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At 16:29 on September 11, 2013, FeaturedCraig Henry said…: HAPPY BORNDAY MAX!!!!!!!!

I'm terrible about seeing the birthdays listed. Sorry I'm late!

At 9:45 on August 27, 2013, Donald Lee Hargrove said…: HI, Max! And thank you! I ordered some of the special bulbs thru Amazon, but they haven't shown up. So yesterday we were in Lowes, found the bulbs, and bought several different strengths. I already have most of the other items I need -- except for a shutter cable release on my fancy camera (I'll have to use the timer) -- so today I'm going to experiment a bit with Barlow knives. Wish me luck!

At 7:23 on August 27, 2013, Steve wells said…: Morning Max--- Hey Thanks for the nice comments on the Trapper MOP---

And yes it is a Arrow shield that does not have Case Writing in it. After they made

the encycolpida sets were made they had extra MOP left over so Case made a low run of these Trappers ---I bought it from a Huge Collection of Gil Cater who had died and His wife sold the collection to Texas Knives and Collectiables in Spurger Tx.

I have bought about 6 knives from that collection

At 22:16 on August 3, 2013, James Cole said…: Max, I'm with you on the coffee. If the world went to crap, I would probably die from coffee withdrawals.

It's good to have you as a friend.

Jim

At 20:14 on June 9, 2013, In MemoriamD ale said…: Thanks for the comments, Max. That SS 3.0 kit is turning out nicely. The kits are good quality & the Desert Ironwood certainly doesn't hurt. Take care !!

At 14:41 on May 21, 2013, Lyle Brunckhorst said…: Thanks for the Big Birthday Wish I'm now 71 years young and still making. Here is one of the latest

At 19:10 on May 14, 2013, In MemoriamD ale said…: Max .. thanks for joining the Mod & Repair group. Tisn't as active as it once was ..but.. a great place to get advice. Check out some of our discussions & view some hands on repair & builds. Dale.

At 18:23 on May 11, 2013, Daniel Howland said…: Before hardening you have to normalize the blade several times just to get the "grain" realigned because after beating it the structure of the steel is in chaos.

I got the plans for one of my forges online. The other one I copied Ellis 12-VT Forge and improved on it.

At 14:01 on May 11, 2013, Daniel Howland said…: Thanks Max,

I have 2 propane forges I built, I harden and temper the carbon blades myself.

At 14:59 on March 26, 2013, JRZROB said…: Looks like you got a few too... ;) Thanks

At 15:59 on March 5, 2013, Guy Fleetwood said…: Thanks Max. I gotta say your site is definitely bitchin'. As a muralist myself I think you are quiet creative. I would encourage others to check out your art work. I've been thinking about a cool modern club patch. What do you think?