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That is looking amazing, and a lot better than what I sent you.
When Robert and I were in his shop, we focused on 'let's see how you do this' or 'how does that tool work'. After HT and finish...

Lovely colors. I always like to combine stainless with bright colors too.

Yours should arrive tomorrow I think. The tracking info said it was on its way to the destination but of course they don't do anything in the weekend. When that package arrives it'll be a load off of...

Lol I was talking about the show in a couple of months. I always talk in weeks and months. The things I do are never quick or immediate.

Belgium. It's an international show where you'll find Americans, people from the UK, and people from all countries between Spain and the Ukraine. A couple of years ago Mike got me introduced into a...

I'm currently working on a showpiece knife for the Gembloux knife show. I'm not manning a table, but I'm staying with a group of master smiths in an old farmhouse and need something to pass round for...

It's called shokwood. That's the brand name. It's a hybrid of stabilized burl and colored resin.
It's beautiful stuff but it has a couple of issues.

Most of it is sold in knife handle lengths so...

That's a machete. My first and so far only one. I did some testing to make sure it wouldn't break upon impact and to my surprise I could throw a foot of 3x7 roofbeam in the air and split it clean...

Or until I die of course.
It's not that I have stopped making them completely. I still do them upon request.
I just don't make them for retail anymore or for my own projects. Anything I do, working...

Nono TC you can get carbon steel blades till the day you die :)
I meant for the raffle.

Yeah, I think 2 is enough :p
I think I may give away one among wootz customers, and one among Damascus customers.

I am hoping to bring it to the meet. Should be ready in time.

I did mention it on my website and my fb page. And to everyone asking about a wootz or Damascus razor :)
I didn't put it in here because I was hesitant about it being interpreted as advertising and...

Yeah this is my yearly raffle among everyone who bought a wootz or damascus razor or razor blade without scales.

Merry Christmas everybody! With the help of my 2 daughters, and my wife on the camera, I just raffled away 2 Damascus razors among everyone who bought one of my Damascus or wootz razors this year.
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Started working on that one TC

Finished the etching process of this wootz blade. It will go to the owner sometime next week for scales.
Getting wootz to reveal properly is muy different from regular Damascus. As soon as I come up...

At Glen's place for polishing and honing:

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Nice. That's an early one. I had to mark it on the tail because the tang was so slender.
There are many unfinished blades I sold which I never see the end result of.

And this is a 7/8+ design I have named 'Azumi'
It is made from antique tamahagane, and on its way to get some Tokyo flash scales.
The white bubbles are oil. I didn't check the pics until after the...

This one is 10/8+, and differentially heat treated so it will show temper lines when etched lightly.
SC145 water quench steel.

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Nicely done. What did you fill my mark with? It looks the same color as the scales.

2 blades inspired by the W&B FBU design, one is near wedge and the other hollow ground.
Posting them here because the owner will not be able to take those pics himself (it's on its way to be...

No the serpent blade I tried to etch it together with the pattern etching, but that failed badly. The front side mark has stayed the same, but the back side mark (the Lorraine cross) was indeed...

Serpent was the 3d actual razor I made, with a blank from Mike Blue.
The PI razor was the very first handforged one.
The fixed handle razor was also the first fixed handle razor I made.