What's going on in your shop?
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Dennis Morland
KNIFE MAKER
Randy beautiful knife. Where you getting all this killer handle materials??
I have a little space I'm insulating and rearranging and ready for benches. I actually got online last night to check heights of tables and such. Might sound superficial but my wife says some of my lower back pain is from leaning over the bench. I thought she was crazy but she might be right, its usually when I've been hand sanding. I'm six two and I checked my level line on the wall this morning and I'll land close to 41". I might even bump it up higher. I think hand sanding about level with my belly is what I want so I can keep my back straight.
Randy Lucius
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Ebay, Instagram, Esty, knife shows. Anywhere I can find it.
Seems like I’m always looking at handle material.
tkroenlein
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Working at a counter height (~35"-36") kills my lower back in short order. I guess my sanding vise puts the knife at about 45". I like stand while I sand and that works real good for me. I'm 6-1.
Heikki
KNIFE MAKER
My wife calls it "wood porn".Ebay, Instagram, Esty, knife shows. Anywhere I can find it.
EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
Was able to do an afternoon in the shop yesterday! Love the Pipe Threader/Twister! This is 2" round that it twisted without even straining.... enough material for a couple of Damascus Angle Peen hammers!
Alden Cole
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I've been a little bit stuck, as I need to get my knives heat treated, and I would rather not do it with the propane torch/forge anymore, so I have made a couple ball peen hammers. The first one is on the left, the second on the right, the second is a little bit better. I made them out of a railroad spike, and home cut cherry. Anyway, they were fun, and if anyone has any advice, I would be glad to hear it. They are both a little over 5 ounces.
EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
Today's efforts..... BIG damascus billets.... 20" long X 4" wide X 1/2" thick.
Cindy and I booked our room for the Blade Show.....so this is the START of something I hope to be really "WOW" for the show....of course provided I don't biff it, and land square on my butt!
Cindy and I booked our room for the Blade Show.....so this is the START of something I hope to be really "WOW" for the show....of course provided I don't biff it, and land square on my butt!
Randy Lucius
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Booked my room last July. Looking forward to seeing you there. You must be feeling a lot better.Today's efforts..... BIG damascus billets.... 20" long X 4" wide X 1/2" thick.
Cindy and I booked our room for the Blade Show.....so this is the START of something I hope to be really "WOW" for the show....of course provided I don't biff it, and land square on my butt!
EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
I have "good" and "bad" days..... on the good days I can do things like today.....but often times it will put me down for a day or two afterwards. We'll see how this does. They've got me so packed full of meds..... I'm just waiting until that third eyeball grows. If I can keep it up, I might just have a few nice things for the show.
If I can keep it up, I might just have a few nice things for the show.
EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
Next steps...... forge those billets into this.......
And then into a bucket of vinegar for a day or two to eat away the scale....
And then into a bucket of vinegar for a day or two to eat away the scale....
Gene Kimmi
KNIFE MAKER
Ed, you’ve really got my interest here. I’ve had some knives look like that, but not on purpose.Next steps...... forge those billets into this.......
And then into a bucket of vinegar for a day or two to eat away the scale....
Randy Lucius
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Got my quench plates today from Tracy. 1X4X16. Mounted in a vice and ready to go. 154-CM and 440-C from Aldo is supposed to be here tomorrow. Ready to see how much stainless steel I can mess up.
Jon Buescher
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Jon Buescher
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Now making my wrapped eye tomahawks should be a lot easier, bending them around to forge weld without building scale on my welding surfaces should make it a LOT easier!
That is pretty much how mine is set up. Throw them in, tighten the vise. Shoot compressed air in the crack although I'm not sure the air is needed.
For those that don't recognize it, these are wood vises. The aluminum plate has to be bolted onto the vise "jaws". The small hole you need to make is not an issue.
For those that don't recognize it, these are wood vises. The aluminum plate has to be bolted onto the vise "jaws". The small hole you need to make is not an issue.
Got my quench plates today from Tracy. 1X4X16. Mounted in a vice and ready to go. 154-CM and 440-C from Aldo is supposed to be here tomorrow. Ready to see how much stainless steel I can mess up.
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Randy Lucius
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Thanks for the clarification and the great customer service from USA Knife Maker. Always a pleasure doing business with you!
Daniel Macina
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I have often wondered on something like that if some anti-scale powder would work? Not sure if it would prevent the forge welding though
Gene Kimmi
KNIFE MAKER
I've been working on making more damascus. This is 2 billets of crushed w's.
I really want to get the feather pattern figured out. This is a bowie in crushed w's feather pattern. I think I'm crushing the w's too much.
Since the feather didn't turn out how I wanted, I made this one out of the crushed w's.
It is probably the best I have done in forging to the final shape. Way less grinding to get it cleaned up.
I really want to get the feather pattern figured out. This is a bowie in crushed w's feather pattern. I think I'm crushing the w's too much.
Since the feather didn't turn out how I wanted, I made this one out of the crushed w's.
It is probably the best I have done in forging to the final shape. Way less grinding to get it cleaned up.