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  1. Dave Stephens

    Ah . . . that moment when you realize you forged the tang too short, and it's too thin to forge out longer. I keep telling myself I do this craft for the Zen. Yes. Very relaxing.

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      I love your posts :D take it as a practise of welding on tangs...

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  2. Caleb Harris

    So I recently got a good sized bit of damascus, does it act like a monosteel under the hammer? Are there things I should watch out for, such as shearing?

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      not if it is welded properly. I´d choose a bit higher forging temperature in order not to stress the welds too much, perhaps...

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  3. Ondřej Borský

    Today it has been proven that the effectivness of an angle-grinder is significantly improved when the machine is plugged in...

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Luckily there was no such voice :) Then problem is that I hove only two sockets in my workshop, so I have to switch tools constantly. And sometimes I am thinking about the current work and don´t switch the plugs :)

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  4. Caleb Harris

    Y'all's thoughts on the last hobbit movie?

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      quite liked it.

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  5. Dave Stephens

    Geeking out in anticipation of attending the upcoming Bushfire Forge Symposium in London.

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Seconded!

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  6. Caleb Harris

    So I'm facing the common dilemma: spend $200 on wheels and tracking stuff for the grinder, or continue to make my own mind-numbing redneck improvisations.

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      spend. invest.

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  7. Caleb Harris

    So I'm leaving for Czech in two hours, and the only word I know in Czech is pivo. Think I'm set?

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      holky might also be useful

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  8. Caleb Harris

    Would edge quenching 1084 steel in water crack it?

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Well if you finsihed it as an exercise, than I understand... but otherwise, it´d go to my scrap pile :)

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  9. Caleb Harris

    Would edge quenching 1084 steel in water crack it?

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Wow, Caleb... any crack in a blade is not a good thing, no matter the perfomrance

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  10. Ondřej Borský

    Bloody hell! Hammering the last but one rivet on a bauernwehr handle and of course, the bog oak has to crack! Gah!

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      yep :) but I take it as an opportunity to make it even better

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  11. Ondřej Borský

    Wrought... gotta get more wrought.... more... More..... MORE!

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Well, yep, they might be. But I think it would be very difficult to transport such an item, even in pieces, across half the globe :)

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  12. Ondřej Borský

    Wrought... gotta get more wrought.... more... More..... MORE!

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Well, that´s the question I´m asking myself right now :D I´m running out... I´ll check local scrapyards

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  13. ShawnShaffer

    any body point me in a good direction for viking era swords and the different types

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      yep :)

       

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  14. ShawnShaffer

    any body point me in a good direction for viking era swords and the different types

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Ian Pierce: Swords of the Viking Age comes to mind :)

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  15. Ondřej Borský

    Gallifrey falls no more!

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Yep, I did, and it´s fantastic! But I have no idea about the availability :/

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  16. Caleb Harris

    Well, I think I underestimated my friends coal forge. It actually started to melt our steel.

    1. Ondřej Borský

      Ondřej Borský

      Yep... as one of my friends said... When one is in the forge, one needs to be there completely. It´s very easy to burn the steel in a coal forge.. I lost 1 seax and two welded knives this way :D

       

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