I haven't tried the Blog ability yet so I thought I would regurgitate what I learned from KnifeRights.org and the Usual Supsects Network, and what I ultimatley posted on my social media accounts.  I am just so excited the change in Texas Law that I have to shout it out to the mountain tops.  WOOOOT!!!!!

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On June 14, 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed …

This system may not work for everyone, but it will work for me until a better idea comes along. It's inspired of course by the Great Eastern Cutlery packaging system.

Supplies Needed:

                           (1)  Six inch by one and one half inch cardboard mailing tube with end caps.

                           (1)  Four inch by six inch zip lock poly bag.

                           (1)  Three by five card.

                           (1)  Small…

It sounds like it might be some sort of firearm, but actually it's a new small Buschcrafter / EDC made by Frank Hunter at Black Wolf Armory in Lewistown, Montana.

It measures 7 inches overall, and the blade length is 3 3/8 inches. The blade is made from 1/8 inch thick Admiral Steel 1095 that has been oil quenched and tempered to 59-61 Rockwell. It has mitered mild steel bolsters, and black linen Micarta handles. Included is a black leather, vertical carry, sheath.

My skills are…

Allright. So far we've decided on a design, and a grind.

Here's what we have so far:

I'll soon be setting a flat grind on that knife. What I need your input on now though is what kind of handle material it should have.

Basically almost anything is an option. But just to get the ball rolling I'll show some…

I got my first Rough Riders this trip to SMKW.

This is a Rough Rider brown jigged bone baby toothpick RR063.

This is a Rough Rider brown jigged bone small stockman RR194.

This is a Case…

I did buy knives at SMKW.

This one is a Rough Rider Mushroom knife RR1400.  (The nation is now safe.  If that mushroom that came up in my yard was just a scout for a full scale invasion, I now have the means to beat it back!)

I am going to save this wooden Case knife kit until my grandson, Danny, is old enough to help me put it together.  May…

My visit to SMKW wouldn't have been complete without meeting the Knives Live guys.

Here is Josh and me in the Knives Live studio.  (It's a little bigger than a two holer.  I believe you could fit a three holer in it!)

And here is Jay.  (Like his T shirt!)…

Here are more pictures of exhibits and displays on the showroom floor.…

The museum has a large Case collection.  Here are just a few examples.  Notice the missing knife in the lower left hand corner of the first picture.  It was celluloid and had started to break down and had to be removed to prevent damage to the other knives in the exhibit.…

In the National Knife Museum, there are many exhibits starting with the stone age...

Continuing through the bronze age...

Up to and including modern cutlery...…

My family and I rented a cabin in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for the week of July 14, 2013.  Now Pigeon Forge is next to Sevierville which is the home of Smoky Mountain Knife Works.  If I were a Jewish knife collector, SMKW would be my Jerusalem of the knife world.  If I were a Muslim knife collector it would be the Mecca of the knife world.  However since I am only a Baptist, maybe I can consider it a missionary trip?

Anyway here is a view as we are approaching Sevierville of…

CVA (Connecticut Valley Arms) was a pioneer company that brought back the black powder shooting sport in the early 1970s. CVA was originally located in Haddam, CT, along the Conn. R., hence their name. They started with reproductions of traditional American muzzle loaders like the Kentucky Long Rifle and offered them in finished and kit forms. All the firearms were made in Spain and packaged in CT. I don’t know if the finished guns were assembled in Spain or CT.…

Let's put on our thinking "Hats". What is the difference between a "Sheath"...." Scabbard"... or "Frog"

I put my Becker BK-2 to work this weekend. Here is a pile of little ones I made from one big one.

I have this 3 3/8" blade edge, fixed blade called the Rimfire coming from Black Wolf Armory, Lewistown, Montana. I'm excited to add another Montana made knife to my collection.

 The wife and I where discussing my knife collection. She thinks I'm going a little overboard so we came up with a new rules.

If I buy a knife and I already have one of the same pattern I need to sell one.

The way to get around this is. I got her to agree that I could have more than one if I'm using one for a edc.

Another way to get around this is she does not tell me what to price them for. So I can just price them high enough that if a person does buy them I can get a…

  I have been in a rut. A real bad one. I look at my knives and I just don't get a kick out of them like i used to.

 We took off last weekend to look for knives. I figured they would be a few that would just beg me to take them home. I found a few that where good buy's but not the sack full like I usually find.

  Well I think I finally found out what is bugging me. I have been buying 4 to 8 knives a month for a year or 2. So I had the wife help me and I went thru every knife I…

Today’s review will focus on the Boker Sal Manaro titanium handled 01BO145 folding frame lock knife.  This knife was suggested to me by Steve Hanner for who I am indebted to for this suggestion.  I will start out stating I really like this titanium knife that is one of the most economical titanium tacticals I have run across. …

Allright. All my projects are temporarily on hold because of things like heat treat/waiting for materials.

But I still want to play around with steel. So I've decided to design a knife by comittee.

Here's how this works. I need input from all of you, as much as possible. Everyone who responds please give me the following information as to what you'd like to see me make.

Steel, I have 3 options,

• 2mm thick OW3 steel,
• 5,6mm…