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Saturday, May 28, 2016

Zulu for Mastersmith Test Set

The Zulu is one of Scott's most popular designs so it was a natural choice for his MS Test Set.

Zulu

Steel: 15n20/1095 Mosaic Damascus

Blade Length: 4.75 inches

Overall Length: 9.75 inches

Guard: Damascus, coved black spacer, Damascus spacer

Handle: Desert Ironwood

Blade Show Table 13P. Hope to see you there.

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Damascus Mamba - MS Test Knife

MS Test Knife #3 is a Damascus Mamba with Damascus guard, peened bronze spacer,

Damascus spacer, and African Blackwood handle.

Mamba

Steel: 15n20/1095

Blade Length: 8 inches

Overall Length: 13.75 inches

The Mamba is a tad longer, thicker, and deeper at the throat than our popular

Cottonmouth model. Put simply, it's a handful.

Blade Show - Table 13P. Hope to see you there.

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Story of my MS Test Dagger

The Steel

400 layers of 15n20, 400 layers of 1095

Forged into twisted W's, then twisted 40 times to make the final billet

The number 40 symbolizes hardship, judgement and testing

This dagger represents my greatest test as a bladesmith so far

The Trinity

Three Damascus acorns

Three silver wires in each twisted inlaid strand

Three textures - Parkerized steel, peened bronze, and Damascus

The balance of three strengthens the one

Blade Show - Table 13P. Hope to see you in Atlanta.

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

The Quest for Mastersmith Begins

In less than two weeks, we will arrive at Blade Show in Atlanta where Scott will test for ABS Mastersmith. Here's a teaser shot of his test dagger and some pictures of the

smallest knife in the set - a Damascus Sparrow Hawk.

Damascus Sparrow Hawk

Steel: Twist Damascus 15n20/1095

Blade Length: 3.875 inches

Overall Length: 8.5 inches

Ferrule: Penned bronze and coved black spacers

Handle: Curly Koa

We'll post a new knife ever couple of days as we approach show time.

Hope to see you in Atlanta - Table 13P.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The Art of Teaching Knifemaking

Scott loves sharing the art of knifemaking, especially when a student is capable of going from a hand-forged blade to a finished knife in just 2 1/2 days.

From the power hammer to the grinder - two knives rough-forged and ready for heat treat. The student's knife is at the top of the picture and a demo knife by Scott McGhee is at the bottom.

Ahh, the art of hand-sanding - torture or meditation, you decide.

Work'in on the handle at the Wilmont grinder.

Knife sanding yoga? Working on handles leads to some interesting positions.

Meet the Creek Chub by Scott Gallagher. The man clearly has skills.

Keep an eye out for more knives from this talented guy.

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Monday, November 30, 2015

We hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving. We celebrated with family and friends cooking in a 1700's style colonial kitchen that Scott's parents build with their own hands and stocked with antique cookware they've collected for years. We enjoy the kitchen every chance we get, and the few kitchen utensils that aren't antiques were hand-forged by Scott.

The prize of the collection is a 300 year old reflector oven.

The centerpiece of the meal was a rib-eye roast.

Inside the kitchen

Hurricane Fran hit NC hard in 1996 downing a lot of trees on their property, so Ralph and Peggy bought a portable sawmill and "made lemonade out of lemons".