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Awesome work man, the spanish notch is too cool, I love to see that little tribute to tradition, very nice touch. The skull crusher is a must on a mil-tac blade, imo. -sd

way better than my first! you have the bug now man, its over, hehe...

beautiful work!! what was the inspiration for the engraving work? can you post some close ups?

my tax uses a scalpel to cape, hope it helps and be sure to post pics of your stuff :)

I think if you get a good heart piece you will be fine. Looking forward to seeing it when you get going.

howdy neighbor :)

that is some of the most beautiful period correct work I have ever seen! thanks for sharing. -sd

Awesome works all. Congrats to all the nominees, you are all winners in my book.

I think I will check it out since I am so close, would love to meet up and have lunch or dinner with other dogs, just let me know. -sd

LarryJ, I was right where you are a few months ago. My advice is to start with stock removal first, and that means a belt sander and a band saw(metal cutting) if you can swing it. Harbor freight has one for about $250, that is what I use so far. Start with some mild steel(1018) first and learn...

I think it looks awesome!

Man that looks really cool, I will try some of that file work down the road.

awesome job man, that is beautiful!!!

Many thanks to Darrin Sanders and the rest of you gentlemen for your mentoring. I had a short piece of 1084 left over from a match set of throwers, so I thought I would do a little hidden tang skinner to see if I could pull off the heat treat on my own. I dont have all the proper...

I found it out the hard way, but your saw wont work for metal as stated here. I went the harbor frieght road, got a 250 dollar band saw and set it up to cut vertical. it works great once you learn to use it, like most tools. set it on the slowest speed and get to work. the 20 dollar blades are...

Thanks fellas, this is what I needed to know. I will take you up on that Darrin, and thanks for the link to aldo's.

I have ground up all my stock, and went to a new place today to buy more. All they stock is 0-1, so I bought a couple of pieces, I just had to have something to work on over the weekend :biggrin: What am I looking at as far as my grind and then heat treat? I have a propane forge and an oil...

+1 :)

thanks guys, I have already learned a ton. soakin it all up :)

excellent thread. thank you for the link