William Milton
William Milton
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Joined: May 31, 2023
Last seen: Jun 24, 2023
Topics: 4 / Replies: 14
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1 year ago
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RE: Press or Power Hammer

Matt, I plan on going to the Bill Moran School, but that will be some time next year. Steve Schwarzer is just about an hour and a half down t...

1 year ago
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RE: Press or Power Hammer

Thank you Brion and Ed for your advice. I guess my next question is about upgrading my forge. Right now, I have a Hell's Forge 2 burner, but was l...

1 year ago
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RE: Forging a blade

Just getting started with bladesmithng, I think if you are using a forge and a hammer to create the pre-form/profile of the blade from tip to tang, th...

1 year ago
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RE: Press or Power Hammer

Thanks Michael, That is why I was looking at the Ameribrade, the Mastery Package comes with pretty much everything except a surface grinding at...

1 year ago
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RE: New Member from Ocala, FL

Thank you Michael, I have watched almost all of those over the last 2 years. I also liked this video series from Dunstan Forge:

1 year ago
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RE: Question: Arm/bicep carry?

Bob, Just from my perspective, it would depend on speed and ease for drawing the knife. For me, not knowing the feel of everything, I would want th...

1 year ago
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RE: Press or Power Hammer

Thank you Vic, I think I have decided to set the power hammer idea aside for now and maybe up the press to the Coal Ironworks 16 ton. As far as gri...

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RE: New Member from Ocala, FL

Thank you Ed, and thank you for your service as well. I wanted to start bladesmithing about 10 years ago; however, my ex-wife wasn't really su...

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RE: New Member from Ocala, FL

Thank you for the tip Michael. I am also really close to Steve Schwarzer. I would really like to spend a couple of days with him at the forge, and m...

1 year ago
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RE: Basic Shop Equipment

What is everyone's opinion on the Ameriblade grinder?

1 year ago
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RE: My 1st Forging attempt

Thank you for the comments and the links Michael. I have watched a lot of Kyle Royer's videos before I started, along with a lot of Jason Knight and...

1 year ago
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RE: Forging is Poetry

That is really good Bob!

1 year ago
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