Alan DuBoff Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I was over at Ardenwood Forge getting some instructions today and snap'd some pics. (linky pic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Smith Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Nice... That's some tidy work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan DuBoff Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Nice... That's some tidy work!Yeah, Scott Thomas does some good work, and has been doing it for a while. Not as long as some, but he seems to do enough to keep him busy. I was fortunate to stumble across a guy like Scott in my area, it's really a treat for me to learn from him. He's also a funny guy to be around. Now I have to wait until next week to go back... I hope to pick my forge up soon, and will hopefully get it put together and working within the not so distant future. I need to forge a railroad spike knife, I'm told it's a "rite of passage", so gotta do it!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evfreek Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hi Alan. When are you planning to be at Ardenwood Forge. I was planning to drop by this weekend. I saw Scott do an impressive demo on upsetting a thin edge (perhaps even on that sword you photographed) that was dinged accidentally. He showed ways of violating the oft-quoted 5 to 1 rule or 3 to 1 rule, illustrating it on a piece of 2x1/8 bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 If I am right in what i think you meanby upsetting an edge, it is very easy! especially on 1/8th by 2! I wonder what a blade made with upset edges and a flat thin middle would be like? Very light and very strong, maybe a bit too flexible though. Like a huge fuller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan DuBoff Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hi Alan. When are you planning to be at Ardenwood Forge. I was planning to drop by this weekend. I saw Scott do an impressive demo on upsetting a thin edge (perhaps even on that sword you photographed) that was dinged accidentally. He showed ways of violating the oft-quoted 5 to 1 rule or 3 to 1 rule, illustrating it on a piece of 2x1/8 bar.Funny you ask, and I was going to try to make it up on Sat., but my daughter has a piano recital. Scott said he would be there on Thur./Fri./Sat., but I'm busy on Thur./Fri. I'll definitely be there next Tues., that's my day!:cool: You could be right about the sword, he said he had to forge it twice because he f#@$'d it up the first time. He had another sword he forged recentely that was pretty cool, but not clean and polished like this one. Yesterday he was banging out a flange for the bottom of his sandstone grinder, he got a beautiful wheel off craigslist and was replacing the wheel and adding a flange. Scott is a wealth of knowledge about metal, he seems to have done his homework. Maybe I'll meet you soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Vry nice piece, wish it have one like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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