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hah, no kidding.. I'de like to try it to, but here in Oregon it rains from September to June..

umm, I bought ones that would double as really fine sharpening stones.. (so my father would understand..lol) so I got one really course, 150 for shaping.. an 800-4000, and a 1000-8000, and the surfacing stone for keeping them to shape.. 8000 is probably overkill, but should be fun.. I'm going to fill the gap's with sandpaper so I dont have to spend more money..

any updates mate? would love to see em.. just bought some stones ;( hurt a little.. painfull blow to a jobless teen.. 100dollas for two square rocks..

cool, nice video's. just kinda wondering, what were you doing with the hammer in between hits? it looked like you were tapping the head back onto the handle a few times.. good stuffs, you should make a long one!

I'll smoke anyone with my left hand.. never lost mainly because no-buddy wants to go southpaw.. good stuff, I'm jealous too.. don't even have a friend who won't destroy my anvil while striking. none of those good ole syndromes, and injuries..(yet...)

I think there was a thread concerning this topic not to long ago.. I'll try and find it later.

I love flogging molly!! totally forgot about them. good times. the pogues are cool too, and dropkick Murphys kick! ha, what kind of welding do you do? I think tig destroy's watches.. so I would definately be careful with an mp3 player lol..

it'll turn me into a flaming redhead? lol.. good idea, some speakers have fairly strong magnets in them also.. good find.

What do you guy's listen to when your tinkering around the shop? I personally listen to music I don't really get way into, so I can focus on what I'm doing.. but it is pretty nice to have some good background sound.. umm, bluegrass is cool, radio.., alt rock, german rock college stations play some wicked stuff..

beautiful, I was hammering away newyears also.. didn't get my project finished saddly. beautiful blade, do I see a faint temperline towards the tip in the second pic?

ask hofi, its his design.. I was looking at it to, and in all but the handle shape and im sure quality it is Identical. I wonder if it really has anything to do with the czech.. check it out.. Czech hammer

Its clean and uniform, not to mention easy.. compared to tig or arc welding it is a really basic and simple proccess.. no clean up (necessary) and strong uniform welds. good stuffs, wish I had one..

I was cruising youtube, and saw quite a few video's where a person would insert an item, which would be brought to yellow heat in a few seconds.. Is there a down side to using something like this for blacksmithing purposes? would the enviorment be oxidizing? carburizing? are there any dangers surrounding it, and how hard would it be to craft up a small one? I dont really understand it fully, but it sounds like they are just running a current through copper tubing, which creates a magnetic feild thus heating the metal somehow.. so ya, any possibilities?

its not newyears here yet or at least I dont think so, I loose track of time sometimes.. I plan to be hitting iron when the year turns over.. midnight tonight.

I've seen this happen in my first propane forge design before the refractory gets up to heat, the jet will heat up the bar, with the acception of directly under neath it.. I always just assumed that this was because the fast speed of some of the gas was cooling it, but this makes more sense. weird stuff..

what color would 900' be? black? that is interesting..

wow, that looks great! if you dont mind me asking, where did you purchase your stones? great work on the polish too, cant wait to see it finished again!

cool, what should I sand it to first? is 400 grit enough?

Ya, I know.. no such thing as perfect blade, I just said that to get a few more people checking out this thread and posting their info concerning my q's.. Any way, what do you guy's think goes into play for a cutting blade? I want to make one, but am having a tough time designing it. I want it fairly light, (cutting with a heavy machette is not what im going for here) with a resiliant spine, and a hard cutting edge. I cant get around thinking of a katana, but I think the Japanese were held back slightly by their culture+ beliefs surrounding the blade, and could have improved it if pushed to it.. (not saying it isn't a magnificent creation) but ya, what are you guy's opinion on length, balance, geometry, grind (flat, beveled double edged..) thickness, steel, tempering proccess ect.. I have a good amount of 5160 bar stock, which I plan on using if possible.. yep, thanks guys!

cool, thats basically a blueprint right there! definatly beats a spring fuller. looks sturdy as heck too.

cool, were kind of in the sticks too.. corvallis/Philomath oregon.. nice meetin ya!

Hello! where abouts oregon are you from?

finally I can post a thread saying I've had my first bit of success at achieving a hamon/temper line.. thanks to a certain Iforgeiron member (Sandpile) and his generosity, I had some good 1084 steel to experiment with. around my 5th try and 3rd knife attempt (about 3-4 tries each knife) my fathers farrier friend came over and we talked about heats of steel.. He casually mentioned that he doesn't see cherry red, and neither do I!! that got me to thinking, I might just be heating the blade to to cool because "cherry red" looks almost candy corn oarnge to me... so after hearing oarnge is to hot to heat a blade, I always avoided going that hot.. I had been bringing it just up to past magnetic.. but aparently I was moving to slow to the quench tank after coming from the magnet.. so ya, I compensated and got my first success on a cool little shipwright knife I'm making for another of our friends.. I'll post some pictures once I find some finer grit sand paper, and figure out how to capture such a faint little detail on film.. thanks to ya'll for your help!

same happens to me for beeswax.. I actually like it though so no biggy..

very cool, Those would be great for school shops where ignorant children strip out the set screws or steal the whole thing. very nice!