Recent content by snowbeast

I agree Fred, since we last spoke our currency has dropped from R10 to the $ to R15 due to our president shuffling his cabinet and having two finance ministers in the space of a week. Should have bought one sooner. Would have saved two scrapped blades and a couple hundred rand in exchanges

Thank you for the advice. Found the older ones seem to be made of the same metal the whole way through. This should be fun.

Hi Knife Dogs, I have spotted one of these on Fakebook and am keen to try this out. I have a couple extra spanners ranging from Gedore to hardware store specials. How do I test the spanner to see if the metal is worth working on and secondly, to get the blade would it be better to forge it...

Thank you. I won't be able to furnish a shop in one go hence the post. Thank you for the advice, with a child on the way I wanted to make sure I was using my money correctly. I'll look for the plans and maybe build my own. :thumbs:

Sat tonight working out my taxes for the past year and it looks like I will be getting some cash back. After making adult decisions I have a portion I would like to put into getting myself into Knife making. As a novice in a small town I don't have anybody to go visit or a shop to chat it...

I'm watching episode 3. Does anybody know who Chris is? So much respect for him. I like how simple his forge is and how talented he is.

I have a 1x30, ground 2 blades and i wish I had bought a better machine. The motor whines from time to time and is not strong enough. I can't get 1/3rd of what i paid for it.

I reread all your posts and I don't have an iron ore mine so I ordered two blanks. My length of n690 will come in handy for my own designs later on. Knife makers are a very friendly bunch. I started with an email to my favourite knife maker I'm south africa asking for help sourcing quality...

Howzit Alan. Where in sa you from

Thank you llama. I need to spend time in a hardware shop. All my steel bits are snapping.

Good reply. I can barely lift my arms today from hacksawing out a blank and I'm only halfway there. I think I might try a blank and see where the enjoyment lies as it seems it's a personal journey

Thanks for the input. After a couple of knives I'm going to try the blank route

A person I've recently met buys knife blanks from a trusted supplier, grinds them treats and sells the knives. I'm very new so I'm learning the processes involved which is spending a heap of time hacksawing blanks out. How do fellow knife makers view people buying pre cut blanks?

Our friend did exactly the same but after the war was number two most wanted in Rhodesia so in post war Rhodesia he is not welcome back. I'm actually trying to get to the UK. My fiancé is British and her sister is a medic in the navy, but due to the high amount of immigrants putting pressure...

Hi Dino, Was this in the Rhodesian Bush war or the Sa Boarder war? A friend of ours was a selous scout and later fought in the Bush war in a rhodesian reg. Where you living now?