Caveman, el oso, LAR,43
Thanx for the input guys i appreciate it.....after I posted i went directly to the shop and sorted through my saw blades.....I had carbide and regular....I spark tested both and found that the regular blades had a spark that looked like a "party sparkler" similar to a file....the carbide was similar to angle iron....mild steel i guess?
For my first knife I think I will keep it small, a pelting knife for starting coyotes and foxes. I plan to put an antler handle on it.
that same evening I put a small flat file in the wood stove and let it cook overnight.....when I took it out the next morning it was relatively cool and soft....not scientific but the natural heating cooling cycle seemed to work. I will try and use the file tang as a handle tang on the knife.
I used several books and asked lots of questions.....If tou guys are interested we have a blog.....google (loggingdays)....it will be the one that says "building a house is hard work" or somthing to that effect.......we havnt updated for a while but there are pictures of me family and friends and house under construction who were a huge help.
I gotta go to the job that pays in cash
we'll talk soon.
farmboy
I hope I dont get in trouble for discussing building on this site but strawbale seems to be in keeping with the Tradgang way of life, so here goes.
My wife lent our books and dvd out so I dont have titles for you I will post when they are returned....strawbale is built 1 of 2 ways load bearing strw and no loadbearing ie. built inside a post and beam frame to hold roof up.......post and beam is what we did.......after frame is up (like a hay shed) we stacked bales like largr bricks inside the posts as infill......held together with stucco wire inside and out laced to the bales with twine......finish is plater portland cement and lime troweled on by hand =r30 r40 insuulative value......it is easy to build once you get started. Foundation is a heated slab.
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