Joshua States
Joshua States
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A New Damascus Pattern (At Least For Me) Wip

I think this is looking great Gary. Don't let the fact that it doesn't look exactly like what you envisioned get you down. I had a friend who said t...

11 years ago
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Uploads

Dan, I am seeing the same note Ed was seeing. It says "Used 450.53K of your 500K global upload quota (Max. single file size: 49.47K)" does that mean I...

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Forging An Axe

Larry, that was wonderful. I loved the heat treating method, just pulling it from the brine in time. And before that, lighting the corncob pipe off of...

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A New Damascus Pattern (At Least For Me) Wip

Wow. All this talk about snow and ice. I just finally got around to picking the last of the vegetables in the garden today.....we had a cold snap here...

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Damascus Fighter

So after reading Brion's post, I went back for another look. I do like the shape of the blade. The steep clip and the recurved edge are reminiscent of...

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Damascus Fighter

[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='06 December 2013 - 08:28 PM' timestamp='1386386880' post='9220'] Good files will make your life easier. Jantz ...

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Damascus Fighter

Well, I'm with Dan on everything he said. The most agonizing bit for me is the fit of the guard against the blade. Take a look at the JS rating requir...

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Ribbon Burner

[quote name='J. G. Emmerling' date='30 November 2013 - 09:47 PM' timestamp='1385873260' post='9156'] The discussion of ribbon burners has come up se...

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Damascus Fighter

When you say "please tear it apart", how brutal are you expecting us to be? I only ask because the pin placement is not the worst thing about this k...

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Mokume Fittings

Oh yeah, and the bronze/copper combo and bronze/nickel-silver combo works well. I have been working with pretty thin stock (.03) and 30 layers. I am g...

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Mokume Fittings

Take that twisted bar and cut it in half lengthwise. Then bend the piece around so the inside is on the outside of the bend. Use it for the frame. Mak...

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Mokume Fittings

[quote name='landon_robbins' date='02 December 2013 - 05:03 PM' timestamp='1386029016' post='9166'] Joshua, I have also messed around with making so...

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Temper Times?

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='20 September 2013 - 05:44 AM' timestamp='1379681042' post='8496'] While it seems intuitive that a shorter draw back tim...

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Ricasso Strength- Theory Vs. Reality?

I am with Karl on this. I have tested many of my own knives to destruction to find out where the weak spots are, check the grain structure, and in gen...

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Best Type Of Forge For Welding?

I am coming into the conversation a little late, but here is my two cents worth. I am completely in Karl Anderson's court with the vertical blower for...

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