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2014 Annual Fall Knife Show in Janesville, WI

Custom, factory, collectible and antique knives of all kinds.

Oct. 3-4, 2014
Holiday Inn Express and Janesville Conference Center
Friday: Noon- 7:00 p.m. | Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Admission: $5.00 at the Door

Early Bird Pass: $20.00
Allows Admission at 9:00 a.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Saturday

Stainless over 1095 San Mai blade 11.5 inches, stainless guard and butt cap. Stainless chain maille.

Thanks for taking a look.

Peter

  The Badger show is just around the corner, 175+ tables of custom and collectible knives held at the newly updated Holiday Inn Express Conference Center in Janesville WI.

Show hours are Friday Noon to 7PM, Saturday 8AM to 5PM and Sunday 9AM to 2PM. Early bird passes are available.

Holiday Inn Express

3100 Wellington Place

Janesville WI 53546

(800) 756-3100

Stop in and see some amazing knives :D

Peter 

Great job, congrats.

Peter

I built a few air hammers and used mufflers from a lawn tractor, pointed to the ground and they work very well.

Peter

 Just a reminder of the upcoming knife show in Janesville, WI on October 11 & 12 held at the Holiday Inn Express. Friday noon to 7PM and Saturday 8 to 2PM, lots of knife makers and vendors with sharp pointy objects. Early bird passes available, Hope to see you there,

Peter

  I just received a response from Sid about my 2 hammers, the late style 50lb was sold to a blacksmith shop in Black creek WI in 1944 and the old style 100lb was originally sold to Byer & Olson hardware in Racine WI in 1918. Really neat info to have, I think.

Peter

Built this one for the Blade show and thought I'd show it off here. 3 1/2" pool pattern blade, ball bearing pivot, Mokuti bolsters and carved Bog Oak scales. 1/16" thick titanium liners, damascus filler and pocket clip. Thanks for taking a look and stop by my table 8DD at the show.

Peter

 

Very nice! Like the choice of materials and colors. 

Peter

 Just off the bench is this lockback auto with titanium liners, damascus spring, lockbar, blade and bolsters. The bullet is mokume and copper, thanks for taking a look.

Peter

I finished up this gent's pocket knife with Ladder pattern blade, mosaic bolsters and Mammoth ivory scales, thanks for taking a look.

Peter

Very nice work.


Peter

Fresh off the bench, I finished this one today for the upcoming Northern Lakes Knife show here in Wisconsin. This is a commissioned piece I hope the owner will be as pleased as I am, twist mosaic damascus blade with a stainless and Opal thumb stud. The frame is 144 layer nickel and wrought iron and the spring is 180 layer nickel and 1095 random. Titanium liners keep everything still and backs the black lip pearl underlays. Thanks for taking a look,



Peter

This was the luckiest scrounge I have ever made. I was at my local welding supply 2 weeks ago and we were just shooting the breeze. I had talked to him several times about a wire feed welder, but it always came down to not being able to afford one. I almost bought a worn out former rental from him once, but couldn't even afford that. So, out of nowhere he says, �Hey, you want a wire feed welder for free?" Of course I say �sure, what's the deal?� He comes back with "Oh, it doesn't work. A customer gave it to me after he bought a new one. Just haul the POS out of here and maybe you can get it going" I figure what the heck and his guy helps load it in my truck. I had never heard of this brand and did some research on it. It turns out the thing is used mostly in body shops, which is where this one came from. I tracked down the authorized service center and the guy faxed me a wiring diagram. While fooling around with it I noticed the switch was a little hinky. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes not. I figure that�s what made the original owner give up on it. What's weird about this machine is that the electrical cord coming off of it is very thin for a welder. It's only about 3/8" diameter with a black, white and green 14ga wire inside. Both the welding shop and I assumed it was a 110 welder. Well after hooking it up to a 110 outlet I get nothing, then later I notice a little sticker that says it came from the factory wired for 208 volt. I figure what the heck and hook it up to an extension cord for my buzz box that is huge 10ga wire. It looks pretty funny, but as soon as I turn on the power I hear life in it. I hook up the ground, and sure enough it welds. Tonight I took out the switch and cleaned it and it works fine now. I bought a small roll of flux core wire just to confirm that it wasn�t a fluke that it welded last night, and sure enough, this thing works great. I need to buy a gas bottle for it and some tips and better wire etc, but basically I�ll only be into this welder for the cost of consumables. It is supposed to weld up to 3/8", which covers about 90% of the stuff I do. Anything larger and I just have to break out the tombstone.

Absolutely stunning work.


Peter

I've used 4340 with excellent results, they have held up very well.


Peter

Blue Walrus ivory, titanium liners and some damascus on a mini trapper. Blade is just over 2" with an overall length of 4 3/4". Thanks for taking a look,


Peter

That is a sweet hammer, nice size for working knife and sword blades.


Peter