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Why can't more shows be like "The Woodwright's Shop"?

Yeah and New Yankee workshop( hate the name). Both great step by step educational shows. Maybe Basher or Steve will do a show one day on PBS? Saturday morning between Sesame st. and America's test kitchen. They could travel from town to town helping knife makers improve their techniques.

I also agree on the fit. Some stainless pins would look good in the handle and aid attachment.

Hey I make some really nice "sharpened banana looking things". I agree the shape is great and the rustic blade/paracord handle is a design style that never gets old. Did you use Minwax wood hardener to solidify the paracord?

Eskimo harvest all of the tundra and ocean animals.

Ivory. Not politically correct but would look awesome on a knife that size. Walrus tuck in the raw maybe?

Some of us just have to got to bed early as I personally have to be at work at 6am. I personally would not trust Wikipedia over you two. I know how much extra time and effort teachhing anything takes over just getting the work done. Thanks for all you did!!

Where do you get your natural canvas micarta? Or what resin do you use and how do you finish if you do it yourself?

I'm done

A Couple hundredth points of carbon can make a difference. 1080 vs. 1086 for instance. Your leaf spring might not be exactly 5160. It should make a great blade anyhow.

Nice variety! What are they made from?

Check out the knife making lessons on this site. They will answer a ton of questions and point you in the right direction.

Why not use a black paint? You could tint it to a more low carbon steel look.

I can't and would not speak about any group based on the few members I meet. All I know is that this guy wants to share his Passion with someone who appreciates his work. I'm bringing index cards and a box with dividers. I'm picking his brain and taking notes.

This really is a great guy. He showed me a new style knife he has not finished yet. I said I'd like to make a similar knife but I'm concerned about infringing. He said I could use any idea from his shop and I can borrow from his personal library as well. ABS could be almost full of jerks. In my opinion there is at least 1 good guy there.

If you guys are near brayton tn. I will spring for lunch. I have a dirt floor shop so you won't even have to sweep.

Thanks the fact that I'm a mean jerk can be made up partially by my work ethic.

Wet bricks of all kinds have the potential to break apart. Possibly explode as well. Do you cover the bricks when it rains?

A hydraulic press is a great tool. With the right dies you can do a lot.

Lab great knife I personally like the lower fold count for the dramatic pattern. As to the mystery steel band saw blades. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck its got to be really great with fried rice and baby corn.

Looking foreward to the ax chat. Thanks guys. Great point on whose book! I read a book on backyard blacksmithing. The author had lots of MIG and TIG welding projects. All of the backyard blacksmiths I know don't have that kind of equipment. If I see more than 1 or 2 things in a book that contradict the guys at the club and the IFI posts I stop reading and get a different book.

How do you finish your micarta?

John a fella would be blessed to spend some time learning from you!

The method used to make a tool will of course depend on your abilities. Whether you split and drift or wrap and weld may be decided by whether you can forge weld or have a striker. And that of course considers that you have the tools to do either.
The suggestion above about the library for puter acces is brilliant.
I realize I am a little odd and different than any of the rest of the world. But if I thought there was some information I could access,,,anywhere, I would seek and find. I would do wotever it took to learn from it. And in the past that has led to dissapointments and success.
To think youi are limited in ability to search due to phone limitations seems to me like you are almost like willing to look in one room and not peek in another. Open up and explore.
I would have never thought that anytime in my life this kind of information would have been availeable to anyone let alone everyone.
It's up to you to use or not.
As for the smart phones..I don't have one, However i think any of my four grandsons can find anythin on theirs!

I appreciate your personal dedication to your craft. I'm blessed with a working small farm, a full time job an hour from home, 2 small children, and a wonderful wife who makes time for me to be able to hit hot metal. My time is very limited and I feel that you have judged me unfairly.

ok, I will see what I can do

That would be great. To say that axes and hawks aren't my strong suit would be an understatement :-). I do make a serviceable pair of tongs.

No wood or epoxies to get loose from heavy use. Welds sealed all of the gaps. High points for function. I like the.way it looks too.

Thomas that's great advice. I have 2 leaf springs from a jeep. 5 ft. Long each and 3/8" thick lots of metal to test and then lots of free metal. Far as I can tell its 51XX. The members of the Choo Choo forge agree with me on the steel. It was great to give 1 of the guys that has helped me a lot a free chunk to play with. I still have 1 full length piece and 1/2 of the other.

find a spring shop and see if you can have their drops. Sometimes they may let you have them for free, or at least at scrap price and you are sure of what you are getting. At least the ones i get i know. They tell me what it is and a lot of the drops have the labels still on them.

Fred.

Great idea!