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Good to hear from you Bubba. It's a rotten shame the way the VA is treating you but I'm glad to hear that you've got a treatment that's working at last.

Happy birthday Bruce.

Nicely done. It definitely looks like one of yours.

Looking forward to it. I'll probably miss Ashokan this year though -- we'll just be back from a trip to Iceland and the UK (Victoria and Albert Museum, yum!).

You done good Kevin. That's a beautiful short sword.

Prayers sent, may she come out of this well and strong.

While I'm not up on Nikon, esp. prices. A quick look at Craigslist makes it look like a good price.

Yeah, I was trying not to get into camera brands since the OP (or his wife) seem to have already decided on Nikon. Both are high quality. For the record, I was a Canon user too for quite a while and switched to the Panasonic/Olympus micro-4/3 system a few years ago because that system gives me...

The key think to remember is that once you buy into the system, your main investment will be in lenses, not the initial body. You can always get another body later and still use all the lenses you've got for the system. A 50mm 1:1.4 is a pretty standard "fast normal prime" lens. I'll break...

Very good, informative writeup James. Thanks for putting the effort into it.

I use an immersion bucket heater and a long instant read thermometer.

I'm another member of the old ammo can school.

You might look on eBay for surplus Teflon. I just picked up a rod of it to make into push sticks for grinding based on a suggestion by Nick Wheeler. It's supposed to take grinding heat very well. Of course any surface like this will eventually get embedded grit and scratches so I'd expect to...

Nice one Wade. Did you do the resin impregnation yourself?

K&J has been good for me. I especially like their line with drilled and countersunk holes to make grinding magnets.

Yes, beautiful! Great design and execution.

I agree, very cool. That's the nicest birch bark handle I've seen.

Utterly amazing!

Looking really good Kevin!

That is an amazing piece. Very well done and very different. Since I haven't seen any original Ainu blades or mounts, I have no idea how traditional it is.