Karl B Andersen
Karl B Andersen
Journeyman Bladesmith Forum Moderator
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
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RE: New forum questions

It was a trap.! That's the response I was hoping for. For posting photos in forums I use IMGUR:/p>

4 years ago
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RE: New forum questions

Like this?? Here's a hunter: [img/p> Followed by another hunter: [img/p> Followed by yet another hunter! [img/p>

4 years ago
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RE: Coffee Etching San Mai/Damascus Yellowing

This is one I just finished. I will also show how I forged that billet. I band saw cut the tip so as to keep the core in the center. The tang and ...

4 years ago
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RE: Coffee Etching San Mai/Damascus Yellowing

I don't do mine like that. I only have an arc welder. Just think "oxygen free". I first saw this demonstrated with the billet stuck inside a short p...

4 years ago
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RE: Coffee Etching San Mai/Damascus Yellowing

I agree with Ed. I don't use the coffee on anything. I tried it a few times. It certainly makes things black! But - you can rub it off with your t...

4 years ago
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RE: New player in the Leather supplies market

Thanks. It's always nice to have options. Right now my Wickett and Craig leather is four weeks out.

4 years ago
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RE: S presentation set

Nice variety! That's the way it should be. I've seen sets where every knife just looks like a different size of all the other ones. This shows a bro...

4 years ago
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RE: History of soft back draw?

The soft back - and even the edge quench - are both "surrounded", in part, by the performance tests that are designed to demonstrate that a blade smit...

4 years ago
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RE: Folder Reference

I think you will find most books are knife-specific. I have a few that focus on lock backs. Maybe someone else knows info on friction folders.

4 years ago
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RE: Special deal on abrasives for ABS members.

Are you familiar with these belts, Kevin?

4 years ago
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RE: Heat treat ovens?

All I will add is that I have had my Evenheat for 20 years. Even the old simple 4 program capabilities of that controller do everything I have ever ...

4 years ago
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