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BP0189 Nails

The resin bamboo flooring I've seen look keen, too. Vertical-grain bamboo, solid horizontal-grain bamboo, and woven bamboo flooring. I suspect floor samples would be more than enough to handle a knife or two.

Heller Bros. corrugated pene hammer? irnsrgn, what was that used for? Oh, and the Champion electric sharpening hammers, how were they used? I see no cord or battery pack. Inquiring minds what to know. Thanks for the post, I love looking at old catalogs.

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You don't need the heat the whole thing, but you need to have it hot where you are hammering. I believe you got in a few licks on the steel below temperature, and that caused the cracks. WORK it HOT! Work it in a bright cherry or hotter and don't strike it below that temperature.

That statement is subjective but it's mostly true. Substitute the words The best with very good and you would have a statement that few people would dispute. Still, someone could make the argument that there are other materials that might last longer, but when comparing cost, cast iron provides the biggest bang for the buck.

Moriarty Link to school and email address:G3 Blacksmithing

There are two kinds of people: those who do things and those who write manuals - Red Green

Jeez louise, that looks like electrical tape! Any self respecting idiot would use silver racing tape. Like Red Green says, "Be generous with the duct tape, you know; spare the duct tape, spoil the job."

Thanks you for the second set, I enjoy looking at all your photos. What type of camera do you use to make those exquisite images? Perhaps you should do a photo essay on photographing objects. ;)

'The Recycling, Use, and Repair of Tools', Jeez louise, that has been my creed for forty years. This Luddite is slowly moving into the twenty-first century, I put a hold on the book through our interlibrary loan system without even leaving the humble abode. It's them tubes, you know (don't tell my Luddite associates). Should arrive up at the library Wednesday of Thursday. Thanks for the heads up. Oh, another author the younger generation might enjoy is Eric Sloane. Most people know him for his books of drawings of east coast barns - coffee table books. Well, he was more than that, he was an avid tool collector (my passion, too) and he wrote and illustrated a couple of books on tools. Most notable was A Reverence for Wood, and the very unique book, Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake-1805,. and a good standby, A Museum of Early American Tools. A lot of blacksmithing ideas can be gleaned from Sloane's books. Heck I made a zax after discovering what it was, even though I never used it and finally gave it to a friend who's never used it either. It's a dynamite Scrabble

That thing is an early prototype Flowbee™ You are missing the internal parts. The early Flowbee™ was a simple a dynamo used for cutting hair. Yep, you are missing the crank, magnets, and copper wire. The Barber would turn the crank with the customers hand on the ball. The hair would stand on end and he's start cutting. I'm quite sure it's a valuable keepsake and does belong in some obscure museum.

The Complete Modern Blacksmith! Wow I didn't know there was a book that compiled three of his works. I only knew of, and have two of his books from the seventies; The Modern Blacksmith, (1974), and his first book, The Making of Tools (1973). What's the name of the third book? I may have to run up to my library, myself;) Sabre needs to ask Santa for an early gift if his birthday isn't just around the corner. That books is precisely what he needs.

Run over to your library and check out a book by Alexander Weygers. If they don't have a copy, they will be happy to order one for you through the interlibrary loan system. Weygers has some fantastic drawings of hold-downs, third hands, and support stands. Most all his tools and implements are made from junk scrap iron so they don't cost much. The drawings are worth a million words as you will learn a lot from them, you won't regret it.

How did you cut the threads into the cast iron for the 2" nipple?

Cast steel - solid steel - good - Most new top quality anvils made today are cast steel Wrought iron with steel plate - good - tried and true method Cast iron with steel plate - good - the quiet anvils Solid cast iron - not to nice as it won't hold up for beans, subject to chipping and breaking as it tends to be brittle. Imported cheap anvils are generally cast iron and are called ASO (anvil shaped object)

LOL, you say no, yet you already had a photo essay on the leather work. That was exactly what I was interested in seeing. Between my little Spanish and an Italian/English dictionary I can translate the text at my leasuire. Thank you, Stefano. nett

Nice. Have you ever thought of making a blueprint of your leather work? The knife is pretty darn nice, but I have taken an interest in leather work, and, well, your sheath is about as nice as they come. A photo essay, step by step, would be cool. Just an idea. Your photos are fantastic, as usual. The knife is, too. Thank you for sharing

There is a BP for it, I just can't find it. :shrug:

I think those leaded glass windows are actually some nice wrought ironwork. I understand the French take form and function very seriously. I believe that is why my neighbor, Robert Crumb, moved to southern France. He traded six of his sketchbooks for a townhouse in Sauve. Those French are pretty savvy, too. Shops in California have failed miserably in that regard because they either have magnetic alarm strips or bars that look like they were designed for San Quentin or Folsom State Prison.

Really cool. Silly me, I did not connect the elliptical embossing to the tool on my first examine. The more I study your amphora, the more I appreciate it.

Shoot, that socket hole is crisper the the one my "real" anvil has. Did you forget to bore the pritchel hole? ;)

Positively exquisite. I love the photo of your tools, too. What do you call the one with the raised button attached?

I was told that if you drill a hole through wrought iron, the shavings will be chipped rather than curly strands that are produced from mild steel. Drill a hole for the heck of it and let me know.

Chris Friedrich uses a chisel and leaves the hammer and chisel marks on to make it look rustic. He also makes large ones for grave crosses out of 2 1/2 inch material.