Bobby Best
Bobby Best
Apprentice Bladesmith
Eminent Member
Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Nov 15, 2024
Topics: 3 / Replies: 24
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RE: Chile Forge Haberno Height

I like being able to see at least the middle of the forge when standing at a neutral position an appropriate distance (imagine you're grabbing a piece...

6 days ago
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RE: Anvil Purchas Recommendations?

I think some of what you're looking for will depend on what all you're looking to forge. I work with a more traditional blacksmithing shop that does a...

2 weeks ago
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RE: laser engravers?

Subscribing to this topic. I've got my electro chem personalizer plus and I love it, but sure would be sweet to have a laser engraver.

2 weeks ago
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RE: 8670 Journeyman Knife - Self Testing

Excellent advice, thank y'all!I've got some paracord on order to try out. I will be forging my final version tonight which will be just a smidge small...

2 weeks ago
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RE: My foray into wood carving

Some good work there! Certainly lots better than I can do. Excited to see more. Any particular learning resources you have for this kind of carving?

3 months ago
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RE: High Alloy/Stainless vs. Carbon Steel Uses

I was hoping MP would hop in. 🙂 Some old posts he contributed to are what I referenced when I tried out stainless (mostly AEB-L for what I tried), an...

5 months ago
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RE: Stabalized Handle Material

A place I really like is ArizonaIronwood. Maybe a bit on the pricier side, but so far what I've seen in the pictures is exactly what I've gotten for a...

6 months ago
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RE: ABS Knife Rating Certificate

I'm certainly not the best person person to answer this, but I'll add my thoughts. When you're talking about rating baseball cards or a lot of collect...

6 months ago
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RE: Teaching gotachas...

At my local forge group, the first thing we do is go over safety. What to wear, what not to wear, where the fire extinguishers are, where the first ai...

6 months ago
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RE: Heat treat on W2

The few times I've tried W1 or W2 with any type of water quench (brine, dish soap added, heated, etc.), they've always cracked. Maybe not catastrophic...

7 months ago
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RE: Question for Intro To Bladesmithing Course alumni

A notebook of some kind. Even a smaller moleskine one to keep in your back pocket is good, but I prefer a larger one or even a sketchbook because some...

9 months ago
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RE: Raindrop Dagger

So much of that design is right up my alley, I love it! Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

1 year ago
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RE: 1078 steel

Those more familiar with the industry might be able to answer better, but I'm not seeing anything that would stop it from behaving like a 10xx steel f...

1 year ago
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RE: CONTRATULATIONS to Matt Kirby!

Not sure if it's just me, but no matter what browser I use I can't get any of the links to work on just this post specifically. Still, I learned about...

1 year ago
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