Lofty, I am a retired Civil Engineer, retire Navy SeaBee and retired Army Corps of Engineer, Resident Engineer at 27th Special Operations Group, Cannon AFB. and enjoy working with my hands. I have always working with metal and have been a knife collector of anything American made knives for 50 years plus. This new interest of forged knives is fun. I have done blacksmithing for over 40 years. My wife bought me a blacksmith book in 1975 and I bought the Fox Fire books for about the same period of time. I like to make tools and some camping and hunting equipment. If I see it on the internet and like it. I'll try to make it before I buy it.
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