Recent content by John N

I second that your clay looks way to thick, I water quench (faster) and use much less, This is a picture of a pretty well known swordmaker claying up a 1086v tanto (or wak?) prior to waterquenching, took a week long course with him last year on making japanese (style) pieces, took about 5...

hello colin :) looks like its got the making of a real beauty! was it water : water , or water : oil ? What normalisation / quench temps did you run at ?

I nearly mullered myself once under similar circumstances (running rich to stick a reluctant weld) just about managed to swith off the power hammer, forge and get outside. I dont think the heat, and the fact i'd skipped lunch (it was a very concentraty billet of feathered 'w's) helped. I allways...

Thanks for all the positives everyone! Never sold anything ive made, its just for fun at the moment! I just like trying out new (to me) patterns. Ive not ruled out selling some steel in the future to make the hobby 'self funding' but the problem is its so time consuming for me (hopefully...

Hi Paul!!

Looks like a lot of fun! good of you to let your lad use the big hammer Stabber, whilst you played with the toffee mallet :p !

This is a few pieces Ive welded up that for one reason or another (usually the call of the forge! :running dog:) have never been finished ! end from a mosaic bar,. same mosaic bar squished end on :D multi bar twist with some 'firestorm' for edging,. and a 3 steel feather...

Hi guys, new to the forum and this is my first thread so go easy on me unsure I first put hammer to anvil about 3 years ago and pretty quickly decided I liked patterwelding, though ive got a pretty pitifull record of finishing knives, now im pretty happy with how the steel is turning out ive...

hey fluffy! (ive got a higher post count than you!!!!!!!! ) :D :D

yeah, I post on IFI, and british blades, as well as a few others occasionally (forum addict??? ) - Im a bit of an info junky so love the forums for learning - lots of the knifey stuff just isnt available off line! Keep seeing the same names so I guess im not the only one :D

Hey everyone, just stumbled across your forum, looks great! Figuring I need another distraction from work I thought I would sign up :D Im a newby maker, am quite into forging and damascus, and just getting into the whole 'handle thing!' Ill post some pics of the steel ive bashed when...