sorry for the misunderstanding

[gmerrell]

In the "couple of my custom knives" Post some of you though I was trying to sell my knives. I was not offering anything for sale!!! I was just showing my knives. I'm very sorry for the misunderstanding if you read what I posted it was not a sales pitch just a let me know what you think. I'll post some more on here and then post some pic's later so if you missed it and would like to see the pics you can.
again I'm sorry.

[rbeau30]

Perhaps, a "build your own" section for knives is warranted?

So people can post their projects? my .02

Don't take things personally... Welcome to the community BTW. I was not able to see your projects before it got removed but hope you stick around and share your creations with us!

[TheWeatherman]

I wouldn't worry about it too much, just try to follow the rules. Every now and then you will forget something or it will come off wrong and someone sees it that way. Happens to me every now and then. I would just post the pictures and say what they are and don't say anything close to a selling speech. I didn't get to see them either.

[02ducky]

I got to see them and they are super nice, please post the pics again.

Great bunch of guys around here I also hope you stick around for a bit, what's not to like about things that go boom and sharp objects that make you bleed?

[zteknik]

We have newcomers flooding in latley so it just might have been done out of caution.
Please post your pics back up,very nice work.
If you pass your 30 day probationary period you can ask the mods to become a vendor if you do want to sell some of your stuff.

[BPTactical]

We have newcomers flooding in latley so it just might have been done out of caution.
Please post your pics back up,very nice work.
If you pass your 30 day probationary period you can ask the mods to become a vendor if you do want to sell some of your stuff.

^^^this
Maybe your words didn't come out ok-so what?
If you have the talent to bladesmith show it with pride.
Welcome and.........

[zteknik]

Now as a tinkerer and an amatueur of sorts how would one get into bladesmithing?
Equipment wise steel to use and such?
I'm fairly good at making turds shine,but I would like to know how to do it right.
Is there anyplace one can research how to do it other than u yube?

[TheWeatherman]

Now as a tinkerer and an amatueur of sorts how would one get into bladesmithing?
Equipment wise steel to use and such?
I'm fairly good at making turds shine,but I would like to know how to do it right.
Is there anyplace one can research how to do it other than u yube?

Three are a lot of different forum type bladesmithing sites. Bladeforums, Knifedogs, knife network are just a few. Its unfortunate but you always get people on the forums that just blow smoke up your rear and give wrong info. It is hard to get real answers sometimes and it just takes hours and hours of research on the net. If you get a hold of someone and you visit their shop then it works out well. There is a guy in Keensburg named Steve Rollert (keen Edge knives ) that does classes that you could learn from if you wanted to drive the 2 hours.

Just realize that there are a lot of different ways to get it accomplished.

You get into bladesmithing by starting to make knives. Design and draw up what you think is a good knife. Then go do your research on form and function. You can get away with just using files and hand tools to make a knife, but they have grinders out there. There are so many steels that it is hard to just point to one and say go. You have to think of what you want to use the knife for and how to Heat Treat it. Heat Treating gets tricky. You can send them out to get heat treated though.

Who says that you aren't making knives right? Lets hear about how you are doing it?

[Beprepared]

Welcome to the forum G!

gmerrell's good people. He's a neighbor, but I'm glad this friend doesn't live too close, he's pounding that metal all the time. I've seen his knives first hand and I would love to carry one.
Post those pics!

D

[zteknik]

Three are a lot of different forum type bladesmithing sites. Bladeforums, Knifedogs, knife network are just a few. Its unfortunate but you always get people on the forums that just blow smoke up your rear and give wrong info. It is hard to get real answers sometimes and it just takes hours and hours of research on the net. If you get a hold of someone and you visit their shop then it works out well. There is a guy in Keensburg named Steve Rollert (keen Edge knives ) that does classes that you could learn from if you wanted to drive the 2 hours.

Just realize that there are a lot of different ways to get it accomplished.

You get into bladesmithing by starting to make knives. Design and draw up what you think is a good knife. Then go do your research on form and function. You can get away with just using files and hand tools to make a knife, but they have grinders out there. There are so many steels that it is hard to just point to one and say go. You have to think of what you want to use the knife for and how to Heat Treat it. Heat Treating gets tricky. You can send them out to get heat treated though.

Who says that you aren't making knives right? Lets hear about how you are doing it?

Thanks for the info,I will check some of those out.
After being on the forums for many years I can sorta figure out who's blowin smoke up my tailpipe ,I just let it pass..

I have never realy built any blades,just kinda refurbed some ,polishing and trying to grind a decent edge.The polishing part I'm ok with,its the edge ginding that gets me.
Hollow ground, bevel ground and so forth,sounds greek to me.