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I have a few that I have saved. I come very near selling them from time to time. However, a dear friend told me to keep some of my work along the way so I could go back and look at how my skills have improved over time. My very first knife was a rail road spike made from a spike off my...

Get a "Boss" I did. I looked at all those HD sewing machines. I have an industral machine but it did not even come close to handling my leather work. I have had my "Boss" for about 6 months now. Thought I would never pay for it, BUT I only need something like 10 more cases and she is free...

One thing I get questioned a lot about is tempering. I was tought to use a torch to temper. After heat treat I clean up the blade to the point I can see the colors. I heat the back of the blade with a rose bud tip until I see straw. Then I keep adding a little heat until I get the peacock...

I have a 5 way vice on my bench. I just clamp the top part of my Milwalkee in the jaws and swing the vice up right. I dont have a table for it. There is a guy, Mark Wheeler I think, that has him port-a-ban water hose clamped to a post in his shop. He too the workstock stop off and built a...

Looks like you added a piece on the back to mount the block on. Was this due to using a samller size tube where the blocks mounted and you need the extra width? I like the way your spring is monuted too.

I picked up forging in high school back in 1982. I made a pile of tractor equipment pins for folks. After high school I layed the skills aside. Some 25 years later I picked it up again in attempt to make a Rail Road Spike knife. A champion 400 blower, 15 gallon barrell and a car rim made my...