new craft addiction...need advice final pics. thank you all
Well I usually hang out at the archery forums so here I go into a new potential addiction. I have an old Nicholson bastard file that i am turning into a knife. I have been using a boal of water and my...
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When the shadows cross the steel, and the full moon is high Quench the blade in virgin oil pointing magnetic north and roll the bones. Do the dance of the golden fairies (naked of course) while...
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That's exactly how I did my last blade, before the nice men came and took me on a vacation. They even gave me a spiffy white coat with leather straps. It chaffed a bit, me being nekkid and all. Blade...
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WoW.. i forgot how hot a ventilated hole in the ground can get. I nead to get some welding gloved LOL ill post pics tomorrow, all i did was make a forge, tossed in some metal and stoke it up for...
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Lawren have you ever quenched a blade whilst not wearing a t-shirt? It sucks, theres fire, hot oil, sparks from the forge. Hey its hard to get a decent sun tan over here, I need as much sun as I can...
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Yup Jamie, I have... But then I grew up in the New Mexico desert not wearing a shirt... my hide is thick as a buffalo's. A recent discussion on another board mentioned NOT cooking Bacon in the buff,...
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LOL well its as simple as it gets except for the air mattress motor but have some pics this is from annealing last night. i got the fire way to hot and melted off some of the back. i drew in the...
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Looks like HOME Little Brother. If you have the desire everything else you need is in someone else's junk pile. I used to quench nakkid, but it scared my Clydesdale stallion(and thats the truth, from...
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Excellent. One word of advice, get yourself some actual hardwood lump charcoal, and ditch the briquettes. You'll have much more heat, and much less ash, and much more fun, I think. Good luck, and keep...
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pic is not so good. the handle is a hidden tank split handle that i chiseled out and riveted together. looks rustic but the edge is great on it. I have some good Japanese stones and they do a great...
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Looks good, bohica! It looks rustic, which is good. I never liked the things that look too pretty to use. (Not saying yours isnt pretty, cuz it is. Just in a rustic sorta way!) BTW, that brass guard...
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I like rustic as well, but "too pretty to use" is like saying that a girl's too pretty to sleep with And Mark (Bohica), your knife sounds like it passed the ultimate test (regardless of rustic or...
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Glad it all worked out for you. Kinda fun wasn't it?
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Aincha done yet? Nice little knife, and you are obviously happy with it's performance. So, Eric, "Sleeping with" is analogous with "Using" ? LOL Wait till I talk with your significant other!... LOL
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Lawren, not to stray too far from the topic at hand, but you've heard of Ed Fowler's term "lady knife"? I'll consider it "enjoying the fine virtues of" rather than the crass "using" (though the...
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LOL, just yankin yer chan... I love to hear the COO COO bird come out... LOL
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Knifesmith wrote: I like rustic as well, but "too pretty to use" is like saying that a girl's too pretty to sleep with Ha ha Amazing, that made my day! Nice knives bro, if they work then I say youve...
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I guess its the difference to using an old truck and using a Hotrod.
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Not to beat the dead horse too hard, but I always have a problem when people describe well-made knives as "too pretty to use". I make my blades with a nice finish, but they are intended to be used....
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I agree Chris, and I just sent a couple of knives to KIDS with a high polish. EVERY one of my knives is intended for work, I dont make wall hangers. (Ok, there WAS an aluminum sword once, but that was...
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