Daniel Macina
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Knife number 10 for me. Going to a Marine in the family. I’ll try to post some better pictures once I comb through them tomorrow
What's going on in your shop?
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John Wilson
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Nice one, Daniel! That is very very cool.
Chris Railey
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Can you say fun with San Mai and canister boys and girls. I have a can of 1084/nickel powder and steel cable to draw out and a San Mai billet to weld and draw out. 1095 outside with a 15N20 core.
Bruce McLeish
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number 14 ... as always, criticism is always welcome.
Occasionally I get to have shop visitors for a day. Here is Jess Hoffman, Peter Martin and his son Cory Martin reviewing our plan.
Peter and I have been focused on forging Titanium. Here is a can I put together and filled it with Ti powder. Peter made a can also.
We pre-heated the cans to 1800F in an oven. Ti in a can acts very differently than steel. It also tends to squirt out broken seams. This seemed be a prudent safety precaution. We should have preheated to 1950.
Both cans failed. Here are the corpses. Long story short, there are probably several reasons for the failure.
Not enough heat. We need an argon purge going the entire time and the powder we used was not the right stuff.
We have found better powder and we will be setting up an argon purge for the next test.
Here we spent several hours celebrating and analyzing our failure.
Peter and I have been focused on forging Titanium. Here is a can I put together and filled it with Ti powder. Peter made a can also.
We pre-heated the cans to 1800F in an oven. Ti in a can acts very differently than steel. It also tends to squirt out broken seams. This seemed be a prudent safety precaution. We should have preheated to 1950.
Both cans failed. Here are the corpses. Long story short, there are probably several reasons for the failure.
Not enough heat. We need an argon purge going the entire time and the powder we used was not the right stuff.
We have found better powder and we will be setting up an argon purge for the next test.
Here we spent several hours celebrating and analyzing our failure.
billyO
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I think so.... fun.
Looking forward to pics.
Chris Railey
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My can was a huge disappointment. It held up fine but the pattern was rather blah. I had a piece of elevator cable separate to the smaller twisted strands which are worthless for cable Damascus. So I thought they would look cool in a can but after it was all over you could no longer tell it was twisted strands. It just looked like thick lines. Just booo. The San-Mai I will make into a knife this weekend and pot up.
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Randy Lucius
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Heading from Mississippi to Illinois for a family and friends squirrel hunt next week. Taking a knife as a surprise gift for a young hunter.
Bruce McLeish
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ooo-wee my brother from a different mother ! you are just gettin better.
Chris Railey
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That is awesome Randy. Tell the kid he cannot have it unless he cleans your squirrels too. Love the scales. You make some of the very best three piece knives I have ever seen.
Randy Lucius
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Thanks Bruce!
Randy Lucius
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Thanks Chris! I’ll make sure he cleans his share.
Randy Lucius
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Official portrait for the little patriot knife.
EdCaffreyMS
"The Montana Bladesmith"
Managed to get a small mosaic fighter blade hand finished and etched today......
Both these pics are hand finished to 800 grit.....
Then, straight out of the etch.....
And the.... cleaned up and ready for Gun-Kote and baking....
Not the greatest pic quality....but you get the idea. As I write this, it's in the oven, baking on the Gun-Kote. The guard will be bronze, and either Desert Ironwood or African Blackwood for the handle.
Both these pics are hand finished to 800 grit.....
Then, straight out of the etch.....
And the.... cleaned up and ready for Gun-Kote and baking....
Not the greatest pic quality....but you get the idea. As I write this, it's in the oven, baking on the Gun-Kote. The guard will be bronze, and either Desert Ironwood or African Blackwood for the handle.
Daniel Macina
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Little sneak peek of a little something I finished up at Jim P
oors over the last three days. Have some other stuff to show as well but I need to sort through pictures So this is all you get for now!
oors over the last three days. Have some other stuff to show as well but I need to sort through pictures So this is all you get for now!
Sean Jones
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Finally getting some time in the shop. Here is a Saya for a chef knife I'm working on. I didn't have enough Ironwood to match the knife handle so I used Osage Orange for the saya. The pin shown is a temporary pin. I have a piece of Cherry doweling that I will be using for the pin.
I've also been thinking of using a fine wire, maybe silver wire, to attach the pin to the saya so it won't get lost. Any suggestions on how to do that?
I've also been thinking of using a fine wire, maybe silver wire, to attach the pin to the saya so it won't get lost. Any suggestions on how to do that?
billyO
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Looks good, Daniel. How many layers?
Daniel Macina
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Thank you. 1,250