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Jerry, In my opinion the only cheating is if you say you did it and someone else did. Everything else is just intelligent use of resources (or redneck ingenuity, but that usually means it almost worked and nearly killed someone)

a few better pics

I'll be there too!

Dan, I have to admit, after seeing what Roman did, I was inspired. I also have to admit that although I am happy with the knives I have finished, I have fallen short of his work. These are my first kitchen knives. Thaks for the compliments Guys.

something new from the shop

Still getting the hang of the new camera, and I need a new light box

We have a winner Mack1 was the last one in the pool Before the deadline(noon est) The daily 3 # was 820 http://www.michigan.gov/lottery/0,1607,7-110-28916_29057---,00.html

green spam and eggs :D

It might just do that, but if he's anything like me He will just want to stare at the pattern until he gets it. I'm a little jelous of your dad, my shop elf is only 7

Better late than never, I'm giving away a bar of my new feather pattern damascus. your post # is your # and selection will be made from the mich daily 3 first 2 #'s tomorrow. Closing at noon on tuesday eastern. No posts after noon on tuesday will be accepted, if the # picked is higher than the #...

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I'm in

691 for me Thanks Boss

Boss, The meteorite cannot be forged at all without losing the pattern. At about 1200f the patterns start going away. As you get hotter they dissappear entirely. Part of the reason the patterns are so cool is that the grain size is ENORMOUS, it also makes it a bugger to work with. :eek:

Next up was blade forging by Tim Zowada. You know I have forged quite a few blades, and didn't really expect anything new for me. I don't mean to say that it wasn't a good demo, is was a great demo, in fact Tim surprised me. He had forged the blade to shape and was working on the bevels, well...

Clint, Just so you know, the way to avoid those long tails altogether is to occasionally let up the pressure a bit and then go back at it. It doesn't have to be much, just a coulpe thou will work. This is called pecking and it greatly diminishes those long nasty curls. Sorry to hear about your...

Well after several days of recovery, here is some of what happened last weekend. We started off friday evening with an amazing dinner as is usually the case followed by an introduction by Tim Zowada. Dna Maragni was next with a list of books from his massive library. He said after 2 cullings...

I'm back, and had a really good time. I'll tel you about it later.

I am off to the ashokan seminar, not back until mon. night.

You want some damascus? Maybe not quite that big, but I can forge you a rough shape.