Tom Maringer Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Here's how this new batch of knives for the BLADE show finished out. Blades are D-2 steel, lengths from 6 1/2" to 9". All handle furniture is titanium, some parts have been TIG welded. The wire wrappings on the top four are titanium also... the bottom two are synthetic rubber wrapped. The black rubber is nitrile, the brown is fluorocarbon. Knife weights range from seven to nine ounces. It's only six knives... but the titanium furniture results in an incredible improvement of weight and balance. These things just seem to float in the hand by comparison to the ones I used to make with stainless steel furniture. Well, still lots to do before wheels up... this will be my first show in fifteen years, so I don't have my "show stuff" together anymore. Should be interesting to see how these go over. Table 23-L See you there! Tom Maringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEzell Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Those are really beautiful and unique, together they make quite a statement... back with a vengeance, I'd say... George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Kettell Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Wow Tom! That's quite a showing. I think your table is gonna be empty in short order. Glad you're back in the game. I liked reading your article on swords in one of Ken Warners anuals when I was a kid. I dig the flourocarbon wrap, looks leathery. I haven't had a slow day at work to make a purge bowl, no tig at my shop. Still high on my list to try eventualy Great stuff. ~Herb The few surviving Samurai survey the battlefield. Count the arms and legs and heads and then divide by five. TMBG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Sorrells Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 That is cool stuff! It just doesn't look like anything else out there. I love the family resemblance between all the blades. Check out Walter's instructional videos: Forging Japanese Style Blades Making Hamons Japanese Sword Mounting Polishing Making Japanese Sword Fittings www.waltersorrellsblades.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Dox Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 It has been some time This series looks fantastic, I'm glad you're back Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsmith02115 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Tom, you are the quintissential stylist; Stand out in a crowd, and with high style! you've been one of my favorites for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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