Tubalcain2

Welcome to the forum. You are among friends and comrades. Crazy people with dangerous tools and high temperatures.

FINALLY! A newbie that uses complete sentences, Is coherent, AND didn't ask for our opinions of his sword! Brewsky, your gonna fit in just fine. Welcome to the forum/Bedlam.

Yikes! Was it leaf spring? could have had preexisting micro-fractures?

OK,I i will though in my 2 cents. I have the 2 burner blacksmith model. I am also a relative beginner, and , as far as gassers go, I have only used diamondbacks, so take this with a bottle of salt. If someone asked me If I liked the forge my answer would still be a yes. My forge is about 150# old or so. Everything the OP said is true of my forge to. The thing that annoys me the most is the reluctance of one of the burners to light properly/stay lit for the first couple seconds. Once the fiberboard around the burner heats up a little it is fine. Worst case scenario, I just have to hold a bit of paper at the bottom of the burner with my tongs to keep it lit for a couple seconds until it has warmed up enough to burn on it's own. The top piece of fiberboard has cracked on both burners and is buckling down slightly. Once the forge heats up, the bit of fiberboard by one of the door openings (the one I usually use) loosens up and can easily be knocked back into the forge, as it sticks out past the opening a little. That said, It does forge weld, but you have to run it at 15 psi. the floor does fine with flux. I have heard that can be an issue with some forges. It heats the steel pretty evenly. Maybe if I used a better gasser I would realize that mine is lousy, but there is always a next level up. It has quirks, but for my (very small scale) hobby use, I think it does the trick. I put steel in cold, it comes out hot. That is really all I need.

Buy them earplugs.

Ouch. I had a similar experience recently. not fun. Raw egg white can really help with burns.

Brilliant! Using that logic we should start building anvils from Legos. Call up the patent office!

Hey JHCC, Now I can see why you like Mouseholes so much more than Soderfors. The multi-piece design is obviously much more durable. Sorry, I couldn't help it.

I stand corrected. Remember, I'm still a Scot. A Swiss/German/English/Tennessean Scot, at least.

The purpose of American holidays: St. Paty's - the day when everyone pretends they are Irish Cinco de mayo- the day when everyone pretends they are Mexican Presidents day- the day when everyone pretends they voted Everyone drive safe.

Nice work. Daswulf, Do you really have a rooster named Cogburn? Absolutely brilliant.

There Is already a Knife making section for this type of thing.

Just got another Blue Heeler last night. it was a homeless/stray just like my other one. Super sweet little girl. Now I have to get her trained...

prices?

This is my Heeler. Best dog in the world. He usually comes home with possums and coons, but this time he had... half a bobcat?

Soderfors. Definitely worth it for 100$. Great find on an awesome anvil.

Sweet!

Amazing as usual.

Now just make sure you never get your girlfriend really mad at you.

BRO!! That is a NICE knife. Super good job. Definitely your best yet my opinion. The blade profile is not very traditional, but neither is cable damascus on a Sgian Dubh, so heck.

amazing work as always. what do you do to get that faded blueing look?

Nice one, bro. nice one.

Perfectly profound.

Perchance the purpose of my playing with P's is not plain. I don't mean to prevaricate, but I present that my previous post was, perhaps, a pathetic attempt at playfulness.

I perceive pommel pummeling to be a perfectly preposterous practice for pulverizing perishing people. It is preferable to puncture your prey with the point. "If you wish to end him rightly..."