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Ok, these are the last of the photos from me. The next step is up to John's creativity and for Coop to do the final "Wow Factor". Pien'ed 3/16" carbon steel pin, both sides... Sealing the Stag in a boiled linseed oil mix... Etching the pin heads... I can't wait to see what...

Etched throat with the stag smoothed out- Next is just drilling for the pin, setting her and then sealing everything up. Should have her done just in time to show the kids at X-mas!

Milling out the damascus throat- Drilling out the Sambar stag for the tang- A fair amount of tang for the handle- Securing the throat to the handle... with a black spacer- Roughing out the throat- Cutting in the "Stag Grooves"- Finished throat with things lined up...

Etching the wrought iron guard- Done!- Finished blade etch (it tough to get a good photo of the blade/arrows/hamon without my photo bax so bear with me here)- Setting the guard- A nice tight/clean fit- Next is the damascus throat and the Sambar...

Hey Bill, it was good seeing you too. Glad you liked the piece so far.

Thanks and yes! I don't know about welding stainless (not one of my specialties) but, you can certainly add stars or other shapes with carbon steels and weld them up the same as I've done. My girlfriend loves dolphins so I'm planning on doing dolphin shapes in a blade for her soon. As to cutting...

Hey, that's me!- Here's a few pix after some light etching. Not going to do any heavy etching until the guard is ready but, I really wanted to see this. I'm putting up different angles to try and get you a good look. You can see the arrows well and the hamon is coming in nice as well-...

Softening the tang and shoulders- Here she is after HT & 36 hrs. in vinegar- Here is the blade finish ground and hand-rubbed with the rustic flats and spine (if you look close, you can see the arrows in the steel pre-etch)- Next will be adding my name on the blade, forging the...

Thanks guys, I appreciate that. J.

Here is the blade rough ground- Re-annealed- And ready for HT-

No problem Danny, The vent hole in the can is just to let anything burn out of the can to make it a non-oxygen enviorment. Some makers will put a few drops of oil or a small bit of paper in the front of the can and have a small vent hole (and I'm talking pin-hole sized here) to help clear out...

A good buddy of mine, Rob Deker, told me how if you coated the interior of the can with plain old office "White-out" the zinc in the fluid will keep the can from welding to the billet. One of the best trick I've ever heard.

It's 1095 powder & 1040 for the arrows. I think I've been spending too much time in airports lately. My brain started thinking of March of Dimes-marching-direction-those arrows on the floor at airports/hospitals/etc. Yeah, I know I'm strange.

"From John Cohea": March of Dimes Charity Build 2012 I'm a little late in annoucing this, but better late than never. The last couple of years we have had fairly fancy knives made by some REALLY talented folks, so this year we're going to tone it down a notch or two, but the talent will...

Here are a few more pieces that I've finished up but, haden't had a chance to post.... 52100& Ironwood Bowie/Fighter- Basic Ironwood Clip-point Hunter- Ball-bearing and Desert wood Necker- Standard Scandi-Bushcraft in I.W.B.- Simple Swift Belt Knife- Pac-axe-...

It's funny, this was quite awhile back but, I went through about a year of being told how horrible this finish looked. Now about half of my orderes are with this "antiqued" finish. Just takes certain things time to catch on. Here are some I've recently finished, I hope you like 'em... Fat...

I just finished this piece up for a gentlemen just in time for Thanksgiving. This is a large, full-tang kitchen/carving knife with a blade of 400+ layer damascus done in a "raindrop" pattern. The blade has a 10" cutting edge, approx. 1 1/2" high (spine to edge) and 15" overall length with...

Thanks guys. Well, on the sheath, I've tried a few different things for applying skin to Kydex and the best thing I found, so far, simply enough is two-ton epoxy. I formed the sheath, rough shaped and drilled the holes. Then I covered both foam pads on my Kydex press with plastic wrap, coated...

Here is a fun little neck dagger I just finsihed for a fellow... This Neck Dagger is 5" overall (1/2 blade-1/2 handle) forged from 400+ layer "random cut" damascus forged from 1095 & 15N20 with file®work highlights on the open choil & pommel, African Blackwood handle scales and stainless...

This Bowie is one I just finished for a gent, she's kind of a mix of a few on my site... This piece has a 12" blade of "antiqued" 5160. The guard is "jail-bar" wrought iron with filed accents. The handle is premium Sambar stag with a tri-fullered throat and threaded pommel of European...