Here's a small blade i forged from the top billet. i chose not to forge the bevels in to prevent more distortion. Ready for grinding.

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Blackberry's beware. This chopper is well up to the task and will look good in the process. 11.5" W-2 blade clay hardened and polished to bring out the gorgeous hamon. Monel sculpted fixtures with a bisecting thong tube for added security. Black Canvas Micarta handle. great balance and a .25" thickness at the ricasso. OAL 16.85

11" W-2 blade with nice hamon. Monel Fixtures, Flared Guard. Black Canvas Micarta with a Bisecting thong hole. OAL 16.75 inches

This one would be great for cutting that brush out in the back yard.

L6 blade at 7.75" long. Silicon Bronze guard with a stabilized Black Dyed maple handle. Through tang construction with retaining nut seen on pommel. OAL 12.625"

Was $350 Blade Show Air fare ticket sale $250 SOLD

Blade made from Cable in a can pattern welded steel. This process produces a tight billet and interesting pattern. Blade is 3.25" long with paper Micarta fixtures, Elk Tine handle with OAL of 7.25"

This is a hammer I just made. I have been wanting to try one since I read "The Hand Forged Knife" By Carl Schroen. He had a huge one and I could not see how it would work. It works like a dream. The swing is a bit different but it is a lot easier to use than I expected.

Here it is again out of it's home. The 6.25 inch Blade is forged from train car spring of 1" dia and shows a nice wavy hamon. The wood is Chalk de Viga a hardwood from South America more specifically the Yukatan Peninsula. It is related to Pernumbuco but some has very nice figure as seen here. The color is natural and will darken with age to a darker red-orange. The blade and handle OAL is 13.5 inches. The OAL with sheath is 14.75 inches. A copper Habaki accents the blade and Water Buffalo Horn accents the handle and sheath.

Nice little 3 finger skinner with a 325 layer ladder pattern blade of 1084-15n20 monel fixtures and a nice stabilized spalted beech handle. Clean that trout or skin out that buck, will work great for most camp chores.

Sweet Little Hunter with a nice piece of red maple for the handle and a black spacer to bronze fixtures. The pool and eye patterned blade in 350 layers of 1084-15n20.
This piece would go well in a fanny pack for that 10 pointer you been looking for.

325 layers of 15n20 and 5160 forged in a random pattern. Blade shape was thought thru the different areas of competition. The knife performed well but the person behind the blade had a bad day. Unusual design, kind of a Kukriesk with a trailing point. Good for stabbing those peski little ping pong balls. Brass fixtures and canvas micarta top off this tough utility piece.