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Then you may as well not believe anything in the Bible at all. The fall, man's sin, damnation, and his need for salvation are at the very root of everything the Bible teaches us. I'm not trying to be judgemental, but the truth is the truth. If there is no hell/lake of fire/whatever name you...

So Tai, what do you see as the "Highest Truth"? I will say this. I'm far from the Christian that I should be, and I have many flaws and sins, but picking and chosing from the Bible is a dangerous path to start down. We all have favorite passages and things like that, but that doesn't seem to...

Thanks Ed, after posting I was thinking it could have been filings kind of clumping, or balling. Good to hear a voice of experience though. I'm trying to learn as much metallurgy as I reasonably can, but at this stage it seems the more I learn, the more questions I have.

That's exactly what I've done with my swedges, and plan to do on the bevels as well, I was just thinking it would be nice to be able to so to speak "set" it at least close if i wanted to do something else in between steps or something like that.

First of, I didn't listen, and I'm using mystery steel on this (my first ) project. I'm definitely not going to do it again, but I'm learning enough that I'm at least satisfied in that regard. Anyhow, I noticed today while working on filing in my swedge bevels, that im getting some uneven...

Got my file jig built, and I also got one side of my swedge cut in. Really goes remarkably quick compared to what I expected. I also found that my skills for drilling straight holes are not what I thought they were! Definetly thinking I may build a modified/improved version of the jig once...

Welcome to the pound! Belgium is a beautiful country, I actually got to spend a year there as an exchange student back about 20 years ago.

I like the idea also, but my concern would be splinters for lack of a better word. The resin isn't going to soak into the metal pieces, and I would think there wouls be a decent chance of yhem working loose and either falling out and leaving a void, or jabbing whoever is using the knife in...

I thought I would take a few minutes and share a few thoughts from the perspective of someone just dipping their feet into learning this craft... First off, I will say that i got bit by the bug thanks to the Forged in Fire show. I've always kinda liked knives, but never really been a...

I'm gonna go with the people suggesting using a cutiff wheel on a grinder. If nothing else, use the grinder to square up your ends once cut, just leave yourself a little extra to do it with if you need to. I know for me, I've never been very good at getting a nice straight cut with a hacksaw...

Seems like I remember my dad hsving a knife that looked very much like those 2, but I woulda swore that one dad has is a Case...

Thanks. I am planning to buy a slab of (probably) 1084 for future projects. This was a kind of 'testing the water' idea, and I've learned quite a bit already. I was kinda hoping to build this one pretty much all outa stuff I already had laying around, but I'm finding that I feel like I'm just...

So, I'm working on my very first knife, and the shape has developed a bit different than I originally intended. I've got a small 'nub'/guard area on the bottom of the handle that I'm concerned will be very prone to chipping if I use natural wood as I had originally planned. (Probably oak or...

Beautiful knife, and one heck of a book series too!

Well, between all the assorted projects that I need to do around the house, and that pesky go-to-work thing, I havn't had much time for work on this. I have gotten a little time though. My annealing was successful, the metal responds alot better now to files/sandpaper. I got the edges of the...

Those look great, what's the scale material on the first one?

Just a thought, but perhaps ask them, even see if they'll sell you what you need. If they're giving you the impression you're a PITA, they might welcome it as a way to sorta 'get rid of you'.

I've noticed the same thing. In my case, I think its pics uploaded as an attachment to the post that I can't see, not ones hosted off-site and /IMGed...

Wow!!

Ok, lesson learned... I annealed the blank yesterday morning, or at least I drew a crapload of hardness back out, kinda hard to see the blade when its nestled in a pile of coals, (I havn't finished my forge up yet.) But that will be the last time I do any profile grinding before I have scaling...