Joshua States

New Jersey Steel Baron - Quality Steel For Quality Blades -

Perhaps you meant to post in Show & Tell?

Do the embedded links to YouTube eat up much storage space?

Actually, I don't really mind that he hasn't come through. If he did, that might mean I'm wrong about him. As it stands, the gauntlet has been dropped and I'm just waiting for him to pick it up and prove me wrong. The longer this goes on, the more evidence there is that I am right.

Nope. I would have just rattled your cage....

No. Just keeping track of something someone said they were going to do and haven't done yet.

@Dave Stephens I think they might be making moves toward acceptance of that style. Matthew Parkinson had two such knives in his JS presentation set. Ya never know!

@Dan P. only twice?  The house I'm in right now represents the longest time I have ever lived at a single address, 16 years. When I lived in Boston, I had 14 different addresses in 12 years. Two of them I renewed leases on!

Right there with you bro! We make cool stuff and we talk about it too. The best part for me is the distinct lack of attitude and the abundance of humility.

You can come visit when we get it built. The guest house might be an RV trailer though.......

I know a place where the land is very inexpensive right now. http://ramahrealty.com/

You climb a mountain one step at a time Wes. One step at a time.

How about a vacation home?

There is a sub-forum here titled Books, Videos and Other Media. You can probably find some recommendations there. https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/forum/29-books-videos-and-other-media/&page=3

Mark Aspery's books on Blacksmithing are very good for beginning to advanced work (there are 3 books in all) and are far and away considered the standard reference. The Blacksmith and his Art by J.E. Hawley. Practical Blacksmithing and Metal Working by Percy Blanford. Books are great to have because you can keep them handy in the shop and refer to them while trying the techniques, something you cannot do with Youtube videos. Very often the type of information regarding metals and their reactions under heat and stress are not covered in videos, but are covered in books.

For knife making, Jim Hrisoulas's books (there are 3) have been a standard reference for a lot of us, but there are many more out there now than there were when Jim wrote his books. Jim frequents this forum and goes by JPH. This forum is the largest collection of information on the art I have found. Read many of the pinned threads. They are pinned for good reason.

Welcome to the forum and the madness.

Well, I grew up in the northeast. I deal with the heat here by telling myself that no matter how hot it gets, I never have to shovel the sunshine out of my driveway!

If you mean a single steel knife blade (as opposed to Damascus, San-Mai, or pattern welded, or other multiple steel blades) then it would be "mono-steel"

Eventually, yes.

I met him and Mike Quesenberry when they came down to AZ and spent some time at Tim Hancock's place. He's a character.

I totally missed this question. I actually forget what you were looking for. I think it was a 2 inch wheel?