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I like it.. Nice. Its very polished, and everything looks to fit together tight; the fact that you spent alot of time on it really shows through.

You say it better than me BigGunDoctor person.. Except for annealing the ends what you describe is what I usually do.

I rivet my handle scales on with copper or steel, usually copper grounding wire of the kind that is used on power poles. I drill a hole the exact size of the wire, I cut a section of wire about 1/4" longer than the entire handle (tang included) is wide. I then begin peening out one side of the wire, I haven't put the wire through the handle yet. I am just freehand peening on side, then I taper the opposite end back down to the original size. Then I insert the wire through the handle/tang/handle cut it off maybe 1/8" from the outside handle scale, if there is too much material on the second peen you can crack the handle scales. I have never had any of my handles slip or shift, even though I don't epoxy. But the downside of the way I do this is it looks rather old fashioned. I have attached an image, I apologize in advance for the poor image quality I took the image on a webcam.

I like it, you could use it for fastening posts together or all kinds of things.. How do you know this is correct? What did you base it on?

So it holds the candle, and allows you to stick it in a crack on the wall?

I like it, about how big is your brake drum? I have built two forges from brake drums, my latest is a big truck drum about 18 inches across. It always seemed to work fine for me.. I like the table idea. Do you find the forge big enough for most work?

Do you have bigger pictures? I am curious what they look like up close..

Has anyone ever tried the Notary method? What would you do just have a Notary witness a piece of paper saying you began to use the Touchmark on such-and-such a date?

Really nice! I don't think I have ever seen a RR spike knife with wooden handle.

Cool, I usually check craigslist as well. Get some great deals that way.

How do you like the epoxy, does the handle seem solid? I've always pinned my handles together with copper or steel. Where did you get the African mahogany? Nice knife by the way.

I have made a smaller knife that I carved the handle and sheath from the same wood and then cut them apart. It was kind of interesting. I carved this sheath as an afterthought, originally I didn't know what I was going to do. Thanks for all the compliments!

I am rather new here, and I mostly just read.. But the forum keeps telling me I haven't posted in several weeks and I should so here goes. This knife is a simple double edged dagger, forged from the tine of an old garden fork. I quenched it in water, and baked it at 350-400 degrees for about 45 minutes to relax the metal. I carved the sheath from oak and pinned it together with cedar pins. Comments and Critique are welcome!

I've bought a house inside Talladega city limits (Alabama) about two years ago, and have been forging off and on in the back yard. Its a rather poor area and my neighbors are friendly so no problems or complaints. And I don't think there are any ordinances regulating fires unless they are over a certain size. Except when there is a drought. I would say, and have always just gone ahead with what I need to do and let the regulations catch up later. Then you can just apologize and conform. :P

I have my Grandpa's knives, and both were veterans; one in the Navy and the other in the Army. The one that was in the Army carried a wooden scaled knife that looks exactly like those black handled "electricians" knives. I now have it and I used to carry it but it was old and the mainspring for the blade side broke. So now it resides in a box. Its so worn I could never figure out what the lettering on the blade says.. I actually think its something like "Case & Sons" but like I said its really worn.. I also meant to say that I own one of those "US" Camillus knives. Its my current carry everyday knife.. never failed me yet!

Thanks for the welcome guys! I will fill out my location info right now Thanks Doug!

Hows it going? My name is Ben, I'm from Alabama. Been working iron and steel off and on for several years, but I've been in an off time and am thinking of getting back into it. Just surfing google.com and ran across you guys! So here I am! Ben