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Monthly Archives: November 2007
“Michael Bell, Dragonfly Forge” by Dennis Ellingson – Knife World
This article is also available in PDF format with photographs. I met Michael Bell on August 26, 1984 at a knife show in San Jose, California. It was a momentous meeting which I recall vividly. There were some star players … Continue reading
Website Update
Much more progress has been made on the website. The Photo Gallery should be working now, but it will still be tweaked a bit. We are still working on putting more pages and information up. There may have been some … Continue reading
Website Changes
As you can see by the drastic change in style to the website, we’re making some major updates to the site. Hopefully it will allow us to keep the site up-to-date easily and provide more information. As of now several … Continue reading
2008 Dragonfly Forge Swordsmithing School Course Schedule
Basic Forging Course This is a hands-on course designed to give the student a working familiarity with the tools and metals utilized in the forging of a sword blade. Each student will forge his own blade of at least wakizashi … Continue reading