I just came up with a great idea! :thumbup:
Since lots of people have said thank you, I decided... what better way to really thank me than to chip in together and have that Adam guy (er...uh... Michael Kanter

) send me a MAP arm for my KMG!!!
ROTFLMFAO!!!
For any short bus riders (especially the window licker type) I AM just kidding. I didn't do this thread for anything but some fun and to "talk shop" in ShopTalk. I initially started taking the pics to have on my new lap-top at shows for when people come up and ask,
"How do you get those funny lines in the blade???"
"How long does it take to make one of these?"
"$1500!?!?! Holy $hit, I should be a knifemaker so I can get rich!!!"
"Is this thing like tempered and stuff?"
"Is that made out of real metal?"
"You make knives?!?! Scarey!"
Okay, that last one wasn't so much a question as the reaction I get from all the people I went to high school with that didn't know I started doing this stuff when I was 14 and somehow don't appreciate bladesmithing as a creative outlet yet rather some weird, dark, demonic process that must be REALLY EASY yet really scarey as well.
I have to quit drinking too much coffee and posting.
