Joshua States Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I got the photo proof back yesterday from Whetstone studio of my full set. Some of these you have likely seen already. These are the five that were in the judging room 17 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congrats! Well deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Christenberry Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Those are really nice, Josh. 1 Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 You did good. Congratulations! 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Morgan Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congratulations sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Boggs Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congratulations ! 1 <p>Gerald Boggs <a href="http://www.geraldboggs.com">www.geraldboggs.com</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Middleton Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Heck of a nice set there Josh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert McCann Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congratulations Josh . Nice job making it more challenging with a Dagger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary LT Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Well done Joshua, congrats and best wishes moving on to master. Gary LT 1 "I Never Met A Knife I Didn't Like", (Will Rogers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Gilbert McCann said: Congratulations Josh . Nice job making it more challenging with a Dagger. I did a lot here that made it more challenging and a lot more difficult to pass. Not only did I put a dagger in there, it is a through tang and the pommel is held on with a peened pin through the tang. The Bowie has a frame handle with file work, and every knife has a spacer package behind the guard. All of that is extra work that is not required. If I were to give someone advice on doing a JS set, it would be KISS. All that being said, one of the MS on the panel, who I did not know and had never met, came and found me at my table to compliment me on my knives. Hancock pushed me to put the dagger in my set and Ray Rybar told me it was a keeper. 42 minutes ago, Gary LT said: Well done Joshua, congrats and best wishes moving on to master. Gary LT We will see. I have no immediate plans to work on that. If I ever do go for MS, I will be putting something in the set that is atypical. Maybe an ornate Seax or a Dirk. Something different than the standard Euro-American typology. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jack Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Congratulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Congratulations Josh. That is a very nice set and the photo shows them up nicely. 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Gastellu Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Congratulations! Nicely done, those are gorgeous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Well done. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Stocksdale Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Those are really beautiful. Congrats on JS and the really lovely picture too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 It is a lovely set, and a real nice photo! 1 http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Mulkey Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Very nice. Congrats. The dagger shows a hamon. What is the steel and is the hamon planned? I use a lot of W series and have never h/t'ed one without a hamon forming. 1 Gary ABS,CKCA,ABKA,KGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Gary Mulkey said: What is the steel and is the hamon planned? The steel is a piece of Don Hanson's W2. Yes, it was planned. You can see the making of that knife in two places on the web. This forum, mixed in with a bunch of other knives, some of which wound up in this JS set. The ABS Forum, as a solo project build. 4 hours ago, Gary Mulkey said: I use a lot of W series and have never h/t'ed one without a hamon forming. I think that is because of the shallow hardening attribute. If you do a fair amount of post-HT grinding, you will invariably grind through the 3mm of hardened martensite into the less hardened austenite (?) and the hamon will appear. Sometimes you can see the hamon form after the quench because of the bevel. There is some strange business in the phases along that slope. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nowacki Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Congratulations Joshua so very well deserved. You can see just how much work has gone into this and what a commitment in time is required to pass the ABS tests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Congratulations Josh. Very well deserved mate. 1 "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Congratulations Josh, wonderful work and great photo. 1 "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin carnecchia Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Sweet!! Glad I checked in today and got to see these. Really nice work! 1 Visit wrencoforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niaro To Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 That is very beautiful set. If you have some close-up photos, especially of the bowie, please post! Big kudos! 1 Swallow skims over water White snake spits its tongue Four winds meet in valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Josh, I think that the word that you were searching for was pearlite not austenite. Austenite is the state that the steel in in when heated to above critical like you do before quenching. Doug 1 HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 18 hours ago, Niaro To said: If you have some close-up photos, especially of the bowie, please post! I hope nobody minds the flagrant self-promotion, but you can view any of these on my Etsy store. The Bowie is this posting. 5 hours ago, Doug Lester said: the word that you were searching for was pearlite not austenite Thanks Doug. I will readily admit that I cannot keep all those pesky phases straight in my head. All I care about is that it's #madefromdunrite. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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