Awesome! My Friend stopped in and said that everybody at the Shop liked my Blade. He showed it to his Boss and even he liked it. Sy said he could sell them, and that I should look into getting a Table at this next Years Gun and Knife Show in Barre. :biggrin:
I told him to go ahead and keep it at the Store to continue to let folks Handle it and try it out if they like. I asked that he not Sharpen it, and keep it for at least a Week, so that I can find out if it is something I would buy. I was a Gunsmith for six years, Working as the Sporting Goods Department Manager at a Local Hardware Store. I try to pay the same Attention to Detail when working with the Blades. I've only been at it for a Month now.
As a Disabled Veteran, this is just the kind of Hobby I need to keep me out of Trouble and make me feel as if I have some Great things to offer the World yet.
I don't care if I ever sell a Single Knife, as long as I know that I can make them to my Standards, and that mine are better than some.
Thank You everybody on Knife Dogs, for being inspirational to me.
I learned of this Forum from the good Folks at Survivalistboards.com. I love that site but have a Feeling I'm gonna' be hanging out here more often. I hope that anything I learn as a Novice Bladesmith I can Share with all of the other New Folks.
I know you guys think the Finish on my Blade is odd, but as I said, it is likely because I used Used Synthetic Oil. I'm doing a HT on a new Blade tomorrow, and am going to use Automatic Transmission Fluid for Quench. The Steel is from an Old Harrow Blade, That I Annuled, and Flattened. Folks say it's Spring Steel, and upon testing a Sample of cut off Stock, it took the same "Blistered/Scaled" appearence of the Blade you've seen, when Quenched in the Used Synth. Oil.