For the record. I never should have looked.
Get thee behind me Satan.
Posting pictures of that project is no help at all in me prioritizing and staying focused on existing priorities and projects.. Visions of backyard smithy's will haunt my nights now. I'd succeeded in pushing the forge and foundry dreams down the list. I need to keep it there for a while longer.
Finished hand forged knife
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blackeagle603
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"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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HTRN
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Two words: POWER HAMMERblackeagle603 wrote:Visions of backyard smithy's will haunt my nights now. I'd succeeded in pushing the forge and foundry dreams down the list. I need to keep it there for a while longer.
HTRN
HTRN, I would tell you that you are an evil fucker, but you probably get that a lot ~ Netpackrat
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Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
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blackeagle603
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It's in my blood.
Grandpa and Uncle Charlie had neighboring farms. They specialized and collaborated in related side business.
Grandpa trained the horses (for various purposes: riding, traction, tricks). His brother Charlie was a blacksmith who did everything from horseshoes to fabbing & shrinking wagon wheel rims.
The little bit of student level blacksmithing I've done was a wee bit of heaven on earth. What's not to love?
Open flames?
White hot metal?
Smashing and finessing?
Engineering and artistry?
Grandpa and Uncle Charlie had neighboring farms. They specialized and collaborated in related side business.
Grandpa trained the horses (for various purposes: riding, traction, tricks). His brother Charlie was a blacksmith who did everything from horseshoes to fabbing & shrinking wagon wheel rims.
The little bit of student level blacksmithing I've done was a wee bit of heaven on earth. What's not to love?
Open flames?
White hot metal?
Smashing and finessing?
Engineering and artistry?
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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ZeroGravitas
Re: Finished hand forged knife
Blackeagle, you are being called. The beckoning fire is not from hell. It's in your DNA...asking for the kinetic energy from your own hands and high heat to make metal bend to your will. 
Pre-shape, with the reverse curve - as the blade edge is forged thinner, that side stretches and curves the knife into the correct shape. Without the pre-shape the blade would look like a scimitar. The top front part of the blade is 'clipped' before forging the edge.
Rough forged blade
Pre-shape, with the reverse curve - as the blade edge is forged thinner, that side stretches and curves the knife into the correct shape. Without the pre-shape the blade would look like a scimitar. The top front part of the blade is 'clipped' before forging the edge.
Rough forged blade
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blackeagle603
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:jacked:
That last pic jogs an old memory loose of a pygmy spear I got to see as a kid. When I was young we had lots of missionaries pass through our little church on their furloughs. They'd always stay at our house (may explain why 5 of us 6 kids wound up as missionaries).
Anyway, we had this old missionary to Pygmy's from the Congo who had the most amazing "missionary chest" he'd unload and put on display when he spoke at church. Spears, bones, hides, snake skins, a massive python(?) skin, all sorts of craft items.
What I remember most was his stories of hunting elephant with the little men and their spears. He had wooden and metal tipped spears. The "modern" spear he had was forged from a leaf spring. They'd distract the elephant and then a brave soul would run in from behind and sink the spear into the heart behind the front quarter. Whoo-ahh!
cue: 70's era elephant jokes...
That last pic jogs an old memory loose of a pygmy spear I got to see as a kid. When I was young we had lots of missionaries pass through our little church on their furloughs. They'd always stay at our house (may explain why 5 of us 6 kids wound up as missionaries).
Anyway, we had this old missionary to Pygmy's from the Congo who had the most amazing "missionary chest" he'd unload and put on display when he spoke at church. Spears, bones, hides, snake skins, a massive python(?) skin, all sorts of craft items.
What I remember most was his stories of hunting elephant with the little men and their spears. He had wooden and metal tipped spears. The "modern" spear he had was forged from a leaf spring. They'd distract the elephant and then a brave soul would run in from behind and sink the spear into the heart behind the front quarter. Whoo-ahh!
cue: 70's era elephant jokes...
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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Jered
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Are you thinking of The Hunted?D5CAV wrote:Looks nice!
There was a movie that had some guy forge a knife from a vehicle spring. Among other "Hollywood-izations", the character managed to forge a knife from the spring while in a SERE situation. I'm sure it was a lot more work than the movie version!
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
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308Mike
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That's the movie linked in rightisright's post above, a movie he called "this crap movie".Jered wrote:Are you thinking of The Hunted?D5CAV wrote:Looks nice!
There was a movie that had some guy forge a knife from a vehicle spring. Among other "Hollywood-izations", the character managed to forge a knife from the spring while in a SERE situation. I'm sure it was a lot more work than the movie version!
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Windy Wilson
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:jacked:
He paints his toenails red, yellow, green and blue.
But Zero, was there any particular reason the guard is stainless steel and the butt is aluminum? Ease of manufacture? Parts on hand? Some safety or usage benefit?
How does an elephant hide in a bag of M&M's?blackeagle603 wrote::jacked:
cue: 70's era elephant jokes...
He paints his toenails red, yellow, green and blue.
But Zero, was there any particular reason the guard is stainless steel and the butt is aluminum? Ease of manufacture? Parts on hand? Some safety or usage benefit?
The use of the word "but" usually indicates that everything preceding it in a sentence is a lie.
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
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blackeagle603
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You ever seen an elephant in a bag of M&M's?
No.
See how well it works?!!!
No.
See how well it works?!!!
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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Bob K
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How can you tell if you're in bed with an elephant?
Two ways:
The smell of peanuts on his breath,
and,
The large embroidered "E" on his pajama tops.
Two ways:
The smell of peanuts on his breath,
and,
The large embroidered "E" on his pajama tops.
"Youth and skill are no match for age and treachery." Unknown
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius