Jim Pierce

This is going to be interesting. Always enjoy seeing your work. Thanks for sharing as always.

I went with an Oregon Blade Maker about a year ago, it comes with a flat platen for around $500. I also got a small wheel attachment and contact wheel with tool arms. 1 hp motor and vfd drive all told with shipping around $1300. Hope this helps, shopping around for motor and vfd can save you some money. I went with the same as a video from youtube since it showed all the electrical hook up. Electric is magic to me and I don't mess with it.

Very nice Gary, thanks for sharing.

My thoughts exactly!! Like a young Michelle Pfeiffer!!

Nice score, up where I'm at your lucky if you can find so, so for $4.00 a lb.

Everything on this piece is so interesting, from the ridge in the blade to the rose damascus pommel. But I keep coming back to that handle, the cage bars are so cool. I look at this whole knife and start going over "how'd he do that". Great dagger Salem, Thanks for sharing.

Very nice Wes, using W2 from Aldo, for the first time right now hoping the Hamon comes out half as good as yours. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice and good luck on the move. I have around four years till retirement and moving to same area, Tennessee side of mountains.

I have really enjoyed all the knives I've seen from you Salem but I think I like this one the best. Your design on the handle is awesome. Will we be seeing a sheath?

I'm a definite buyer as well.

I watched a video of J. Neilson, after annealing the tang, he fit the guard to the blade, put it on an anvil and hit the guard till it closed the gaps. Took it off and cleaned it up.

Bendy swords and cans of Moonshine looks like a fun place to be, thanks for sharing.

Gary, enjoying this WIP as always. I like the way you did the guard.

Beautiful work Peter, your detail on the whole package is amazing.

Very nice Gary, and thanks for the WIP on this one, I learned a lot.