New member

[Ken Hurst]

Good evening gentlemen, I'm very new to knifemaking and this web site. Mostly I'll be a lurker as I'm here to soak up as much as possible about knives in general. I won't be making knives as I'm an engraver (51 years this summer). Mr. Travis Daniels knows me as does Ron Best .... who I am presently engraving a knife for. Wouldn't you know it, my first knife with Ron and it's made entirely from 440 stainless. The scroll is a rather dense pattern with very little background to raise the value of the knife, background is remove to a .10 depth. If I had of known how tough this 440 was I might have had second thoughts, oh well, it's now half done. Travis will be putting together a special knife for me to do after the Atlanta knife show. I'm thinking a gold eagles head on one side and a hawk on the other.
Please bear with me if I ask (and I expect to) some stupid questions. I'll try not to try your patience with my lack of knowledge. Best regards to all, Ken