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I clean my blades with either 90% alcohol or windex prior to etch. My stencils are from Ernie Grospitch, and I tape them down with black electrical tape. My etcher was built from Radio Shack parts based on plans from Chris Crawford's website. I use alligator clips and q-tips for the etch...

Thanks Rick and Stacy! I appreciate the kind words. In all honesty, I'm glad to have finally finished the trio because -- while I really like the aesthetic of these knives -- reception from potential customers has been luke-warm... as illustrated by the fact that I still have the other two...

Not every time... ... I have almost as many shoes as my wife. A person needs hiking boots, winter boots, work boots, shoes for trail running, shoes for pavement running, shoes for treadmill running, wrestling shoes, fancy office shoes, and B&W Chuck Taylors... just for starters. Plus, my wife...

^^^Hahaha!!!! This... definitely this. Erin

Knife #1: Ben Cardoso (cardoso5fr) - Classical 4" Balisong.

Here's a cool hawk/axe from... Photo #1: Ben Tendick (Benr.t) - Huntsman

Knife #1: John Doyle (J. Doyle) - Fileworked Hunter w/ Koa, Hamon & Damascus fittings. I'm a bit of a Doyle fan-boy... and per Brad's rules, John can only have his hat in two categories, but...

Here are some that make my list for the year. Knife #1: John Doyle - Koa & Damascus Liner-lock. Great shape and use of materials... plus, John does some of the finest rope file-work around. Knife #2: Ondrej Berkus (Papi) - Horologist's Auto Knife #3: Peter Martin (PMARTINKNIVES) -...

Taking this seriously and going back through some threads from the past year. I'll start things off with... Knife #1: Bruce Bump - Tomb Raider... we all knew he'd be here. :D Knife #2: John Doyle - Redwood Burl Camp/Belt knife. Knife #3: Brad Lilly - Blackout Bowie. This seems like...

I'll start off this category with some I liked recently. Knife #1: Justin Presson - Ranger Knife Knife #2 : Ben Tendick - Wakizashi. I'm not sure whether this is the best category for this knife/sword... but it seems fairly tactical to me. ;)

Johan... your knife looks great. I've never done a blended bevel to get rid of the plunge. On the rare occasion where I do a full-tang knife with scales, I'll just continue the bevel grind through the handle (more or less). Very few of my knives have plunges, though... but most have guards...

Thanks guys. Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. Erin

It's with a sigh of relief that I finally present this knife -- I call it a cutlass Bowie -- the last of the Heartache trio. This Bowie is the first of three, similarly themed, knives to be designed, but the last of them to be built. The smallest of these knives -- a little vest fighter in...

Justin... that knife looks just about perfect. Like the others have said, I'm betting you'll be asked to make more. Erin

I started using Gimp back when I was running Linux as an OS. Now I use Gimp for Windows. It is very versatile, and it's free. There can be a bit of a learning curve with any of these feature-packed software packages, but Gimp has always treated me well. If you're having trouble with your...

As posted over in the custom forum, I just finished this one. It was a project a long time in the making... but I think that I've got a bit of my shop mojo back. Now I've returned to working on its big brother. We'll see how it turns out. Erin

This is a knife that I finished up last weekend. Some stats OAL: 12-3/4" Blade: 7-1/2" (tip-to-choil) of W2 with a significant distal taper Weight: 0.69lbs (313g) Fittings: mild steel w/ blued and hot-oiled grooves Handle: stabilized Koa from Mark Farley at BurlSource I almost never...

Not at all. The disc plates stick to the hub with a ton of force, but there is almost zero magnetism on the face of the plates... like no attraction between knife steel and the plate at all. I think it has something to do with the layout of the poles and spacing of the magnets being engineered...

Beautiful work Bruce. Not much to dislike in this package. The damascus layout and execution is perfect for the design. The proportions are great, the handle shape/fluting is top-notch, and the fittings are sublime. I have to tell you, though... I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall through...

I believe it was Ed who talked me into purchasing this system about five years ago. The cost was substantial... but to me, it was well worth it. Learning how to use a disc well (for me anyway) represented significant evolutionary advancement in my processes. Unlike Ed, however, I much prefer...