Journal

Notes from the forge floor.

Field notes on steel choices, heat-treat decisions, and the small process changes that actually move performance — the parts of the operation that never make it onto a spec sheet.

Damascus steel dagger with wood and brass handle on stone
August 6, 2026

Collector’s Integral Dagger

A full-integral double-edged dagger milled from a single Raindrop Damascus billet, guard and all — no fittings, no…