Brian Dougherty 1,163 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Gerhard Gerber said: .....Suspect I got some stonking hamons All you guys in the southern hemisphere have some great words... ... I'm so working stonking into my vocabulary. Edited February 26, 2020 by Brian Dougherty 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Blohm 511 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I have a buddy (or brother!) that has an uncle that isn't doing well and there putting on a benefit auction. So we decided to make a couple hatchets and were planning on an axe. This is one of them. The other is an integral handle hatchet. Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Blohm 511 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Made a new coal forge also. Here is the new and the old. I think the new will be much better. I'm working on a hood and the piping I need to run it inside. Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 935 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 A busy day with these blades all pre ground and heat treated so there is the finish grind and handsanding to go now. Link to post Share on other sites
John N 265 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 This landed today...... Im a bit in love already. Bit of a mission to unload it from the wagon this morning. Not due to the weight, as we have sufficient cranage, but it was loaded with a fork truck, and we needed to top lift it, so had to partially strip it on the back of a snow covered trailer to get a good lift on it without damaging! took an hour and a half. Safely on the deck now 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Christenberry 344 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Man, that thing ought to roll some hefty rings! Link to post Share on other sites
Jerrod Miller 443 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 John, I think it is worth mentioning that with great power comes great responsibility; and also that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I would fear to own such a machine, for the mischief I would get myself into. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter-Paul Derks 209 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Wow! that is an absolute monster of a rolling mill If I owned something like that I'd spend a week just flattening everything in my shop Link to post Share on other sites
Jeremy Blohm 511 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 14 hours ago, John N said: What is the huge hammer in the back right of this picture? Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 2,713 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jeremy Blohm said: What is the huge hammer in the back right of this picture? That little double-frame? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John N 265 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The hammer is a 2 ton arch frame, I started rebuilding it years ago as a stock job, and kind of forgot about it! Its possibly an Erie (american metal!) Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 935 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 A day of handsanding with this lot all ready for handles now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Dougherty 1,163 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I finally got back to some forging over the weekend. I need to make some more mosaic bar for a few folding knife projects I have in mind. To get started, I turned this: Into this: Along the way I crushed the first stack into Ws, and cut it into 6 pieces to restack. Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow evening to do the first 4-way weld. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gerald Boggs 209 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 10:01 PM, Conner Michaux said: Once you get out of the realm of basic hooks and leafs The taper is everything. If you get good at tapers, then everything else will become easier to do. So if hooks and leafs are all you can make, than work at making the hook and leaf how you want it, not how it turns out. Get Mark Aspery's first book. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Ward 90 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Put the final coats of tung oil on the two handles. They’re all set for my mark and sharpening. And forged the first full tang knives in awhile. Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 935 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I got the bolsters on a number of the blades (either 8 or 9, not sure now). One SS, a couple of brass, some buff horn and some micarta. Also got a couple of handles glued up with liners and one with the liner,spacer and bolster in one. Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 935 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 After getting some of the bolsters done yesterday, today it was time to get the handles fitted and ready for glueing up. They are all in the clamps for the night as is the set in the bottom of the pic which has the blaze liner and spacer with black bolster and OD handle set. I have started to lay out the parts for the rest of the handles and bolsters but it will be a couple of days till I can get back to the shed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Christenberry 344 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 You're a regular knife-makin'-machine, Garry. Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Keown 935 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Chris Christenberry said: You're a regular knife-makin'-machine, Garry. There is a hunt competition coming up in a couple of months and I have some prizes to donate and will have to have a few on hand for sale so wanted to get some ready for that along with recent orders. I love being retired!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Christenberry 344 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Garry Keown said: I love being retired!! Know what you mean, Garry. Since retiring I've been so busy I don't know how I ever worked a 10 hour day and still get everything I wanted/needed to do done! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cody Killgore 43 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Been real busy with not much shop time lately. Finally was able to spend some time in the shop today and just been working on finishing up this knife that had been sitting in the shop close to finished for about 6 months. Mostly happy with it. Cruforge V and ringed gidgee handle. Still some residues on the blade Edited March 5, 2020 by Cody Killgore 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Joël Mercier 525 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Fine work Cody 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 1,710 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Yeah Cody. That looks dang nice. Some things about it are not to my taste, but there's nothing I would say needs "fixing". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cody Killgore 43 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Much appreciated. There are certainly things I would change about it in hindsight but, overall, I'm pretty happy. Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 780 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Yeah, looks great Cody! The pin seems a bit high for my taste, but also looks like it belongs there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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