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Title: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: Wampus on June 19, 2017, 10:49:00 AM
Hey y'all!  I haven't been on here in a few years since I moved away from TN.  The company I work for closed it's TN operations with very little notice and I wound up moving to the Seattle area and living in a studio apartment for a while with all my tools and archery gear in a storage unit in TN.  Then transferred to Atlanta for more apartment life and finally moved to Texas about 30 miles from Austin and got a place where I could build a shop.

Anyway, this is my most ambitious attempt at a pattern welded blade and I would like to thank Lin Rhea very much for being so generous with his time and knowledge to post his tips and info on here.  I basically tried to copy his    thread (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=110;t=004923)  on ladder pattern development where he even did the math for us.  I know my work doesn't come close to his, but I'm really pleased with how this blade came out.  Trying to make evenly spaced grinds with an angle grinder is harder than I thought!

  (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Hogbear/20170618_100600_zpsbgfp3uy2.jpg) (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/Hogbear/media/20170618_100600_zpsbgfp3uy2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: Lin Rhea on June 19, 2017, 11:23:00 AM
It's good to see you back on here and producing knives like this. It's very nice! Great job!
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: bjansen on June 19, 2017, 09:05:00 PM
Excellent work.
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: Steve Nuckels on June 19, 2017, 10:03:00 PM
It is excellent!  Well done Sir!

Steve
Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS AP
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: kbaknife on June 20, 2017, 06:50:00 PM
Very, very nice!
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: KSCATTRAPR on June 20, 2017, 07:32:00 PM
It's a beauty for sure, great job!
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: TrackerNy on June 20, 2017, 09:25:00 PM
Great looking knife. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: Wampus on June 20, 2017, 10:42:00 PM
Thanks guys! Thank you too Karl! Lots of great info and inspiration in those Anderson Forge videos
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: FerretWYO on June 21, 2017, 03:59:00 PM
Incredible
Title: Re: Ladder W's and rosewood
Post by: Holm-Made on June 21, 2017, 11:54:00 PM
Nice, I hope it has your Maker's Mark on it as you should be proud of it.  Chad