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Finished up another 3 and the final one is in the drying rack. Then 5 more that are almost done.....

Juggling a bunch of knives at the moment, here are a few. Only 4 more to finish up in this batch!

Gotcha, They do have reasonably priced mokume. I needed something thicker for guards on a Bowie I'm making. Mokume is tricky when you try to get brass into the "mix" since it melts before the copper/nickel.

I could probably spend a few hours of prying you with whiskey about mokume alone....

Yeah the static buildup does make things interesting. I guess I've been too lazy to try and fix it so I just tolerate it.

I've got a glass platen that I got from usaknives been on there close to 6 years now. Go JB weld!

you can get a cinammon'y smell from cocobolo. Older cocobolo can get dark like that and not have the normal orange streaks

looks like walnut

I have a small enclosed shop and have a similar dust problem. I hooked up a duct fan that blows directly outside through a one-way vent. I was also concerned about the fire hazards of the dust collection systems. It works pretty well, I can feel the breeze coming through my shop door so I know...

Ok gotcha, thanks! So the black coloring can result from the ferric alone and isn't in addition to a coffee etch?

Resurrecting this thread. @Randy Lucius, if you don't mind, what is your process for ferric chloride and then the coffee etch? I saw the ratios but was wondering about how many times in the ferric? Sanding? how strong is the coffee? thanks!

Very nice, super clean! I could go either way on the swedge, sometimes the extra "stuff" isn't needed and might actually take away from the hamon

you have no hair on your arms from testing sharpness....

I got my stencils from Ernie a few years back. No problems, fast reponse. I've been trying to email his son both directly and through his website and have gotten no response. If someone can't respond even briefly, then my business goes elsewhere.

i haven't had issues with it plugging up belts, but you could get one of those rubber eraser belt cleaners. I use mine alot and it really helps

Gravity must work differently in North Carolina! ;)

Forged some coin Mokume Gane. Turned out pretty good

Ok so a hollow grind for a kitchen knife. Interesting

I'm a hoarder. I like to think of it as not being a 120grit anymore, now it's 220, 320....... Yes, I have a problem. ;)

I put epoxy under my bolsters mainly to be sure there is a seal under there to keep "crud" out. Not a ton of epoxy stays under there after peening and pressing (I press my bolsters on with a bottle jack press). I've had that space you're seeing happen. I've fixed it by filing perpendicular to...