I recently had the pleasure of working with a local blacksmith to capture the story of how a blade is forged and finished. I had a lot of fun with this project and learned a lot about blacksmithing and

We need more examples of positive non-violent masculinity in media. Bladesmithing, ironically, is one.

A friend of mine is a Pagan with Norwegian descent. For her herbal witchcraft practices, she asked me if I could make her a Boline (a ceremonial sickle) with an antler handle. I took up the challenge and

After my first hand forged knife, I've decided to practice a little bit at forging a chef's knife for my wife to use in the kitchen. Once again, I'm using an old rusty file. I started cutting it in half

My forge has arrived, yay! I finally can have some fun. But first of all, I needed to clear the garage to make large clean and safe place to forge. It took several days to clear out all the clutter that

Since we are doing a BBQ almost every week in the backyard, sometimes multiple times a week, I started to get interested in learning other ways of setting up a fire. One of the technique is the use of

Just finished this knife, I needed to try out my new sander. Handle is made from some scrap marblewood I had sitting around and the steel is a 1095 and 15n20 pattern welded steel blank I ordered online

Got out with enough time this morning! 😁 #AutomaticWin and #TripleTen!!! Had to haul a little bit of ass there at the end to make it back, but done is ✅ 👍🏆 Pretty overcast morning for sure...humid and

I didn’t get out this morning until after I finished up my final grades (and after ten o’clock). It was alright, though, kind of nice to just go to go and not have any goal pressure in particular. I set

Left just under the bar to get the automaticwin...but I pushed it hard and got the #TripleTen and #AutomaticWin!!! Hells to the yeah! Did a different kind of zombie mission today...an airdrop: set round-trip

Kiritsuke I did for my beautiful wife @perivuna 1950 mizu honyaki with Arvorin and stabilized maple burl handle . . . #chefknife #knifemaking #cooking #cheflife #foodporn #food #cutlery #chef #kitchenknife

Trying to sound and look smart while lecturing architects and arts historians 🎓 . . . #teaching #conference #lecture #knifemaking #knifemaker #split #share2steem docsmithknives Posted from Instagram via

This was my first time in Atlanta Georgia to attend blade, the biggest knife show in the world, makers from around the globe make the yearly pilgrimage to sell or show off their wares!I went for the materials

This build here is currently my favorite that I’ve done! The lines, the flow, the silhouette, and overall mechanics of it! I was told that it looks like something the Predator would carry if the predator

this is the black timascus clip I finished last night, and it came out awesome! Completely handmade milled and shaped! The blackish spits in it are actually zirconium the same stuff they make tracer rounds

well here she is, I’m about 80% done at this point! The presentation side is basically finished!lockside still needs some detail work, I have to go up in grits to about 5k finish! the back spacer is where

Still have to finish up handle scales and the backspacer, but the most nerve racking part is done! I’m very happy with this grind, is aggressive and angry looking my favorite kind, here’s a couple of photos

Well after a few hr setup time I finally got the swedge grind completed! This is a very aggressive 1.25 diameter hollow grind, the trick is to get the exact same results on both sides, by no means a simple