Still my favorite are bees

save the bees, kill the WASP's

@Anubis I designed my shop to be mobile because my day job requires me to move frequently. its not much but it works for me

Should be on *forged in fire*

Thanks. I plan on trying out for it later this year

@Normie Baby I do sell them. I mostly sell knives and occasionally I'll sell a bigger piece like the sword

@Ironstripe Very nice. How much that 72" run you?

Lets see the leather stuff?

Those dapping punches are $$

Ever try your hand at graving?

I find it to be a lot of fun. Really relaxing too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrhgDn7hgbo

The grinder cost around $2k

Wooo shit

You got ripped...

I made mine for $130

I haven't tried engraving yet but I'd like to some day. I have done a bit of chasing and repousse tho

You know.. I still am not sure what practice I like more.

I lean to engraving I think

I use an air powered graver

I did cost a lot more for me to buy it but I got several upgrades for it. It's made that money back ten fold

You sell on etsy or?

I don't have an etsy set up yet. Most of my orders come from my coworkers. I work on the pipeline so I meet a lot of guys with extra money to spend

Welder?

Welders helper right now. That's also why I bought a grinder instead of making one. It's kinda hard to build one while working 70 hours a week

You aint wrong there

What material do you use for the knives?

I typically use 1095 carbon steel for most of my stuff but I use a lot if recycled materials as well

why.. why 1095...

I find 52100, D2, O1 and VG-10 to be by far the best

52100 I think I use most

Yeah I've been giving other alloys a try... The main issue I have currently is time and storage space. Where do you get your steel?

Well its a long story that I cant really tell here due to dox but a lot can be found on ebay

I buy d2 and a bunch of O types from a few sellers on ebay. Nice stock in 3"x12' sections sell for around $300

thats 12' of O2 for $300 or less

Hmm ok I'll have to take a look and see what I can find

52100 can be found in bearings from just about anything. Tapered rollers are best tbh. There is already a nice start of an edge for hammer forging

I sent you a request. I can talk more later on. I need to start getting ready

Ok sure thing man. Thanks for the advice