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Beautiful letter opener, looks to be a valued tool to someone. Did you heat treat the blade? I have made a few letter openers and have wondered if it would be a good idea to use O-1 and H.T it. Even though it is a letter opener they still require a lot of time and fines. Thanks for sharing. Dan

Travis, Very nice work, I always love plain handled bone, mammoth or ivory, anything cream colored. The knife is Great and nice job on the sheath. Dan

The specialized shop will be a plus to your productivity. You will Not regret having insulated work place and some control of your environment. I suspect that leather is somewhat sensitive to humidity. Thanks for sharing. Dan

Nice cleaver, With all that steel there will be a lot of momentum when that cleaver is swung. Dan

Craig, nice work, nice knife, thanks for sharing, Dan

Lots of curves, you bet and colorful too. Nice blade size, nice work. Dan

Very nice, I like the sweeping curves, Dan

Impressive, unique, Dan

Beautiful pieces, what a remarkable skill to be able to do this. Dan

What an eye grabber, it all comes together for a beautiful knife. Dan

Nice job, stout and effective, Dan

Lots of class in this one, the file-work flows nicely, it all works well. Dan

Awesome! There is a lot for the eyes to take in, the symmetry of everything is great, the engraving and even in the hamon. Cory, your photography allows us to see these great works. Dan

The computers automatic word help got the better of me on my previous post. It should not be Dan Dean, Sorry, Dan

Randy, That is beautiful work, I've loved feather Damascus from the first time I layed eyes on it. Beautiful work, Thanks for sharing. DanDean

S-7 is a steel used for punches etc, H-13 is a steel used in die cast molds for aluminum and magnesium parts, the molten metal is forced into the molds at around 1200 degrees farenheight. For what its worth, Dan

Cory, Impressive photography, Peter awesome knives and to do 4 awesome knive is inspiring. Dan

Brad, Looks like a sturdy little cutter. Nice edge treatment on the handle scales, was that done on a CNC mill ? Dan

For what is worth One of the things that I learned as a designer is that if you have one metal sliding on another is that one of the metals has to be several hardness differences between them and ususally would use two different types of metals. A slide would be H-13 @46-48 R/c, the guides would...

Great job on your knife. Dan