quality of my welding setup and results. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen these tips already. Just to be clear, I'm not a professional or certified welder by...

Not sure how many are aware, but Chris Crawford just released a pretty decent number of knife making vids to his website, inlcluding a couple by @Craig Brewer. I just downloaded the single blade slipjoint vid "Slipjoints with Craig Brewer", and watched it through for the first time. Talk about...

Hey guys, Not trying to turn this into a sales thread, so I won't be discussing pricing or anything, but I've recently been redesigning an abrasives platen that I made some time ago, and I got to thinking that others might find it useful as well. I like to make knives and tools, and often found...

If there's a more appropriate place to post this, or if it has already been posted, mods please move or delete, but I figured I'd pass it along: Unfortunately, I have just learned via a post on another forum that long time knife maker (and member of this forum), Frank Niro, has passed away. I...

I've got a few recently finished and ready to ship. Any questions, or if you'd like more pics, ask below or send a pm. All knives are hand made completely by me, except for the heat treat of the small necker, noted below. Specs are as follows, from the top down in the pics: #1: lightweight...

Just thought I'd share this little resource that has been absolutely invaluable to me: The video series is called "Learn the Bible in 24 hours" and is put on by one of my favorite apologists/teachers Dr. Chuck Missler. Here is a link to the play list...

As some of you know, I recently designed and built my own grinder. Over the past few days, I've seen at least a couple of "vibration tests" using nickels, so I figured I try one myself. Then I thought I'd turn it up a notch... Couple of notes: Grinder is at full speed (2x setting on an 1800...

When I first got started in knife making, I built a NWGS out of some steel, mostly procured from a local scrap yard, along with a few other used parts and pieces. The only thing I really splurged on was the wheels. Over the years, I've made a handful of necessary mods to it, and many fine knives...

:sad: I think I'm going on about my fourth drive shaft... the first couple I thought were due to the set screws loosening up on the pillow bearings, causing the shaft to groove and start spinning out of center. This time, however, it appeared to develop some wobble and only get worse from...

Both knives are now sold. Thanks! For sale I have two AEB-L neckers. These knives are very light, thin and sharp, and they wear under a shirt very well. OAL is about 5.75" with a cutting edge of 2.5". Blades are ground from .070" thick AEB-L, heat treated to 60HRC by Peter's Heat Treat. Handle...

For your consideration are two AEB-L kitchen knives. Both come from .070" thick AEB-L and have been heat treated by Peter's Heat Treat to around 60 HRC. The chef's knife is 13" OAL with an 8" blade, black micarta handle, epoxied and riveted with stainless 1/4" diameter corby rivets. Balance...

I'm starting this thread based on some recent discussion that I've seen brought up over and over again, but seemingly never with a solid, matter of fact answer. There seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding the question of whether or not one should grease a pillow block bearing, especially...

This is the last remaining knife from a batch of neckers I recently finished. It's made from Aldo's .070" thick 1095 High Carbon steel, features a black g10 handle scales, stainless pins/lanyard tube, and a black kydex sheath. This knife was designed to be very thin, light, and most of all...

Just wanted to share one of my latest projects. This was one of those knives that really wasn't planned, but more of a spontaneous endeavor, after talking to a friend of mine who had bought a kitchen knife from me in the past. Here's a pic of how I finish the "heel" of the blade, so...

Last night I finished reading through all of the articles in the very first issue of Knife Journal. Currently, I subscribe to Blade, and regularly read other knife publications such as Knives Illustrated, and Tactical Knives Illustrated, as well as a handful of online forums and blogs, so I was...

A while back I showed you guys a bottle opener project I'd been working on... well, here's a second project I've been working on alone those same lines: I've been calling it "the brews-a-fix" (though it's just just for opening brews!) This one is made from 6Al-4V titanium, and is 1"...

Been dreaming about owning one of these bad boys for the longest time. First I started out looking at the HF mini-mills, then the LMS bench top mill, then the grizzly 704, and finally just said screw it and bought the biggest mill I could afford and still fit in my shop... ;) Funny how I always...

Edit: Mods, feel free to move this if this isn't the right place for this.... I love making knives, but really it's more than that: I love making tools. One of the first tools I built was my NWGS. Then a heat treat oven. Then a workbench. Then a center scribe, and so on and so on, until I...

Getting ready to finish up three of what I'm calling the "Triple C" necker. (Compact, Concealable Cutter) 2 of them just need sharpening, and then I need to etch my makers mark on each of them, but then they'll be ready to ship. Specs are as follows: 6" OAL, 1/8" thick, 1095 High Carbon...

Hey guys... I've been looking into some stainless steel options, and it seems that the majority of them require (or at least benefit moderately from) a cryogenic treatment after plate/air quench. Are there any stainless (or moderately corrosion resistant) steels that don't necessarily need a...