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Thank you! Some of my photos don't like downsizing I'm noticing.
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I really enjoy making knives so far. This will be where I post some of the ones that I make and hopefully I'll get criticism and see progress as i go This one is 1/8" 1084, micarta & 3/16 g10 pins. It's not finished yet but this one will be; The shovel V2
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I enjoyed photography more when I stopped taking it as seriously. Now I mostly shoot with old mechanical SLR cameras when I'm not using the smartphone
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I was able to run the forge a little bit today Finally forged my first pair of tongs! I hardened a knife in it today as well. I feel like I have much more control with this propane tank forge vs my old 2 brick forge Thank you people for all of the help getting me this far. I really appreciate it
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DHarris, ask and you may just receive. Frosty, I've picked up many hobbies and photography was my favorite for a long time. I still love taking photos but I don't take it as seriously as I used to. Thank you, I appreciate the compliment!
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Definitely! I too like to make sure we are 100% talking about the same thing. Plus I'm sure a picture would have gotten me better advice if there were problems
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I've definitely seen the term thrown around very losely. I'm still working on breaking some of the bad terminology I've picked up. I'll get there
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My apologies.. I completely misread your last post. I plan to harden 1084 in the forge and then temper it in an oven.
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Noted. Thanks Frosty. I plan to use 1084 steel
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I fired the forge on low for a couple minutes and then let it cool this morning. Now later in the evening I fired and ran it for a bit.
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I believe this is what you are referring to. Yes they are. Should they have been more rounded?
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Funny enough, I made the press to make the sheath out of XPS foamboard, It works pretty decent. Thank you! Completely 100% agree. I've been practice grinding on 1/8 and 3/32 stock and I've liked it much more then the 3/16 that I was using. Thank you for the commemt
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I can completely see what you are saying. I discussed ergonomics with my friend briefly after using it for a little bit and he hit on a few similar points. I appreciate the advice I'm sorry, I think I might have misspoke. I was getting inconsistent results attempting to heat treat 1095 steel I switched to 1084 steel and got much better results. From what I understand 1095 steel requires a specific tempature for a specific duration of time in a kiln/forge. I couldn't do this in my forge. When I switched to 1084 steel, I believe that I got better results b
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I made this for a friend's birthday. It's 1095 with micarta scales. I used my 2 brick forge to heat treat and tempered it with a toaster oven. I started using 1084 after this knife because I wasn't happy with the inconsistent grains I was getting while trying to soak 1095 in my little forge. Going forward I want to be more consistent with my bevels and overall fit and finish.
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Thank you people! There seems to be a lot of knowledgeable people here that don't sugarcoat things. I think I'll get along