[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='19 March 2019 - 06:54 AM' timestamp='1552996478' post='24262'] Kevin, I applaud your efforts. I am sure you worked hard...

[quote name='Karl B. Andersen' date='27 March 2019 - 06:29 PM' timestamp='1553729390' post='24370'] Fast quench medium. How fast you get there is re...

[quote name='Kevin R. Cashen' date='21 June 2018 - 07:41 PM' timestamp='1529628090' post='22890'] Keep it below 1475°F and quench it real fast. Goo...

Thank you both. that explains why it was taking me 4-5 swings to get through a 1/2 natural fiber rope. I was going 90 degrees.

Wait there is a prize involved...cool, I did not consider that, as just having my blades critiqued by a panel of masters is prize enough for me as fra...

Well I started out with a 4x36 belt sander and it works ok if you use the idle drum like a grinder wheel and use zirconia belts you can hog off materi...

[quote name='Jason Volkert' date='05 January 2019 - 07:45 PM' timestamp='1546739134' post='23771'] This is my forge. Its a blown burner forge made f...

[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='12 January 2019 - 04:49 PM' timestamp='1547333341' post='23811'] Although I'm a "build it" personality, there are so ...

What is a museum fit? I have never heard of this term before.

[quote name='William Wilcox' date='30 December 2018 - 10:37 AM' timestamp='1546187823' post='23725'] I’m new to bladesmithing but I was wondering ...