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Another beautiful Damascus knife made at LLForge "From Billet to Blade" knifemaking experience.
120 Layer 15N20 and 1084 steel with pine cone resin scales, brass pins, and a hand-stitched leather sheath. Made by John at LLForge...
Mike Bailey
Apr 5, 20241 min read


Mike Bailey
Mar 10, 20240 min read


Made at LLForge "From Billet to Blade" knife making experience. Visit www.llforge/learn-to-forge to learn more and book.
Ready to finish. This Santoku style kitchen knife made from 1084 and 15N20 steel was made by Chris Neederhill at my "Damascus from...
Mike Bailey
Feb 19, 20241 min read


From beginner to expert: Learn the secrets of Damascus knife making at LLForge "From Billet to Blade" experience!
Discover the secrets of Damascus knife making with LLForge's "From Billet to Blade" experience, suitable for beginners and experts alike....
Mike Bailey
Feb 6, 20242 min read


Choose from six unique hands-on blacksmithing, bladesmithing, and metalworking experiences!
LLForge is now booking six unique hands-on blacksmithing, bladesmithing, and metalworking experiences! Choose from "Learn-to-Forge"...
Mike Bailey
Jan 18, 20243 min read


Mike Bailey
Nov 23, 20230 min read


The forge is open!
After 15 months of recovery and a complete rebuild of the shop LLForge is up and running, I hosted my first "Learn to Forge" experince...
Mike Bailey
Oct 24, 20231 min read


New Forge is starting to take shape. Very exciting, seems like it's taking forever.
Off to a great start, lots left to do. Am hoping to be back in the shop and resume forge experienes by late summer to early fall.
Mike Bailey
Jul 1, 20231 min read


Thanks to my awesome brothers for helping frame up the new forge. What a fun, satisfying day
Thank you Mark and Matt you are the best brothers anyone could have. I love you both!
Mike Bailey
Jun 13, 20231 min read


It's starting to get real! Poured cement today. Off to a great start.
The forms are set. A little back-fill and some sweeping and the prep work is done. Cement trucks are on the way. This is a fifteen...
Mike Bailey
May 18, 20231 min read
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