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Does anyone have any recommendations on where to get a custom touch mark that won't break the bank? I'm looking for something that can be used for both hot and cold stamping. I see a lot of cheap ones on Esty but they look like walls of the design go straight down instead of being angled like a normal metal stamp which makes me question their durability.

Do a google search for "sayber osg"

4130 or 4140 are good guesses for sawblades with cemented teeth or abrasive grit.

Diamond doesn't work well on steel, cbn is what you would want if you decide to go ahead with it.

Those came out great. How did you do the rib?

Looks pretty close to 9260. I like to use them for tomahawks.

Pretty, and according to wikipedia bronze is harder than wrought iron, so the rebound should be good too.

Ever thought about trying to cast one of those bronze anvils over a steel faceplate? It's something I've always wondered about, and a 6 pound one would make a nice little jewler's anvil.

The machine shop at work was getting rid of this. 130 lb Vulcan with a perfect face except for a couple of spots where some idiot torched it. I remember back in 2012 when I was desperately searching for my first anvil, I never would have thought that people would be giving them away to me for free just a few years later.

I made a handle from bamboo flooring once, it's held up fine so far but isn't the most beautiful wood and I ended up finding some small voids in the material. Some day I'd like to actually split and laminate some bamboo by hand.

I found the source of the chart with a reverse image search, http://www.aikiweb.com/weapons/goedkoop1.html. It looks like he's hitting the wood with directly with another piece of wood, which is not exactly analogous to the type of stress it would see when used as a tool handle.

I've achieved a good blued mirror finish with "slow" rust bluing. I use Mark Lee express blue but my understanding is that most of those instant plum browns followed by boiling will give you the same effect.

I actually looked into that but the costs were waaay too high for me. Interesting perspective. I hadn't thought of that.

That looks fantastic. I've been wanting to make a vise from forklift tines forever. Just out of curiosity have you thought of putting the screw on the outside a la the vertical vise? It would save having to drill those 2 big holes and you would be able to grip longer pieces.