bladesmith

Hello, everyone! I actually joined this forum way back in 2009, but I never really posted much of my work, besides leatherwork, and somewhere along the way I fell out of the habit of logging in, and life carried on. A couple years ago, I moved back to Illinois after living in Phoenix, AZ, for...

I have been trying my hand at blacksmithing for about 4 years now, and it's slow going I don't get much chance to practice, but recently I tried my hand at a reclaimed bearing race ring knife, and though I'm stuck on the handling phase due to lack of epoxy and funds, and I don't think I treated...

My first folder, 1095 that was 3/8" thick drawn down to 3/16", I used a 20 line checking file for the blade jimping. The handle is micarta with a micarta spacer and stainless steel pivot and pins. The stop pin is a 1/4" mosaic pin. This was fun to try and I will be making more of these and...

My first folder, 1095 that was 3/8" thick drawn down to 3/16", I used a 20 line checking file for the blade jimping. The handle is micarta with a micarta spacer and stainless steel pivot and pins. The stop pin is a 1/4" mosaic pin. This was fun to try and I will be making more and experimenting...

1084 forged with 416 guard & pin, buffalo horn spacer and tiger maple handle. I started the blade nearly a year ago. Made the guard and handle 6 months ago. Finally got around to buffing it out and having it engraved. Photo by cellphone. I will change it later when I download my camera...