Mike Turner

Here is a thread that compared a lot of glues and epoxies on another forum.


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I am with Bruce I use Acraglass

Bill 5160 is a good choice, the most important thing is it is it is forgiving to a new maker also it is inexpensive. I believe I read somewhere that 5160 has become the steel most makers prefer to use for their ABS Journeyman test.

Beautiful work Ed as usual, where is that show at? I may come up for the day.

Hi Dan if I need to make punch that will only see a little bit of use then I will grab a coil spring from a car. Tire irons I have no clue what they are made of.

I am a fulltime farrier and S7 just sucks for pritchels I make all of mine including all my forepunches and creasers from H-13 it is the best steel for the job. If you use S7 he will have to rework his pritchels twice as much if not more. Just my 2 cents.

And Brian S7 is not a hot working steel it is a shock resistant steel indicated by the "S" designation and H-13 is a hot working steel designated with the "H".

Welcome Lou from Oregon

I had my little buddy John Deere lift mine off my trailer and placed in my shop man he sure is strong . Be-careful if you are moving the 50# hammer that is heavy and you can strain yourself pretty easy so get help.

Thanks Guys for the very warm welcome back and the kind remarks on the knife . I will have a few new ones to post in a day or so .

Looks great Bob, how did you heat treat it?

I agree farriers just toss them after so many horses ask a farrier I am sure he would be happy to give you some or sell them to you cheap. Also all of the rasps most professional farriers use are high carbon steel not case hardened. I know because I called all the makers and done heat treat tests and I use them daily as what they are intended and what they are not intended. A case hardened rasp fails very quickly and I as a farrier will not spend hard earned money on junk.

I have a mustache and a wannabe beard it takes me 2 months to grow enough of a beard to shave it back to a goatee

Thanks Richard :D

Stan my friend I missed you to buddy how are you doing?


Welder I feel as good as that knife looks well OK maybe half as good


Ted my friend I too have missed you and everyone else here. How did you try and get a hold of me? if by email I apologize as I have had no time to get on the computer if by phone I never got a message, I would have gladly taken the call or called you back. I just hope things stay good but you know how it is you just take life's punches and keep going. How are you doing Ted?

Thanks Mike and Finnr, I thought we both were down for the count it is very good to be back at anything.

Hello my friends my wife and I have been having a terrible year and I now have time to get back to making knives and my friends here.

Those that do not know my wife almost died in February, she had 35 blood clots in her lungs and is lucky to still be with us. She has fought a long hard battle to get better. She is doing great now almost back to normal.

I too have been plagued with injuries from my day job as a farrier and I too am finally feeling pretty good and glad I can start getting back in the shop.

Well it is great to be back and will take me a long time to catch up on what I have missed.


Here is a skinner with a gut hook I finished yesterday for a customer. It is 5/32" ATS-34 with a flat grind, heat treated and cryoed by my good friend Gene Martin. Has 304 stainless steel bolsters and stabilized birds eye pine scales with stainless steel pins. Custom sheath by Sally Martin.



Thanks for looking.

Well if some farrier has gone and kicked or hit your horse with a rasp you need to ask yourself why. Did the horse kick him first or bite him or just being a puke cause you treat it like a pet instead of a horse. So if your horse stands for the farrier and is not ill mannered or spoiled it will never be kicked or hit with a rasp.

I will not shoe or trim bad horses and I tell new customers if they are not good I will leave.

I just had a Precious take me out 6 months later I am now getting back to work. I only did the horse as a favor to a good customer, this was her friends horse. Now neither one of them are customers.


But back to the main question on client list. I built my business on my work you do a great job you won't have any trouble getting work.


I have more to add but I am tired and it is late so be back in a day or two.

Another farrier here, I was a union Lather for 15 years doing steel stud framing and drywall mostly on hi rises in So. Cal. I started shoeing horses in 1999 did some competitions and I have added custom knives to my resume. I also do some blacksmithing.

Like Finn I have to many mouths to feed to try the starving artist blacksmith thing. Besides I love shoeing horses and making hand made shoes .

Rich that is sweet :D

I get mine from,

Kelly Cupples / octihunter@charter.net
2807 Butterfield Rd.
Yakima Wa. 98901
509-949-5231

Nice Guppy Sam .

Remove the paint, you will thank yourself later . If you are welding by hand I would make them no larger than 6" long as it is difficult to weld that much in one shot.

OK I stuck a rod in the hole on the box and marked it for length and it looks like there is about 3" of thread stuck in the box. I clamped it down and put a 4' pipe over the handle to see if I could move it not a chance all I did was straighten out some of the bend . I have it soaking in penetrating oil and will give it a try again tomorrow, if that don't work I will get a friend to help with the heating process.

Hi Thomas the problem is I can not turn the screw at all. I am tempted to try and force it to unscrew it but thought I would see what others thought first. I have been soaking it with penetrating oil for a few days.

Richard I was looking at the photo with it on the ground and it was bugging me. The screw is in cockeyed in the box. The screw is straight.