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Very nice memorial for your friend. Such a simple, beautiful design. Which reminded me, my best friend had an Opinel folder with the twist lock. Cheap and workable. A few years ago he mentioned in an email that he sure missed that knife. I asked if he wanted it because he gave it to me around...

Last night's ultimate champion show started with 5 past winners and each brought a competition chopper they had made at home. And exactly like you'd suspect, all 5 were beautiful knives with excellent craftsmanship. It would be nice to see each one's specialty or go to knife they make to get a...

You often see the finalists at their home shop with a wall full of patterns that they make. All of them are 3-6" usable EDC type knives but now they need to forge a 9 point boomerang sword from Venus. Oh well. I'm watching an episode right now using a backhoe bucket.

My first was in high school in the 70s. I ground a file on a ShopSmith grinder attachment my dad had. It was a slim bird and trout style and I knocked the sharp teeth off the grip but left enough for traction. It wasn't bad at all and I made worse later. I gave it to my friend and one day...

Hats and cigars, too.

Well, he went 3/8". About halfway down are several of his designs. http://www.harveydraper.com

I remember old Elmer Keith the gun writer from down the road got into knife designing and kept asking for thicker steels. Not sure how far he went but it was way above the norm and he wouldn't have turned down 3/8". Maybe your customer is a fan.

Do you use one piece of steel or knife alloy just for the heads? What about heat treating? Different for the handle? Very nice work, I like them all.