Chad J

Hey Eric,

Here's a place that sells it by the foot. I just ordered 6' of the 1-1/4" dia and they didn't ask why. They still have grease and a plastic strip down the center that said made in the USA, but not like the well used ground in grease and grime of the 2nd hand stuff.

www.webriggingsupply.com
elliscustomknifeworks.hightemptools.com

Hope this helps.

Chad J

P.S. I'll keep adding links as i remember them.

Hey Smithy1,

Those are AWESOME!!!!!

If you ever think about tossing one of those in the trash, send it my way! I would find something for them!!!

By the way those are really great i like them a lot! Keep up the great work!

Chad J

Congratulations Andie! And way to go Dennis!

Hey Frank

As per Anvils in america, that serial number was around 1907................still reading about the nash...........

Chad J

Hey Randy
As per Anvils in America he states that, "At this time i don't know who manufactures them. the anvil was advertised in the 1903-04 Clung & Company catalog of Knoxville, Tennessee, and in the 1934 and 1940 belknap catalogs. This would seem to indicate that the GEM anvil was made over a long period of time. the 1903 ad has the anvil listed in 75 and 100 pound increments and in the 1934 and 1940 catalogs at 100 pounds only."

Not a lot of info, but maybe somebody else here has more to add.

Chad J

Hey Adam,

That's pretty cool! did you come up with the design?

Ed Caffrey has said that he gets ferric chloride from radio shack but at our local store they don't seem to know what I'm talking about. Do u have any suggestions on that?

I had the same problem, i went in and asked for ferric chloride and got the deer in the head light look. Went home and looked it up on there web site and found there catalog number and took it in to them and THEN they found it! Model: 276-1535 | Catalog #: 276-1535

Hope that helps Chad J

Hey Chad,
that has some nice clean simple lines to it. He should like it a lot, if he doesn't you can send it to me

What size cable did you start with?

hey BIGGUNDOCTOR thanks for the comment. that Cable was 1 1/4" from the crane's main whip line. and after i showed him the knife i couldn't get it back to show other people!

Thats a nice looking knife. I like cable a lot. What grit did you sand to prior to etching. The dark colors look great. Good job.

hey LDW, thanks, i sanded to 400 grit then a glass bead blasted it, to give it a satin look that you really can't see from the photos. then a etch secession for 30 minutes in 1:7 ferric chloride/water solution.

Here is the latest for a gentleman at work. It is made from some crane cable i salvaged from work. it is 8" x 1", with a 4" handle.
The handle is some jatoba (common to the Caribbean, Central and South America) with two 1/4"mosaic pins and four 1/8" brass rod.




Thanks for looking, any comments are welcome. Chad J

Hey Kevin

Great job! really like the birds eye!

Found this finish hammer at work, it was sitting on the ground next to a broken handle. I seen others make a ball peen hammer and thought why not! I forge welded the claws together and when i was drawing it into a point a broke the weld. So i twisted them them together. And actually after the fact, they don't look half bad! Well for my first anyway!

That's awesome! Nicely done. Chad

just a few things that followed me home in the last month or so.

some crane cable and some pt cable.

more crane cable. they restrung a tower crane at work.

two- 4'x8'x1" steel plate, should make a nice welding table.

that is nice, i haven't tried Osage orange,I'll have to try some now. Chad

Hey Sukellos,

thats awesome, I like the dragon detail! and your right that's not something you see around! Chad

Hey Smithy1,

That is some real talent!

what kind of project is she intended for?

That is very cool! one of these days maybe you could walk us/me through the process of how you did that. I think that would be very interesting to see how you preform your work.

Chad

Hey Robert,

what type of steel did you use? Awesome smoker by the way!

Chad

Great job! and i too would like to know how to do that! Chad

Happy Birthday Adam!

Its amazing what they can do with cakes now a days!

Chad

hey Steve,

Very well put!

Hey DUNSTAN,

all of these are viable answers and these stickys do have good info in them, for some they can be difficult to interpret but everybody here is more than willing to help and share there knowledge and experience.

If Steve is offering his shop and wisdom I'd take it in heart beat! sometimes its better and easier to learn watching people than it is working by your self from trial and error!

Just remember: A smart man learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from other people's mistakes.

Anyway good forge weld, that's not the easiest thing to learn! Chad

Hey DUNSTAN,

That pretty nice, what type of etchant did you use?
And what is your temper question? I'm not the smartest but i might be able to steer you in the right direction.

Chad

hey FE wood, wouldn't happen to have in pics?

Hey Kevin, that's a real prudy knife! I've always liked the figured woods and that maple is gorgeous! Chad

Dang Beautiful! Great job on the wire inlay! Chad