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    Favorite knife handle?

    For what is worth, I think handle shape is often related to function. The gently curved handle on my favorite skinner is probably not going to find favor with your local sushi chef. That said, I think the straight and smooth handle Mister Coffee described is the second-best handle for almost...
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    I have to say it...Respect to Ben Abbott

    Not up to Ben's skill level of forging, but my guess is that he was trying to maintain the historical pattern. The Sutton Hoo sword's main pattern is made up of a series of interrupted twists in each of 4 bars. Here are two pictures of the replica in the British Museum (Photo credit: Trustees of...
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    Small Game Hunter by Tim Lively

    Tim -- Are you the same Tim Lively whose idea I stole to build a charcoal forge in a washtub? If so, I owe you a beer. Les
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    Air Conditioned Shops

    C Craft -- Not to get the thread too far off track, but my Grandfather was the lead "powder monkey" (head blaster) at the Dworshak Dam quarry when I was a kid. I would go to work with him during summer vacation, and it was the coolest place to hand out with Grandpa. He always told me there were...
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