Cowboy Todd

Looks like I'm 9 years late on this, but if I'm still reading this, others may, too. I just forge welded 6 sickle bar mower sections together to make about a 3/4" triangle of steel. It was very easy to weld. Then the easy stopped. I've never gotten anything so hot and beat it so hard for so long to have so little to show for my work. I was swinging a 4 pound cross peen and I can put some back into it and it took me over 3 hours to get it from 3/4" to maybe 3/8" and increased the length by half. It became practically futile after a while, but my ego kicked in, so it IS gonna be something sooner or later, but I think I'll take a break and throw some pressing anvils on my wood splitter first and make a hydraulic press. It is definitely not 1038. After reading the sheet on the T9 I'd say it sounds a lot more like that. If I ever do get a knife made, it will be utterly indestructible!