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Roger, there are people out here having to deal with a touch of jealousy right now, including this maker. That is an outstanding knife! David

Well, I just recently found out that Rick had posted this thread here (and in his sub forum). Back in the middle of February I was at a show in Los Angeles when he posted it, and I missed it. I really liked Rick's designs from the beginning. They have a unique quality to them. While it falls...

I'm familiar with PMC. Rio Grande Jewelry Supply has sold it for years. The reason I've never used it for my knife (and pen) work is because after forming it into whatever you want, usually a jewelry object, you have to bake it to remove the "clay" binder. When you do that the object shrinks...

Happy to help, Paul, but thank Tim for the idea years ago. He probably had his oldest child making doh-mascus! Here is a follow up. The company sells their material on ebay, and their primary audience are the kit pen turners...

Here are some fairly recent flat grinds. The first is the raffle knife down in my forum. It's made from Ealy's damascus and is .190 x 1 3/8 x 8. It's flat ground from the spine to a pretty thin edge. The second one is a sub hilt made with Burt Foster's laminated steel. It's 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 10...

Their site doesn't want to load this morning, but I know what you're talking about. It's made for the kit pen turners who, for the most part anyway, can't turn metals because all they have are wood lathes. I have not used this material (I can turn the real metal mokume) so I don't know exactly...

I like all that stuff, too. Mine has a carb and no clock, but I could live with that stuff if I had to. I think guys like us are just a bunch of posers. We like the LOOK of older styled bikes and the image that goes with it, but we like modern conveniences as well. We're pathetic, but...

Having kick started my old XLCH way back in the day, I can say with all certainty that I love the electric leg on my Sporty! Along with your digital clock, there is a low fuel warning light instead of a petcock with a reserve setting (not that a 2.2 gallon tank would go far on reserve). And...

Sportsters, kicking big twin's butts since 1957. I ride a Sportster myself, an 06 XL883. I don't know that I'd want anything different. Cool ride! David

The official legal (I am a corporation in Texas) name of my business is Broadwell Studios. I always spell out the name, because using the initials would just cause trouble. David

I've watched "Quigley" several times and I never noticed that knife. I guess I was too focussed on the rifle. I do remember him pulling a small knife from his boot and using it on someone. David

Stacy, I'm curious where you've gotten your information. Caramelized sugar is burnt sugar. Sugars are heated to 300-350 degrees until the begin to burn. I've never soaked my onions in ferric nitrate to caramelize them! Are you saying that the acidic compound you've created burns the sugars in...

You are right, Kelly, it's dangerous. What I'm curious about is why use something that is dangerous to the user, can cause rust to your equipment, and can etch and rust your blade or corrode fittings if the wood is attached to the knife? Then there is that whole got to take days just to make the...

Chris, I have a Square Wheel that will be 20 years old this fall. It has been an excellent machine! At the time it was probably the most popular grinder among knifemakers. The Burr King was possibly better - it certainly was quieter. The Bader was and is a good machine. But the SW was and...

Using your drill press as a milling machine is like using a crescent wrench as a hammer or a screwdriver as a chisel. Not the right tool. Yes, it MAY work at times, but eventually you'll screw up your work and/or your tool. The spindles on drill presses and mills are different. Mills have...

Not just groovy, but "garooooovy baby", maybe even "far out, man"! Really turned out well. The engraving on the back side of the guard is unusual, but it really suits this knife. The style has a classic gun look to it. The work on the butt is also nice, and that's not necessarily the easiest...

Ernie, there are some people who will find the blood, limited as it is, distasteful. Twenty five or so years ago I heard a speech by the first white hunter to go on safari in Zimbabwe after the revolution. He was hunting kudu with black powder. Someone else shot an elephant and he had slides...

They have. Way, way back when I was a kid there was a movie with clips that showed Ghurka troops and their British officers killing cattle with kukris. At one time the Japanese did that with condemned prisoners to proof some of their katanas. Cutting bamboo bundled together demonstrates the...

I think you're missing my point. Bootstrap asked about a forum showing knives being put through their paces. Fighters, swords and daggers are used to kill or wound people, as are many of the current tactical knives. Are we just going to limit the types of knives shown being used to only camping...

So how are we going to show things like daggers and swords being used? Then there are fighters, both sub hilted and not.