Forgotten but not gone

I post up adverts for some of my items some sell and some just sit there for a while. I use photobucket for my image hosting and I always leave the links up so the photos are still there long after I have forgotten about the item for sale. I had a customer message me and ask me for a forged knife that I posted ages ago, the knife has been sitting here on my desk for a long time. Well its sold now so I figure its a good idea to leave adverts up for as long as you can as its a great way for people to see the sort of thing you make and they may even buy something you have forgotten about.

Some of my previous knives and blades

Here is a couple of photobucket slide shows that I did a while back.

Some of my previous knives

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...t=f7bd40b9.pbw

Some of my previous knife blades

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...t=c9652a7e.pbw

Making Mokume Gane

I have been experimenting in making Mokume Gane. This is one of my first rings, this was made from copper and sterling silver and was commissioned by a gent in in the middle east. I love mking this stuff, i really like the way the pattern reveals ists self as you sand the ring to shape. I am trying to master making Mokume in a kiln but i am finding it hard to source some of the sundery parts in the process. I do a google and you find a dozen sites in the States who sell exactly what you need but none in the UK, I know its out there its just a question of finiding it and finding what they call it here.

First day/post

I have just set this blog up and have never done a blog before. i plan to use it to keep track of things that I make, mostly out of metal, I just hope it does not turn into one of those blogs where people rant about the news and politics all day as we have a zillions of those.