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5 hours ago, lionheart said:

Looks a xxxxxx lot better than my first try!  Echoing what Mr. Powers said, most strap available at hardware stores won't make a decent blade--especially after you beat the carbon out of it, but it's sure fun to practice isn't it?  Anyway, not a bad first piece!

 

it's my (limited) understanding that you can lower the carbon of steel by overheating / heating to many times,  but i dont think the actual hammering will do that. i am not sure on that, though.

perty stinkin good for a first go-round. keep it up.

welcome jimmy, glad to have ya. if i were u, i'd bust out the shotgun and have an ASO shoot. i'd hate to use a cast iron 'anvil', even as a striker.

looks great.

that was an over-elm-ingly good pun,frosty. my puns are oak-kay. by the way, what did yew get douglas fir his birthday?

man would i like to have that vice!

i wonder if i can find a pun for cellulose......

On 11/20/2016 at 3:20 PM, Gorō said:

It's a work in progress Steve! Hopefully more pics to come soon!

work in progress? i should hope so!

hey,i wouldn't be adverse to getting married in a blacksmith shop.

i'm praying. be strong and of good courage.

i sure know what that's like.

welcome to the forum! big blue are definitely quality, but very pricey. i would suggest peddinghaus.

in my current (soon to change) shop, i don't have anything set up as far as a sound system gos, so i sing and play harmonica........ A LOT.  country, gospel, bluegrass, celtic, you get the id. have to say i sound kinda funny singing bluegrass with no music, except for harmonica which i can't play when i'm singing.

my way of testing something for safety is generally to do it and see what happens, which, although it is effective, isn't always pretty. (guess that comes from being young and dumb) anyway, listen to jhcc. THAT's a piece of advice u can trust.

listen to jhcc, not me. he's way more experienced and skilled and way less dangerous and dumb.

it looks to me like it is only black paint. wouldn't worry over it. at the same time, just cause i'd do it doesn't mean its safe.

fine job. i definitely would clean the blade up, though. 

LB, think i think that's my new favorite song!

nice job. at his age i would have used it as a toy coffin....

bravo! you should write a blacksmithing SONG next.

cool beans. 

nice anvil, judson.(nice axe too).

stink'in nice anvil. i'm as much of a die-hard soderfors guy as c-1 is a die-hard HB guy, but I'll admit that that is quite the find.

17 hours ago, novam1a said:

i really dont have a style yet .i like choppers, fighting knives, hunting and scandinavian designs .

long live the vikings! ...... ok, now that i've got that out of my system, what kind of scandinavian? that's a broad category.

amazing job. if you are trying to make me feel like a total rookie, your doing it.