Matthew Parkinson
Matthew Parkinson
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Nov 8, 2024
Topics: 47 / Replies: 502
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Journeyman Smith Knife Of The Year For 2017

thanks for the great questions guys, I'll leave this open until tomorrow night if any one has any other questions. MP

8 years ago
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New Url/ Name For Abs Youtube Channel

great Job Dan! the channel is one of my favorites! MP

8 years ago
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Recomendations On Drill Types

I like the HHS or Cobalt bits for steel and the vanadium for stainless. I get all of my dill bits from McMaster Carr or MSC cheap box store bits don't...

8 years ago
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Quench Tank For Swords

we use a O2 cylinder with the top cut off, works well. we had been using a 4"/4" square tube before we switched to a faster oil. that also worked well...

8 years ago
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Fighter--- War (2016/12/6)

very good work. I love the head knife as well, was that for you or some one else? MP

8 years ago
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Stamp Makers

I will third what carl said, I also switched to stencils for the most part about a year ago. I also got mine from Patrica, nothing but good things to ...

8 years ago
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Stabilizing Handle Materials – Topic For Dec. 2016

OK I'll start. My business partners and I started stabilizing last winter, after a few weeks we came up with a set of best practices to get good c...

8 years ago
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Snap Temper Question

with that much time at temp in a oven I would think the decarb may be fooling you into thinking it may have not hardened, try grinding 10-15 thou off ...

8 years ago
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Mini Lathe Or Save For A 10 Incher Locally?

I had a 14" hendly for years, never used it, i passed it along and now have two southbend 9" I have not found them to limit what i can do other than ...

8 years ago
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Removing Scale

I have a tank of corrupted ferric (bronze dust) that I use to descale L6 (nastiest scale of any steel i have ever worked with) takes 2-4 hours and no ...

8 years ago
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Weather Proofing Leather Sheaths

I have used paste wax after force drying that works well, alternately I have used a heat gun to warm the leather and drive off some moisture then brus...

8 years ago
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