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i found a niche it seams lol...im a abs school trained damascus bladesmith and studied under a long list of masters and great knife makers since i started in 1986..
feel free to ask any question for im not of the school of "im sorry ,thats a state secret" bs that a few and bad knife makers throw....
there are 2 schools of knife makeing.....bladesmithing where i forge knives from steel
or stock removal or grinders grinding away what they do not want.lol.
ill do both but im mainly a bladesmith as if done right makes a better knife.
fyi..a little background...jim hisrioulas taught me to make my first knife..then i needed more knowledge.
In 1987 i went to the ABS (american bladesmith soc) school in hope ark..took a class from Jim Crowell and Jerry Fisk..1988 a damascus class from the (late) Bill Moran....in those two years some of my fellow anvil mates in the classes that stuck with it are masters now...Tim Hancock,Burt Gaston.Heavey Dean..to name a few...being around many of these smiths i got to meet others great ones. As at the time i was living in san diego area i got in with the calif knifemakers group out of greater L.A. area...my main teacher was the fantastic knife maker the late Bob Engnath...my friend..I was as far as i know the only Bladesmith to study under and at the late Bob Loveless shop/home for many months and learn alot from bob and Jim Merrit a fantastic guy who made 98% of loveless knives ..I got to meet and learn from so many that i cherish it alot...
As i say i can learn from others ..mybe its only a products or a item or where to get something or how to do this or that..and sometime how NOT to do it...knowledge is a base you add too in order to get better hopefully.
remember there are not dumb questions only ones not asked.
feel free to ask any question for im not of the school of "im sorry ,thats a state secret" bs that a few and bad knife makers throw....
there are 2 schools of knife makeing.....bladesmithing where i forge knives from steel
or stock removal or grinders grinding away what they do not want.lol.
ill do both but im mainly a bladesmith as if done right makes a better knife.
fyi..a little background...jim hisrioulas taught me to make my first knife..then i needed more knowledge.
In 1987 i went to the ABS (american bladesmith soc) school in hope ark..took a class from Jim Crowell and Jerry Fisk..1988 a damascus class from the (late) Bill Moran....in those two years some of my fellow anvil mates in the classes that stuck with it are masters now...Tim Hancock,Burt Gaston.Heavey Dean..to name a few...being around many of these smiths i got to meet others great ones. As at the time i was living in san diego area i got in with the calif knifemakers group out of greater L.A. area...my main teacher was the fantastic knife maker the late Bob Engnath...my friend..I was as far as i know the only Bladesmith to study under and at the late Bob Loveless shop/home for many months and learn alot from bob and Jim Merrit a fantastic guy who made 98% of loveless knives ..I got to meet and learn from so many that i cherish it alot...
As i say i can learn from others ..mybe its only a products or a item or where to get something or how to do this or that..and sometime how NOT to do it...knowledge is a base you add too in order to get better hopefully.
remember there are not dumb questions only ones not asked.
