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Welcome Yukon Jack. Well, if you need help you certainly close to a good source of materials and information. Midwest Knifemakers Supply in right close by to you, and Tracy is a stand up guy. Plan on going to his hammer-in next August, and I look forward to meeting you.

Keith, I've got some deer antler that you could play with. It's not ivory, but would work okay to practice on. Just pretend that one of those tines is a tusk off a big ol' bull elephant.

Keith, are you just looking to practice or do you really need ivory? There is some pretty good imitation stuff out there you can practice on.

Welcome to the DogPound RD. You'll have fun here, and learn lots too.

You'll be in my thoughts and prayers Keith. I wish you a successful operation and a speedy recovery. You'll be back in the shop before you know it.

I'll be up there again Keith. Tough decision which demonstrator to watch. Both are top notch.

You've outdone yourself again Calvin. Nice job on both of them.

Glad to be of some help pointing you in the right direction.

Welcome to the Pound. Hang out and have some fun while you learn something too.

If I understand you correctly, it's the plunge cut in general that you are not satisfied with. If my assumption is correct, I'd advise you to go over to Ed Caffrey's website and watch his video. He does an excellent tutorial on fixing that problem. You'll end up with a more gentile transition...

Welcome Puppypaws. Great bunch of guys here. You're going to have fun.

I've got most of those steels laying on my bench, and I'll give each one of them a test eventually. Parks is definitely part of my regimen now.

Teddy, it's good to have the interest and desire to do the things that make you happy. Life's road has many forks and turns. Don't be afraid to get off the main road and explore the road less traveled. I retires 3 years ago, moved to my new home here with my very own shop. I can do as much...

Kevin, again I thank you. I may, or may not have figured it out on my own. I know that asking for help made it a lot quicker. I have always been reluctant to ask for help, always try to figure it out for myself. I trusted you, and you didn't let me down. What is your take on my (small)...

Glad you had fun, and hope you feel real good real soon.

Kevin, I just did a post on the heat treat forum. This time I typed directly into the "Post Quick Reply" area. It appears that it was not changed. My first post was written in Word, then copied and pasted in the "Post Quick Reply" box. Something happen in that process to leave spaces out and...

First of all, I want to say THANK YOU to you Kevin for your help. I am a lot happier today, thanks to you. I read and re-read Kevin's post, as well as the info that is a sticky with links that is at the top of this forum. I'd forgotten that that was posted some time ago, and there is a lot of...

WOW!!!! That is just gorgeous. There is nothing I don't like about it.

Hi Weston, welcome to the Pound.

No problem John. This is all stuff I want to know about so I can get better.