ThomasPowers Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 If you will strike to "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring"! Of course I like going Bach to work... Perhaps a Gilbert & Sullivan Patter song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will W. Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I usually dont watch FIF, but ill be tuning in for your episode, Theo. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Thanks man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnie Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just saw your recent win. Well done, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Nice win, Theo! I have to admit, I was torn because I absolutely love and respect Kelly. I wish she was a member here too! If you were going against her in the final round I would have been torn. I was shocked they didn't test the temper with a flexibility test. Tai Chi swords are supposed to be supple and flexible. Your approach to forge welding the handle section was brilliant. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Thank yall Had a blast forge welding on that guard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Congratulations, Theo! I would have loved to do the challenge to get in, but would have hated to do the challenge to move on! Good choice on the 80CrV2, and loved the 3D printed handle elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Congratulations Theo, Indeed a class act. Very well thought out and executed in such a short time. Keep up the great work. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Congratulations on the win Theo! Crazy challenges they come up with. Liked the forge welded guard and pommel on the sword too. Now you can start that "new life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Congrats Theo, good job. But. . . But . . . (Yeah, there's ALWAYS a but) . . . But. . . Ta dum . . . TA DUM? We need to have us a talk about jokes kid. We'll write you some good material for the next episode you do. Get you something at least a LITTLE snappy to say. I mean, REALLY. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Great job, Theo. Undisputed champion! Love the jokes, but what did you do to Doug's arm?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 "By doggies, you *will* let me check your grip on my tang!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Here's another for you, Theo: What are you reading? A book about metal fasteners. Is it any good? It's riveting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 You guys are too punny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Waiting on steel to heat while a crowd watches you tends to bring out the bad blacksmith stand up comedy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KragAxe Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 A lot of familiar names here! Haven't chatted with you in a long time Thomas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 That's OK Krag; I spent the time talking to myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Welcome aboard KragAxe, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the gang live within visiting distance and if you keep beer in the fridge, might. Pics, we love pics, ask Thomas. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KragAxe Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hah! I still talk to myself! Updated my profile. I still have to dig through the site to see all the in and outs. I'm a picaholic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Against my best judgement, I decided to watch a bit of this program just out of curiosity. It was a contest to make a knife that would be typical of the country represented. They had 4 smith, A polish, an argentinian, an american and a french. They seem to get along well and helped each other. Skipping the details of each one's approach to the knife, I was very surprised to see the following. The argentinian smith, seemed to be the most experienced, fast and professional he was way ahead of the rest and finished a nice blade in time. When it came to fit the handle though he struck a problem that seemed futile yet cost him the competition. He drilled the first hole for the rivet near the guard, yet couldn't drill the second near the end of the tongue. He was saying the steel had some enclosure that prevented the drill to get through. What to me seemed an easy fix ... heat the point with the oxy and punch the hole with a punch and then finish with the drill ... or ... cut a groove with a grinder from the end of the tongue to the point where the rivet needs to be ... he decided to cut the tongue shorter, and fit a fake rivet that was only in the timber, so the knife had just the one rivet at the front. I was very surprised at such shortcut and as expected when they tested the knife by chopping a log, the handle split and the judge avoided injury because he was just lucky. Why would anyone do such a thing and why show it in a competition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 SPOILER ALERT The poor guy, wasnt watching his fire and burned down his shop and he used 1095 for a broad sword and it breaks, then makes another out of same too high of carbon content, brittle steel and breaks it again, Why did he use 1095 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 It was sad but lighting a fire under a pot of oil then walking away is asking for it. Does ANYONE else have their quench tank in a containment tank? My quench tank is a 15 g. grease barrel with a disk of thickish 1/4" or maybe 5/16" steel to armor the bottom against dropped pieces. It's in a cut down 55 gl. drum; in case there's a boil over and fire I can toss a lid on the containment and go have coffee till it's cool. have a coffee pot near the man door, I'm not leaving the shop with a fire burning where it isn't supposed to be. My quench tank is in a STEEL building on a CONCRETE floor with not much flammable within 10' but even ONE gallon of oil spreads a LONG way. I have trouble imagining ANYONE would keep their quench tank in a frame building unless the ceiling is 20' even then. It really sucks he burned his place but it's a STRONGLY STATED LESSON for everybody who plays with fire. You don't have to be quenching a sword to have a fire get away from you, I was surprised the first time I hardened a chisel in Jr. high metal shop 1. I didn't plunge it completely under the oil surface and got a fireball. The shop teacher was grinning, lesson learned I hadn't paid enough attention when he said what to do and what would happen. The guys pulling their blades from the oil while they're still hotter than the flash point is I believe contrived drama for the show of it. Speaking of contrived drama, has anybody watched the new FIF show, "Knife or Death"? It's been on two weeks and nobody's said a word. Makes me think I was right a dud fro the word go. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I admit I saw it, I am sorry. that was an hour of my life wasted that I can never get back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 That’s the beauty of a DVR: you can fast-forward through the commercials, and only lose forty minutes of your life. One of the best things about Forged In Fire is that it showcases real skill. While it’s obviously an artificial setting, there is enough genuine drama in the forging and the blade tests that extraneous and unnecessary puffery is kept to a minimum. This “Knife or Death” spin-off, on the other hand, has to stretch ten minutes or so of actual cutting into a forty minute show, so they throw in a ton of gimmickry. I doubt it lasts more than a single season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jclonts82 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Sells said: that was an hour of my life wasted that I can never get back What has been seen, can never be un-seen. +1 to your statement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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