Hello Everybody



Just another knife maker here from southwest Washington. I've been making knives since I was 12, but just started with hot work when I was about 22 (10 years ago).

Two of my friends that you probably know, Bill Cottrell and Tom Ferry, were instrumental in helping to get me started with hot work.

I went to school to be an engineer, didn't like it when I was done, made knives full time for 5 years, got a different job where 450 of us got laid off and sent back to school, so I'm just finishing up a welding degree and machining cert. So basically I know a bunch of theoretical stuff (also known as bull-$hit), but don't really know what to do with it just yet!

I've spent a lot of time getting my name out in knife making circles...but I don't know too many folks in the blacksmithing world. I know I'm missing out because of that too, as hot work is my favorite part of the whole knife making thing.

Anyway, I know there's a ton of guys on here that are extremely capable and I hope I can soak up some of that while hanging out.

Just for s's & g's, here are a couple shots of the kind of stuff I hack together.













And this is said hack with Angi down at Canon Beach, Oregon

Hello, welcome to the forum. That's some real quality work you have there, and a real nice anvil to boot.

ah, yes welcome to the forum. The stuff is nice, however your girl friend is very fetching. Are you sure that is not a picture that came in a frame you bought at Target and you are trying to fool us. -again welcome; grant

ah, yes welcome to the forum. The stuff is nice, however your girl friend is very fetching. Are you sure that is not a picture that came in a frame you bought at Target and you are trying to fool us. -again welcome; grant

Thanks for the welcome guys (I think, LOL! ).

If the pic was from a frame they would have used a better looking male model! :lol:

Welcome to the forum Nick.

Bob

I love the pistol grip hamon line outfit, that's a knife a fellow could take to church on Sunday! Imagine the work you could do if you'd stop holding the hammer in the left hand.. (kidding). Beautiful stuff!

Hey Nick good to see you here, really enjoyed your visit the other day. I think you'll find great stuff going on here :D

Welcome to IFI Nick - real nice looking work you've got going there.
You'll like it here - lots o' good folk!

Thanks for the welcome guys!

I already killed about an hour and a half reading through stuff here today

Larry, most of that was reading the thread about the Nazel that went to Jesse... Holy xxxx man What a story!!!

chyancarrek - so you're next to St Helens eh? I'm on the very top of it in my avatar :D

Nick,

I'm just South of Lake Merwin in N. Clark county. Thought about moving up past Cougar but it was just a touch too far in terms of getting back and forth to town.

Nice avatar, yeah, the ol' girl is quite the climb. I did a couple of "under the radar" climbs up the SE slope right after they reopened the red zone but never made it to the crater rim.
Probably a good thing - we got ourselves into all sorts of situations that can only be described as: "now, that was a dumb-A***ed thing to do!"

Careful of this forum, it truly can eat up a whole bunch o' your time!

Enjoy!
Neil

Glad to see ya Nick!

"Careful of this forum, it truly can eat up a whole bunch o' your time"! Ya think?

Thanks Grant! I got some of your off-set V-bit tongs from you at Dave Lisch's swap meet last summer and they are my new favorite tongs!!! There are no better tongs on the market for holding a bowie blade while forging. B)