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i know al he's a great guy and has helped me out a lot in knife makeing. i imagine his grider is good, every thing of his i've seen is wellmade. just my two cents

hey guy i was hopeing to see pictures of any kiridashi or kiridashi type knives you have. when where they started and what materials were they made of? any and all info is much apreciated.

looks well worth the price. is that a temper line i see?

thanks guy heres one i finished up a while ago

hi, my names nick badger, im 16 and have been forgeing since i was about ten years old. i was just "checking in" with everyone, and im wondering if any one gose to the knife thing at " uncle al's". thanks nick

looks great

rock how much do you charge for your cards?

how dose it compare to the evenheats? ive been thinking about one

can you imagine the skill to make a bird that small look and act so real.... droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you have any way of heating just the spine to about 400? something like a propane torch. lite gold is about the perfect color for the edge, if its a small knife it might be alright. post some pics if you can. id love to see it

well mccllelan im only an 400 grit paper right now but i think it will work in the end. oh hey how do you guy check hardness? and what do you do for cutting test? these hamons are realy starting to give me head aches... :)

i just clay coated the fighter. the little blade was just edge quenched. thanks for the input every one!

okay, i didnt have the luxury of chosing between 1425 and 1475, (i only have a propane forge) but i hardedend my two blades ( 52100 hunter w2 fighter) w2 in 150 degree water, 52100 in 130 degree peanut oil. and heres how they came out so what do you think?how do you get the hamon to come out...

w2, thanks ill try that

okay, so im thinking of 5 minutes soak at nonmagnetic then quenched in 150 degree water. then straight to the oven at 425. sound good?

Im hopeing to make a few stock removal blade out of 52100. I want to try testing a "cold forged" one v.s. a normal stock removale one in a cutting test. i had a guy tell me that i needed a few videos of my knives on my site so mabey ill try youtubeing the test. what do you guys think?

ahh, were did the pics go it sounds like my first one.

thats just cool,

thank goodness i asked you guys first before the heat treat, i thought of trying to asking don but didn't want him to think i was trying to steal his style, though i did get the idea from one of his knifes....:les: any way heres a picture of it so far i didnt oil it and left it out in the shop...

thats just beautiful got to love dons style.