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Maybe a cross or diagonal peen hammer or a ball peen. That blade and sheath look great.

@believerjoe To seal the lids on my tanks I put a bead of hi-temp forms a gasket on the lid and cling wrap on the tanks close it up and when dry the wrap peels right off. I think your supposed to keep moisture out and pretty sure you should try to avoid flare up. Maybe I'm being to cautious.

Thank you. Larry was demonstrating on antler, I am using brown mallee burl here it's pretty soft so I think that could be good or bad. I almost used ironwood this is my only experience ,but I think finishing is easier on soft wood and so are mistakes .

Here is something I've been working on my first attempt at carving. The handle is getting pretty close. At the March 2020 Travis Wuertz hammer inn I was able to attend a carving class by Larry Fuegen a world class maker , very nice man and great instructor. My idea wasn't to copy things exactly...

I'll address the handle portion of the knife. When I find handle patterns I like I'll make a metal template, then later I can use that or have a good starting point for a new design. If I make a new pattern I'll cut it out of plywood or a block of wood to see how it feels. You can use those...

I'm not as experienced as many here, but maybe decarb. Good looking knife.

@Mark Barone I should have been clearer https://www.knifeandgun.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=21 You can find them from many sources this is one of my favorite suppliers. They come in vinyl and cloth.

I've been looking for the right box. With a nice bowie, hunter or similar I use a zipper pouch and a cloth bag for the sheath. My last few kitchen knives I've put a cork on the tip then wrapped the blade with off white felt then wrapped with natural linen and tie off with jute. I saw someone do...

Welcome Dustin. I'm sure you'll learn a lot at the hammer-in and meet some great makers and WIP makers:). I've been to one class (frame handles) at http://azblacksmiths.org/ it was a good class . Another place I haven't been to yet is http://grizzlyiron.com/classes-and-workshops/ they have some...

I'm still learning and haven't ground that many blades. The way I learned I use the tool rest and a push stick similar to you I have a stronger side. I don't know if you're taking full passes every time, but when I run into you're problem(I hope I understand smile is on the spine) I concentrate...

I tried a ceramic shelf floor in one of my forges it melts pretty bad when the flux hits it, I got the shelf from a local pottery supply admittedly I'm not sure of the composition. I ended up putting some castable on top of it until I redo it. My other forge has a split hard fire brick and it...

I'm not sure what tooth count your blade is but maybe something like 6 tpi would help if you're using a standard 14-18 now . It might be a little cheesy but I wonder if you could use one of those super strong little magnets with a handle and attach that to your table as a guide.

Very nice I love multi bar twist. Scary to cut up that tusk

I think that handle is going to be great. I probably go a little to far but I usually pull up a "msds" on things I use, and I stopped using nickel silver several years ago. Mostly I use 100% pure tung oil ,butcher block oil/wax,like stuff from skidmores right now I'm experimenting with...

Beautiful knife so clean, and great photos.

There's a constant flow controlled by the lower needle valve I try to keep that one just below my target temp. The second needle valve controls the solenoid, that one is on fairly low dependingon what I'm doing.

Thank you for the nice welcome

I think you'll be very happy I can get mine down to about 1150 degrees running pretty smoothly and no problem getting up to welding temps either.

I would be happy to help if I could I've made a couple using information from my mentor Tim Hancock, Wayne Coe and Eric Fleming. Here's a shot of my two, as they say a picture is worth a 1000 words.

I've been enjoying this site for a while. I thought I would introduce myself my name is Gilbert McCann I've been making knives about 6 years and have completed about 50 blades. From the beginning I was very lucky to have taken lessons from Tim Hancock and we built a friendship until very...