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meinhoutexas, thanks for the items you brought over. nice. it will come in handy. let me know about the tank to build a forge with. i'll have to make one. thanks again henry

thanks meinhoutexas. just sent you p.m. henry

kashmire thanks for the info. i'll try that.

so after 2 heart attacks in the last 5 yrs.and 7 stents later the dr. keeps tell me to walk every day for 30 min. i have done and its borring. so i don't do it every day. well i found out this weekend that forging a knife is just as good as walking those 30 min. if not better. i did not know how hard it was to beat the heck out of a piece of steel to make it look like a knife. i got my work out that day. to tell you the truth it even felt good the rest of the day. as soon as i get pic taker i'll put up some pics. thanks for the help guys. henry

Thanks meinhoutexas, we need to do that.sometime. hopefully you can give me a tip or two. i work down the street from you on i-45 and el dorado.let me know when it would be a good time for you. thanks henry

thanks everyone. i just went ahead and did the galvinized 2" worked great. now to start making my 1st rr knife. will do that this weekend. thanks henry

ok all. thanks for all the good replies. will keep calling locally. thanks henry

so if i use galvanized it should not make that much of a difference? they do have gavanized at the hardware store. henry

i'm trying to build the air flow part.under the rim. it a rim with a stand and the 2" pipe will be hooked up to a blower to force air under the coals. henry

being new here i have a problem. i've been looking for 2" pipe to build a tire rim forge with 2" black pipe under the rim for my blower to hook up to. lowes and home depot only have 2" galvanized pipe. the best value hardware store has the same thing. is there something else i can use ? thanks henry

stan thanks , i will have to take you up on that invite one of these days. i will not have time till oct.. sept. is booked at work. so maybe then. nov is deer hunting , make be we can gett together then as well. thanks henry

Thanks Frosty, i'm going keep looking at this site to learn more. it took me a yr of reading the ak forums before i build my 1st. ak. now i have 9 of them. henry

Thanks Patrick, i'll do that then. sounds like the right thing to do 1st anyway. learn 1st then work less. Henry

stan i seen your web site , man those are nice. i see you make them from stainless steel. would i follow the same steps to making a knife as with iron or steel? would i use a forge the same way or just cut to shape and go from there? i ask because i have a small pice at the ranch i could start with. should i just start with a small knife out of steel 1st. then move into stainless? thanks henry

thanks for the invit stan. i have fixed the cp as well. i have been reading and going thru the site , man theres alot of info here. so many things to make and lots of pics.(i need pics . it help me more then reading line by line.)hahah. thanks again i will try to make the tire rim forge and make my 1st knife soon. henry