Louie DeBono Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 What's up folks. Louie here.. Army veteran and proud American hailing from Suwannee County FL off the banks of the Suwannee river. According to my kids I'm a "noob" in the knife making game, and stumbled onto this forum. I have so many questions, but thougt I'd introduce myself. For the past 3 months I've been turning old lawnmower blades and broken chair legs into knives, with only an angle grinder and a dremel tool. I just recently built a forge, as best I could from a tank off an old air compressor. Can yall recommend, in addition to this site, any other sources for info on forges, blacksmithing and knife making? Threw in a pic of some of my non forged lawnmower blade knives. Thank in advance. And God bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Welcome aboard, Louie. Good to have you here! If you haven't already, READ THIS FIRST! Looks like you've made a good start. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Welcome aboard Louie, glad to have you. Thanks for serving. If you have some pics of your set up I'm sure we'll be able to come up with suggestions. Some might even be helpful. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Hi Louie, if you will edit your profile to show your location you may be surprised how many members are near you and a lot of answers are location dependent. We will probably not remember you are in Suwannee County FL after we leave this post. Your knives look good to me and you will be surprised how hot metal moves to make any kind you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie DeBono Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 12/11/2017 at 5:43 PM, Frosty said: Welcome aboard Louie, glad to have you. Thanks for serving. If you have some pics of your set up I'm sure we'll be able to come up with suggestions. Some might even be helpful. Frosty The Lucky. Thx brother. I'm really so new to this and am learning as I go, and from studying the stuff you guys post. I started with just a pocket knife to widdle the wood into handles and a Porter Cable angle grinder for cutting the metal. Since I recently quit drinking (not as easy as it sounds, I've been buying one tool a month when I get my Veterans pension. So far I have acquired a Fortney stick welder, a dremel tool, circular saw, some wood carving chisels, a table saw, an air compressor and rotary tool, a Littletown No 25 vise, and a variety of hand tools.. Hammers, an antique brace (drill) and so on. (it's amazing how much money I was spending on booze haha). All my materials are recycled from our local dump. Old lawnmower blades, chair legs etc. I built a forge but am still studying how to use em. Still working out the kinks on a bellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Welcome to Glenn’s international block party (hammer in?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie DeBono Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Charles R. Stevens said: Welcome to Glenn’s international block party (hammer in?). Hey my brother. I'm not sure exactly what this is about, but you had me at PARTY! Heh heh count me in my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Well we started hanging out on Glenn’s virtual front porch... ...things have kindove grown and overflowed into the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie DeBono Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, Charles R. Stevens said: Well we started hanging out on Glenn’s virtual front porch... ...things have kindove grown and overflowed into the streets. Well that sounds right up my alley. Yall be thankful I quit drinking... I've been known to shed my clothes and do a little break dancing after too much Jameson and and Guinness. Haha You got a link my friend? How do I get to there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Mr. DeBono, Welcome to the site. It is a wonderful resource for information and experienced & knowledgeable people. We all started out as newbies. There is no need to consider yourself inadequate for that reason. Regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tech413 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remmie Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Louie, I lived in Suwannee county before I moved to TN. Still have some really good friends there. Stop by Beaver Trucking on Helvenston St. and talk to Mitch Beaver. You can see if he has some old leaf springs from big trucks. normally some fairly decent "mystery steel" Tell him Jack from Red Boiling Springs TN. sent you. Last time I was at his shop he had quite a collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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