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- Quench Tank Ideas - Hot Work - Bladesmiths Forum Board
You do not want to quench the handle tangs, so an edge quench in the goop with the handle tangs hanging down might work IF you use a steel that hardens well in goop, which limits you to an alloy slow quench steel like 5160 or O-1
- Biggest anvils - Tools and Tool Making - Bladesmiths Forum Board
Who produces the heaviest anvils ? and what do they weigh ? I'm trying to find an addition to my shop, to be able to work with some strikers, or just to have an excuse to buy a ridiculasly big hunk of steel ^^
- Traditional Hatori Polishing Tips - Bladesmiths Forum Board
Speaking from experience, you're not going to get a traditional polish with modern abrasives There's just something about tojiru goop, and fingerstones that does things that nothing else will My theory is that modern abrasives are too uniform and too hard to break down properly Also, don't forget to make or buy decent nugui Dry iron oxide artist pigments make a reasonable substitute If
- kaiken - Show and Tell - Bladesmiths Forum Board
The multiple hardening lines are the end result of a multiple edge quench in goop: no magic, just luck with a first blade and remembered what happened ("went wrong") with that quench
- Forge-finished finery, bush swords, etc. - Show and Tell - Bladesmiths . . .
Been busy banging out bodadacious blades Here are some recents 80CrV2 steel, cord wraps, and Boltaron sheaths all around A biohazard outbreak reaction bush sword and smaller utility knife that went to a repeat customer in Canada The bush sword has scorched hemp for the main wrap and black par
- Proteus - Show and Tell - Bladesmiths Forum Board
I have been a member of this forum for about a year, never thought of spending much time here Looking for information on sword making, and particularly on leather wrapped handles I found myself going through a huge number of threads and posts, and liking it more by the hour I have never seen su
- Electrolytic Sponge Iron? - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmiths Forum Board
I remember reading an article years ago about Michael Bell at Dragonfly Forge using electrolytic sponge iron in his oroshigane process to make his own tamahagane I remember the article talking about combining it with a measured amount of carbon and sand (i think, or crushed glass) in a crucible
- Anvil identification - Beginners Place - Bladesmiths Forum Board
Hello all I am new to this forum as well as knife making I'm getting all the things I need to get started slowly I just got my anvil this past weekend from New York I have tried all the tricks I can think of to pull any maker's marks off the side, but I'm afraid it is too far gone I tried fl
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