BCROB

Happy New Year from BC Sam !!

glad to hear things are on the upside for you.........looking forward to seeing some pics of your work, stainglass etc and keep us up-to-date with your smithy rebuild.............I think I can speak for most on here and say we all love pictures.............keep your chin up my friend , its a new year ahead and lots to look forward to, and remember also the members and the brotherhood on on here are your friends when required  !!!  

 

all the best Sam

Rob 

Nice I like em , they make great novelty knives as well , give one a try !!

$18 ?? 

great score for sure !!!

great find indeed................do I also see a chunk of damascus chain in the makings also there in ye'ol pickup ?? 

hope to have it cleaned up today to have a better look Ivan , will post a pic for sure ,

not positive but I believe PW had that bell shape (right side of photo) on the screw housing, sorry if that's not the right terminology !! 

stumbled onto this real nice 3'' vise yesterday.............

there is a stamp of some kind on the bell side of the screw housing...........I wasn't to worried about the make, its a beauty and has been well maintained , hasn't seen much use , closes up tight, nice and even...........threw in 6 pairs of tongs with the vise, early christmas present !! 

 

    

nicely done........

great piece Rhett !!

round these parts most old large sawblades are "salvaged" into knives

 

a buddy of mine down the road has one about 6 ft in diameter , keeps telling me to come take it !!  that make a few blade for sure !!

Hey Forberg just over the hill I'm Kelowna, good to have you , check out Canadian Knifemaker Forum
As well

Rob

G2 epoxy and corby rivets for that extra piece of mind 

I didnt know him but he's a blacksmith brother , thoughts and prayers to his family and friends   

Looking good !!
Look forward tomorrow pics

Wow very nice job !!
He will be very pleased I'm sure

thanks dodge, BCROB, what a beautiful thing that is to use as a pin. i thought they were just for purely decorative function, like chunks inlaid onto surface. really never seen that before :)

 

gorgeous work too. :)

one other note Beth and Dodge......when I drill my tang holes I countersink them as well as you already know for a another place for the epoxy to go...........I also give the outside of the mosaic pin a real good scratching with some course grit like a 60 for epoxy bondness as well ( Bondness, ha ! not sure if that's a word or not but you get where I'm goin with it )...........a long setting epoxy is also better in my opinion...............as far as your mosaic design its whatever you can imagine    

beautifully done

thanks Matt

Beth, as I understand, most use full length through the knife/tool/ect handle, then grind, file or sand down and finish with rest of the handle. Initially I assumed they would be sliced shorter and inlaid over a securing pin. Personally this is what I would consider, simply to stretch materials further ;)
BTW, this is my first attempt
 
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Yes sorry forgot to mention Beth , I use full length through the handle.
I make the pins in about 6'' sections and them cut according to handle width usually around an inch or so and then just enough extra for a light peen

here's a few samples of homemade.......many more if interested 

 

slightly peened just enough so you don't distort the mosaic pattern,( if you overdo by accident most will clean up when hand sand) I usually add an extra couple normal brass or stainless round stock or corby rivet for re-enforcment............hope this helps

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCROB  

saw your post Darren , thought I'd add a few I've done as well.......these are just rough cut at this point, used black enamel paint mixed with epoxy , very cheap to make , all supplies from your local hobby craft store.....

 

 

nice work Darren !!

great pattern.......

at a glance I'm in with a Brooks as well with the thick heels, looks like one off mine sittin there 

I like it !!  

how did you find working stabilized coco as apposed to just regular non stabilized coco ?

thats a great look , nicely done 

I guess my understanding of the tempering process is wrong.  I thought that since I wasn't likely to achieve a very high level of hardness that there wasn't a need for tempering.  It's been over 20 years since my last class in metallurgy, so I'll blame it on age...

 

The charts I have seen say to temper 1045 between 400 deg. C to 600 deg. C to get the desired final hardness.  I assume for edge holding I would want to shoot for the lower end of this temperature range? 

 I like the style and shape looks great, pretty sure you meant 400F and not C , you'd be much closer there..........nice work there rhitee 

looks great ICB , that interior shot looks inviting , very nice work area you have there now !!