Cliff-2501 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 But hi! MY name is Cliff Womble, hailing from Iowa Park, TX. just got to actually making steel knives about 6 months ago after building my first forge and buying one of those anvil shaped objects from harbor freight. I'm told my work shows more knowledge than my experience. Could be that I've wanted a forge for probably 8 years and only recently had the space to build one, however i've been very studious in learning the ins and outs of steel in my spare time and watching videos of others making knives. Started off using mystery steel that hardened up pretty fairly and made some OK pieces. And through practice refined my process a bit and got better at polishing. And controlling my heat a bit better to eliminate those "bubbly" patterns as much as I could. For a while I thought leaving in forge marks was neat and called it a "calico" finish, lol, but that was just noobishness on my part. Did a few L-6 blades from lawnmower blades. XXXX still enjoy doing those. Experimented with different materials. Got better at polishing and hammer finishes... and eventually making pieces like this one, which is my most uniform polish yet. And this one which is my largest. This and the previous are forged leaf spring, the big one has a walnut handle with false-pins on one side because I think I hardened the darn tang, but the tang design isn't going to let it out of that handle any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Looks like a fun diversion you got going there. Keep up the progress and welcome to IFI. There actually is a an Intro section (General Discussion section titled Introduce Yourself) but due to the nature of your post (knives) it fits well here as well. While you mentioned your location in your op, if you fill out your profile with you location and you might be surprised to find the number of folks nearby with similar interests. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Welcome to the darkside....You'll never look back now. Plenty of knowledge and skill hiding in this site. Use it well and you will get much better quickly! Have fun and be safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Welcome fellow gamer and knife maker! Mind telling us how you heat treat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaneBleau Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 · Hidden by Steve Sells, January 17, 2014 - spam Hidden by Steve Sells, January 17, 2014 - spam Chwilówki bądź gdyby wolisz, pożyczki gwoli wykrywania, jest śmigły kredyty udzielane tzw przeważnie. parabanki - partie skarbowe zatrudnione w pożyczanie pożyczek do konkretnego procentu. Przyrządzone są zasadniczo: PRĘDKOŚĆ - od czasu daty zaufania wniosku o akcyzę gotówki jest częstokroć jeżeli w ogóle nieco godzin My website - kredens pozyczka online Link to comment
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