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Really like that ribbon on the first one.

very nice axes there. They must be chuffed having such a versatile tool made with their own hands. Will bring a smile to there faces every time they use them. How is E9 for axes?

Thanks Loneforge. Give it a shot, you'll love them.

Nice horse head "Keep on keepin on" - the only place I have heard that is with IFB circles.

They came out very nice, better than my first tongs.

Finished this up this morning. 30 layers 15N20 and 1085 with brass liners and ivory scales. Ivory is the last of a piece that my grandfather shot as a young man in Norther Rhodesia. OAL = 135 Blade = 55 x 25 x 2.5 Handle = 75 Thanks for looking

Thanks all, appreciate the kind words.

Love it!

Nice little knife there.

Thanks Dave, don't know the tree, cut it off 3 yrs ago and it's been drying out.

40 layer twist I finished up today. This is the knife that will be paired with the axe in payment for the 230kg anvil. Thanks for looking

Nice. Soup is always good in cold places and a ladle will come in handy.

I can only wish for clients that want the "hand made/ forged" look - here it's all about perfect fit and finish, polished to perfection supermodels that live in draws. Something that I am just not prepared to do. I like the hand made look that is made well to the best of ones ability - as you can guess I am talking knives here - so enough ranting. When it comes to perceived value in knives, art or anything else it will always be each to there own, that's why having a good stock of various items to showcase in ones respective discipline is always good as there is always someone out there that will buy - try and cater to all and never drop your price, the right buyer always comes eventually.

Thanks Loneforge. Charles, here we cut biltong (jerky) towards the thumb. The hole on the spine is for the pointing finger creating a pivot point at the heel for a easier and more controlled cut though sometimes we like a little blood on our meat and forget to stop cutting :D The single bevel just allows for a smoother cut in my experience.

A little biltong knife I forge up for a client. 3 layer 1084/15N20 then tight jelly roll. Thanks for looking Tim

Love it! Nice center piece.

That came out very nice. Just make sure you use good quality ball peens as the new ones out of china are only case hardened. I have made a few from ball peens and they make good axes if the steel is good.

Thanks. I have noticed that the blades were shorter than the housing space and wondered at this. The mind says bigger pushes more air but engineering it seems says otherwise. The less mistakes in this learning curve the cheaper.

Thanks all. I am using a cast volute from a centrifugal water pump that I was given that will work perfectly. At the moment I am busy with the drive train and "gearbox" with a 18:1 speed multiplication. This will be chain driven. Will post picks when done.

Very nice.

Vaughn, the box bellows works like a dream - the issue being size - very big. Kal, no problems with understanding how the whole thing works, I just read somewhere that if you offset the impeller you get better output. By offset I mean off center. Was just curious if this was true as I have never seen a blower with an offset impeller.

Ok, I,m going back to charcoal and I built a box bellows - works nicely but has its issues. So I have decided to build a hand crank blower as they are almost impossible to find here and when you do, ridiculously expensive and have a question. Does the impeller/fan need to be offset? My previous blower (that was stolen) wasn't and I read somewhere that it should. Thanks Tim

Good on you. My first commission is a chandelier for the golf estate - when I think about it I panic - have to start it next month after the move. In wood work they say measure twice and cut once and my old mentor always joked that they hadn't invented a wood welding rod yet :P It's nice getting paid for doing what you love and even nicer developing relationships with good clients.

Thanks Frosty. I've been making knives for so long I'm out of practice and it's good to be back exercising the creative lump. My forge and box bellows is almost done so I can get the heats my forging oil forge doesn't allow for so I'll hopefully be forging a lot more "stuff" for the flee markets next month.

Nice.