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Ed Steinkirchner

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  1. Ed Steinkirchner
    i tempered my khukri that way and it works well... for a khukri, it may be too brittle to do a long blade this way, as only one part of the khukri is fully hard, not the whole edge
  2. Ed Steinkirchner
    okay, thanks.i have a few somewhat spalted pieces of wood myself i will have to try those guys
  3. Ed Steinkirchner
    i hope that someone mentioned Francis Whittaker and i just missed it.
  4. Ed Steinkirchner
    my largest blade yet, a khukri rough cut from a mill circle saw blade 3/16 thick,forged bevels,walnut scales,and tradional heat treat(heat to non magnetic,pour water on the edgeto harden)the handle is 4 inches long. not sure how long the blade is.:confused: :whispers:(i don't know how to insert pics from my computer.)
  5. Ed Steinkirchner
    how do ypu stabilize the wood? with resin or the like?:confused:
  6. Ed Steinkirchner
    is that blade by ariel (saliverras?)?
  7. Ed Steinkirchner
    18 leaf hooks 2 and a half years ago a whole bunch of gifts for the people who helped me get started
  8. Ed Steinkirchner
    a jig for straightening the jaws is quite simple, first get a piece of half inch barstock......thats it. clamp it in the small side and gently tighten slightly past parallel. if it doesn't move don't force it. that worked on my main forging vice but i had to heat the other one in the forge for it to go straight.
  9. Ed Steinkirchner
    very helpful, thanks to everyone:)
  10. Ed Steinkirchner
    :confused:what is triple quenching? triple hardening or tempering or something else? heard it a lot but i'm not sure what it is and how it is different from just single. any info would be good
  11. Ed Steinkirchner
    i would love to help.....but i haven't the foggiest idea what that is or what it's for. sorry :confused:
  12. Ed Steinkirchner
    skinning/hunting knife and cleaver for dad set of 3 paring knives and a walnut and copper shoe rack with carved grapevine for mom
  13. Ed Steinkirchner
    called my currently small opperation ''primative iron works'' because i like things to be simple and not too over done. my touchmark is a handprint with my innitials under it
  14. Ed Steinkirchner
    just a thought but the cap may not be cast solid, if i remember correctly, i think i saw somewhere that traditionaly they were made from sheet metal and had a slot for the handle wrap to go through. now if i only knew where i saw that...:confused:
  15. Ed Steinkirchner
    it sounds like tou are placeing your billet with a face down instead of edgeways. if you place it on edge it will heat all of the layers at once instead of from one to the next, this way you will get more even heat on the billet
  16. Ed Steinkirchner
    kinda new to the forums so bera with me. Most of the knives ive made are fully hidden tangs, and what i do is, either use a nut or threaded pommel, or heat the tang, preferably with a torch, put on the handle, and rivet the tang into the countersink (or into a head) and that has worked for me. Oh btw the torch gives more concentrated heat than the forge. hope that helped.:D
  17. Ed Steinkirchner
    i have been on the site for a while now but couldn't post because of my very poor dial up connection, but i digress. i may not be able to post or reply even though i am on all the time. but i believe that this is the best site on the internet for blacksmithing and that is exactly what i do best. :D
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