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The Newbies Arena Are you new to knife making? Here is all the help you will need. |
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howdy folks
new poster longtime lurker, just an old retarded brickmason from S.W. oklahoma. that loves the look and feel of a good working knife.been buildin my own and freinds knives for a few years now but gettin into it more and LEARNIN a lot from you guys.
workin on a new forge (thanx to my horses wreckin my old 1) hopefully have it up an runnin soon. im really concintrating on my blade final finish.can get it down to 400 but havent got gowm\n to a mirror polish good ,but i mainly just work with OSB anyway heres a few latest dont hurt me too bad on the pics cause i aint a pictureman and a nother hobby makin grips |
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Welcome to the forum, Tuskbuster! Don't see any pictures but would like to. It might be that the software is blocking your pictures right now since you're new and in 'moderated' status right now but that will change automatically after a while when it becomes obvious that you aren't a spammer.
As for mirror polishes, suit yourself but I have no use for them. They are completely useless on working knives - which seems to be what you like to make - because anything that touches them will scratch them and you end up re-polishing every other day trying to keep the knife looking good. They're OK for collector's knives that just sit on a shelf but not worth the time, effort, and expense if you're making a working knife .... |
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thank ya sir,just some people gotta try and please.IF THEY PAY ENOUGH,lol
i am dieing to get my new forge up and runnin ,its a little larger than the 1 the horses wrecked 4 1/2inx 11 deep out of firebrick . waintin to get to town and get a bucket of fireclay to get the inside molded round.may not work but im gonna give it a shot well pic didnt work again ,maybe i'll get er ironed out |
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Welcome Andrew. Hope you get to where you can post pics. Always like to look at new stuff.
Agree with Ray, shiney's got no job at my house either (besides a good sniper will see the thing a mile away!). __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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pics still aint workin but what the heck. thanx for the replies guys.everyone keep askin them good questions so i dont have to
just so yal know my last batch of blades (total of 3)went about my stuff in same sequeince as usual ,forge,quench in my best rerun veg oil.(deepfried everybit of 20 lbs of gizzards and that many fries before the ole lady said to change strait to the popup toaster for 2 ,2 hr temps and guess what cracks all over the blades ,for got to plug in my oil to warm up.lesson learned and filed in whats left of a brain. till the next time i do itthat is. my forge bein down is runnin me way behind on a few orders and havin to come out of forced retirement(gettin undercut on every bid i make) had to take a job to buy more supplies for more knives .ole lady said make money or she was gonna start sellin my guns all jokes aside i do have fun messin around with the blades and makin a little beer money.ild really be goin in the hole if i had to buy all my material and the consumables too |
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