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Title: Got to start somewhere
Post by: Medic85 on July 29, 2015, 01:44:00 PM

Well boys I finally put one together.  I started out attempting to forge.  Ive hammered a few rr spikes and files into something resembling knives but I've had repeated problems with my little forge so I've put it on the shelf for a bit.  I bought a plywood saw blade that said it was high carbon and cut a blank out of it.  I tested it with a file and when I saw how the file cut I figured it either was never hardened in the first place or they had tempered it.  I worked it with a 1X30 and pinned some pine handles to it with copper then sharpened it.  Theres a bit too much flex in the blade, but I'll give it a shot and see how well it holds an edge.  Either way I'm proud of this one and I hope its the first of many I make.  Ill try and figure out how to post pics.  Thanks for the rant, I've enjoyed seeing all the work on this page.  Theres some real talent.

Title: Re: Got to start somewhere
Post by: Medic85 on July 30, 2015, 01:36:00 PM

http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/ctw6644/media/IMG_1107_zpsifrfxabd.jpg.html?filters[user]=137781093&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0

 http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/ctw6644/media/IMG_1106_zpsngams3gc.jpg.html?filters[user]=137781093&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=1

 http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/ctw6644/media/IMG_1105_zpspnwqchbv.jpg.html?filters[user]=137781093&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2

Title: Re: Got to start somewhere
Post by: Lin Rhea on July 30, 2015, 01:49:00 PM

And it is a start. Nice one for the materials you had to use. If you have any questions or need some help, please holler.

Title: Re: Got to start somewhere
Post by: Medic85 on July 30, 2015, 08:05:00 PM

I appreciate it Lin