BM454

Not much I can't fix if it's metal. Been in the trade now since 1988. Welding that is.

Would love to have the rest of it. I'm sure it would save me a ton of work.

Thank you. I do enjoy doing it. Just work to much in the cooler months when I need to be forging.

nice blade.

It's sphere with great rebound :D

It's sphere with great rebound :D

That it would. I'm a big ole boy and it's all I want to pick up.

good looking knife

I just sat it on the stump for compairson is all. It's gonna find a new home on top of something else. I have something in mind as soon as I get some time to mount it.

Good looking blade

Thank you both.

I did try to temper it. May be due to the fact I've tempered it and reheated it several times over the past year. I would work on it when I got the chance. The bolt was from an old rail road track or the boiler that ran through here back in the 20's.

Looks like my Hay-Budden. Although mine is rust in color.

Never to early to teach them the safe way to do things.

Nice!

Nice!!!

Legal in Tennessee too :D

Very nice! That one should last a lifetime.

Now I'm hungry. Nice work by the way.

Great idea on the push rods. I'm 6' 2" @ 245 lbs myself. As far as the gear repair goes it went well. Stainless works pretty well on cast iron. Just takes some time to work the teeth back out so they mesh well.

I'm thinking also It's gonna get a better mounting. I'm a big ole boy so it's not so hard for me to pick it up and walk off with it. I'd have to beat someone if they was to take it.

Number are 2091 02 the best I can tell. Thank again for all the help. I don't know much about the blacksmithing part of it but, if anyone needs help with welding I would be more than happy to help.

Thanks Guys. I'll have to have a looksee tomorrow about the rest of the number and such. I gave $350 for it and was happy to find it. The guy I got it from said the ONLY reason I got it was he had three and I lived in the same county as him. He was happy to see someone else taking up the craft.

Not the first gear I've ever fixed like that. I'm sure it wont be the last. I've done just about everything you can think of with a welder of the years as far as repair work goes.