Hello

Thanks for the kind words! I am still in the intermediate stage of forging and tempering blades.
I followed some fairly detailed instructions from online and combined that info with advice from more than a few veteran blade smiths.
So far so good.....The blades I have completed have taken a shaving edge and hold them rather well, unless I try chunking away at some hard dry oak :-)

Here are a few that are more of a sgian achlais/gralloch style currently on the bench with a section of boxwood thrown in, which apparently is a very traditional handle material in the UK.



You might see how these patterns are inspired by the originals in this photo:


Thanks for looking! Constructive criticism and even flat-out trash talk is welcomed :-)

Iain