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I finally had a chance to make it to a hammer-in in the area, organized by Adlai Stein of Macabee Knives. It was an all-weekend event, but I only made it Saturday. I rolled in about 10 a.m. The big event on Saturday was a repeat of last year's attempt at an iron smelt by Aldo Bruno and Lon...

I pulled out an old pattern from a couple of years ago and tweaked it some. Here's the result. These are cut from 1/8" thick 1080 from Kelly Cupples. There's a little variation from knife to knife, but they are about 5 inches OAL with a 2 inch spearpoint blade, with a self-guard. These are...

Love or hate Harbor Freight, a lot of us that are hobby makers turn to them for inexpensive tools when operating a shop on a tight budget, especially if you are just starting out. I've tried a variety of ways of cutting out knife blanks from bar stock. Angle grinder, drilling holes, etc. I...

I know that the 2x72 belt grinder is the industry standard for custom knifemakers. But I also know that there are and have been a number of knifemakers that have used disc grinders as their primary grinder at least at some time during their career. Walt Kneubuehler, L.T. Wright (Blind Horse...

Just thought I'd give the other newbies on a budget here a heads up. Harbor freight has their red horizontal/vertical bandsaw on sale for $199. They also have a 20% off coupon which drops their portaband down to around $60. I believe Bossdog carries the better blades for them.

Well, hopefully the title caught your attention. I've been perusing the threads through the business section here, and there's a lot of good advice on good things to do for your business--pricing strategies, dealing with customers, taking deposits, etc. We can all point to makers in the...

Hey guys, I just found out my neighbor, who's 81, has decided to sell his anvil. It's been in his wife's family for 3 generations, and his boys aren't interested in it. It has a cast body with a hardened face plate on top. The name Fulton is cast into the side in large block letters...

I started getting spam in my email (the one I used when I signed up on this site) from a place called ARTWORKBID_DOT_COM trying to sell me mammoth scales for knife handles. Is anyone else getting this?

I haven't completed too many knives over the past 6 or 9 months because what little time I've had to devote to knives I've used to put together a forge, a collection of hammers, and a railroad track anvil. Well, here's my fourth attempt at a forged blade. I hammered this one out last week. My...

Here's a few of mine: Scagel style Nessmuk: Full tang Nessmuk in osage: Bowie in elk and leather: