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  1. Zachary
    I finally built myself a hydraulic press to push my drifts through hammer and axe billets instead of hammering them through by hand. It’s a 24” adjustable stroke 24 ton and it takes about 8 seconds to travel the 24”. Overall it has exceeded my expectations so far.
  2. Zachary
    I have the 55kg Anyang absolutely love it! The dealer recommended a pad below the frost line and 3’ x 7’ with 1” styrofoam insulation around it to isolate it. So mine is sitting on a block 4’ deep 3’ wide and 7’ long. If I’m running it flat out you can feel it just a little on the cement outside 20’ away or so.
  3. Zachary
    Thank you gentlemen. These were slit and drifted. For me that’s easier. I ordered my aqua fortis from a place called track of the wolf.
  4. Zachary
    These are made from 4140, browned with a hardened and tempered cutting edge. The handles are curly maple stained with aqua fortis and sealed with tung oil.
  5. Zachary
    Thanks guys!
  6. Zachary
    Thanks. I’m partial to the friction fit handles myself.
  7. Zachary
    I finished these up the other day I’m pretty happy with the way they they came out. They are 4140 steel that’s been browned with hickory handles.
  8. Zachary
    The guard was a cut off from another pattern I made.
  9. Zachary
    It swings real nice. I haven’t had a chance to test it out on my wood pile though.
  10. Zachary
    Thank you gentlemen. I started out with a piece of flatstock 1" x 2" x 6.5" I'm not sure of the exact length but that's within a quarter inch.
  11. Zachary
    Here is an axe I just recently finished. It’s the first double bit I’ve made I’m fairly happy with it. It’s made from 4140. I did learn that there are lots more things to keep straight and lined than a single bit axe!
  12. Zachary
    I’m between Nappanee and South Bend you’re only a few hours drive away. I’m just out of nice dry wood at the moment I need to work on replenishing my supply. You should stop in and visit my shop sometime.
  13. Zachary
    Sadly Billy I’m not sure I could duplicate the pattern either.
  14. Zachary
    I’m in north central Indiana. About 20 minutes south of the toll road.
  15. Zachary
    I used a press and a power hammer. I think what happened is I forged the bar on edge a little to keep it from getting to wide and in so doing rolled the edges over to look like your picture.
  16. Zachary
    I split them like your standard picture. I'm not sure that I had everything standard before that though! That's pry why the pattern turned out that way.
  17. Zachary
    I used a handled hot cut to cut. That’s the only wood I have that was big enough to do the handle. I’m trying to find some more nicer wood. Frosty I try to manage my expectations!
  18. Zachary
    JPH thank you sir. The only problem is it didn't turn out like expected but then I kinda expected that!
  19. Zachary
    Thanks Frosty I'll have to remember that!!!
  20. Zachary
    I was trying for a feather pattern but it didn’t quite work out like I was hoping. The handle is zebra wood and a homemade sheath. Steel is 15N20 and 1084. I’m pretty happy with it although there’s plenty of room for improvement.
  21. Zachary
    I like it.
  22. Zachary
    The blade is 136 layers of 1084 and 15n20. The handle is ebony with red spacers and mosaic pins. I tried to follow some advice some of you gave me the blade tapers from the spine to the edge pretty much and I think I got a little distal taper. The final edge grind isn’t quite what I’d like I think because my thickness wasn’t as even as it should have been. I’ve got a long ways to go but I’m pretty happy with it.
  23. Zachary
    WOW!!
  24. Zachary
    Thank you gentlemen!!
  25. Zachary
    Here’s the second pattern welded blade from the same billet as the last knife I showed just a different pattern. Handle is stabilized spalted maple. I had some advice on the last to move my grind up higher but this was already ground and polished and I didn’t want to redo it all so I’ll try that some other time. There’s still a lot of room for improvement but I like it.
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