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This November I'll be registering George Mason University's first blacksmithing and cutlers club but I've been having trouble finding a place to set up on campus. Are there any very local smiths near the university that would be open to making arrangements for 5-10 students to visit and do some classes ran by me in the future? I think we'd be ready to get started several months from now.

Well I finished the herb chopper for my grandfather. The handle is pine with oak on the sides, I also added additional pitch prior to final burning on and wiped the excess. Feels sturdy enough for the kitchen to me. Usually when i hear someone talking about pitch as an adhesive its in a dismissive tone or "you could do that but i'll stick with 5 min epoxy", anyway thanks for the learning experience!

Many thanks, Thomas, I didn't realize resin was such a pivotal part of a burned in tang, makes sense why traditional Japanese sword handles had a hardwood laminated softwood core.

Hey ive been wanting to learn how to do this type of handle that I really only see on old items and I've recently been asked to make an herb chopper like this I can't tell how it would be affixed (especially without modern adhesives) in such a way that it can take stress in any direction without wiggling or coming loose. Anyone who has information regarding this style of attaching a Tang like this perpendicular to the grain would be greatly appreciated and another good skill to learn.

I just bought my first vise not too long ago, it was missing the entire screw and box and replaced with what looked like a wood vise screw and nut. Problem is, the nut shattered and now I need to get it working again, preferably as cheap as possible. Scince I could buy a house Jack for less than $35 I found this post very interesting, but I don't quite understand how attaching the house Jack to the vise would work exactly. This is why I'd like to see the pictures from the original post. Please and thank you.