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I had the pleasure of a new bladesmith coming by to spend some quality anvil and forge time with me today. The first thing he hopped out of the car was one of Dr. Darom's books, "Custom Knifemaking" I believe. Said it was inspirational and he was learning a lot from it. 
We forged full tang hunters. He said it was the best knife he'd ever forged (in spite of my help) and that he learned a lot. Funniest thing was we were discussing a problem he had with the tip rising while forging (common problem) and I told him I'd show him how to fix it when we got to that point. I pulled out the ole whomping stick and straightened the blade out. The look on his face was priceless. "A big stick?"
Yep, big ole stick 
Just thought I'd share that with y'all cause I know all of you were wondering what I did today.
Oh yeah, got 2 knives finished up and working on leather while waiting for him 

We forged full tang hunters. He said it was the best knife he'd ever forged (in spite of my help) and that he learned a lot. Funniest thing was we were discussing a problem he had with the tip rising while forging (common problem) and I told him I'd show him how to fix it when we got to that point. I pulled out the ole whomping stick and straightened the blade out. The look on his face was priceless. "A big stick?"


Just thought I'd share that with y'all cause I know all of you were wondering what I did today.

