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I usually call them self hilted knives or "brut de forge" (often seen as Brute de forge...).
ISTR *1* example of such found in a viking era women's grave; but not the standard type for that time/place at all
BTW viking is a job description---which women as a whole didn't fill; hence the viking era.
Looks great with the cheese!
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In Topic: First "Blacksmith`s knife" / "Viking woman`s knife"
10 February 2012 - 07:46 PM
In Topic: I suppose these are "tools"
10 February 2012 - 07:39 PM
but not 3/16" thick! How about a cowboy skillet?
In Topic: Hay Budden 131# age
10 February 2012 - 07:38 PM
cost of scrap to perhaps 2-3 dollars a pound depending on condition, configuration and location: none of which you listed.
In Topic: I suppose these are "tools"
10 February 2012 - 06:59 PM
Definitely tools! You might scrounge some sq tubing bits to weld around the outside of one of those to hold all the hardy tooling!
I used to have access to an ornamental iron company's scrap bin and they would stack up 20+ pieces and tack weld the ends together and then use their large bandsaw to cut them all at once leaving as "throw outs" the sq tubing or pipe all cut to the same length and really handy for making tool holders from.
I used to have access to an ornamental iron company's scrap bin and they would stack up 20+ pieces and tack weld the ends together and then use their large bandsaw to cut them all at once leaving as "throw outs" the sq tubing or pipe all cut to the same length and really handy for making tool holders from.
In Topic: That does it, I don't like junkyard steel
10 February 2012 - 06:52 PM
Oil quench, don't forget to normalize and remember that "old time advice" was for old time steel alloys!
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