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That's a really nice piece.

http://jhbladesmith.com/craft/habaki-making/ http://home.mchsi.com/~hermits/HabakiEssay_1.html Dave the term is "Habaki" Above is two links and if you do a google search - https://www.google.co.za/search?q=HABAKI+TUTORIAL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=lhxiUrvHKIiR0QXBuIHoCQ you should come right.

Thanks Dave Thanks Thomas - The idea is not mine originally - that honor belongs to you :D I wanted the three crosses on the mount but didn't quite know how to get it so just forged until it happened.

Just beautiful!

This is something I enjoy doing - taking scraps and forging without a plan. Sometimes they come out nice, sometimes they don't. Not quite sure about this one yet and still playing with a base for it. Was four 8mm gussets that I had lying around. Excuse the really bad cell phone pic.

Would appreciate any help Id'ing this anvil I just got. Looks like J B S on the side Thanks Tim

Love your work. If I had a market for it here I would do it but they are all into bling this side - very depressing.

Love it. That handle really goes with that blade.

Thanks Frosty. Me and 2 friends barely moved her yesterday and couldn't lift her off the floor so might have to hire a forklift LOL Thanks Vaughn

Does Richards Bay count?

I would go with the theme - beaten copper and steel in built up layers

Very nice!

Thanks Thomas. By the way I saw that "Slee-wa" of yours and hope you don't mind if I steel the idea as a gift for my Mom. Awesome piece.

Thanks all, she's a beut for sure. But what a mission to move!! Got to think very carefully where her new home is going to be coz' she aint moving ever!!!

To give an idea on how big she is

I had to make a axe and small knife for a client that had an anvil I wanted. I made the axe and then decided to make another, he chose this one Over this one previously shown And this is what I got - A whopping 235 kgs Will post a side view when I can get it all off the truck

Came out very nice.

Here in SA bandsaw blades come in a variety of metals but the two most common being 1070 for the narrow blades and 15N20 for the wider blades. These saw blades being used in the wood industry. Bi metal blades for cutting steel I don't know much about and have never used. The problem with scraps is you never know what you get and the time, money and effort involved in forging a blade out it is always best to use known steels. I get my bandsaw blades from a company that makes them for the wood mills and I know what I'm getting so in the end the customer knows what he's getting.

Amazing what you can do with a little savvy.

I have found that a blade taken to as high a grit as possible gives a better etch. I etch in battery acid and usually for as long as it takes for me to get a deep etch. This will vary on how hard the steel is. Remember that when you etch the acid eats at the "softer" steel more than the nickel etc and this is what leaves you with high and low spots. Also, a blade that is really hard and not tempered properly will etch far more slowly than a softer more malleable blade, and this will also vary according to what steels you used in the mix. I then use gun blue over the whole blade and very lightly sand with 1200# to highlight the high points and leave the low areas dark - this gives contrast. But on these two I did nothing but etch as I liked the outcome. Also, I used 1080 and 15N20 here and 15N20 is nothing more than 1070 with nickel, so there is very little difference between the two steels. If you use steels with completely differing composition then you get a completely different outcome.

Awesome save! Nothing better than beating the crusher.

Now with handle. Red Milkwood. Thanks for looking

Thanks. Only a pleasure. It's always good to get good constructive crit. I also like a rocking blade profile for kitchen knives. But then again you can never have enough knives in the kitchen so many profiles for different tasks is good. I stopped with the high layers as sometimes it just gets all muddy and too close together - trying to simplify - more layers is a lot of work and there is a limit to what people will pay for a working knife.

Love that video and that clock is undeniably industrial steampunk

As in cleaning up - skinning.