dragonflySmithy

Just fill it back up with the right type of oil.:D

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I use everything from files to 1000grit paper.

well since you asked I will tell. you can not tell people that your "brain passed gas" IE made a mistake on the forums. It is "Inappropriate Language". Nor can you tell people that you are mad at yourself for making said mistake. You will get a warning like I did today. Please don't ever do this because of all the young and tender ears that might read your postings.:o

I build custo armor for people in the SCA. They fight with 1-1/4 in dia rattan cane. It is full contact armored combat. I have broken someones hand and have seen others brake both arms and legs doing it. Very fun game. Sorry for any inappropriate language.

I would love to do one up but, I fear that I might use bad words like "gas" or some other word that people on here might find Inappropriate.:)

I ment a tomahawk but I do like the idea of making a bird out of a spike. You could make the legs and feet out of the spike head. then make the body and head out of the rest. Make the wings out of some flat stock.

All most all of the armor that I make is done hot. Why hit a piece of metal 50 times cold when you can do the same work in 10-15 hot. This is the way I look at it. My armor is not the best looking but it is hard as a rock. The last pair of legs that I made It took the guy 4 months of heavy fighting to get his first dent. Working armor cold is a pain. After a few pieces your hands hurt. Not so when done hot. Just my $.02 worth.

I haven't forged anything since Oct07. I went out the other day and forged a new bowie. I skiped the normalizing step. I watched the whole edge crack and fall off of the blade as I quenched the steel. Can you say I am upset at oneself. I lost 13 inches of blade steel and 1.5-2 hours of work. But the next one came out even better and will be getting a handle today.

yes. This is one of my son's favorites.

What starts with T. Ends with T and is full of T?

I love it when people come to you to fix things for them and then they want to tell you how to do it. A friend of mine bent the guides on a wood spliter and asked if I could make them right again. So later that day him and his boy (10yo) come over to watch me work. First the kid starts to tell me that I am burning the steel. Then when I started working it with the hammer he starts telling me that I am hiting it wrong And where I should be hitting it. As I returned the steel to the fire I asked him how old he was. When I told him that I have been working metal longer then he has been alive his responce was "your burning the metal again". At this point his father told him to shut up and let me work. I have run into adults that are the same way as that kid.

You can also use the RR spikes to make hawks.

Just buy it from walmart. Take it home and put it in an old coffee can. Then set the can ontop of hot coals in the bbq grill. The next day smash the hardend borax back into powder.