Matthew Parkinson
Matthew Parkinson
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Jan 4, 2025
Topics: 48 / Replies: 508
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Hand Sanding Hollow Ground

That is pretty much all I use. I have a few sanding blocks cut to the radius of my wheels. I will do the plunges with riffing files and stones if I n...

5 years ago
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Can 80Crv2 Take A Decent Hamon?

[quote name='BrionTomberlin' date='29 June 2020 - 06:19 PM' timestamp='1593476389' post='26772'] Kevin, 80crv2 can take a hamon due to having around...

5 years ago
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Pandemic

[quote name='Matthew Walker' date='27 May 2020 - 08:19 PM' timestamp='1590632352' post='26662'] Sorry that I’m a little late to the party. What y...

5 years ago
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Medium Carbon Steel Source

[quote name='Gerald Boggs' date='17 May 2020 - 12:28 PM' timestamp='1589740088' post='26612'] How does the ancient Nordic blade construction compare...

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If It Is Easy, You Ain’T Doing It Right!

Dunning Kruger is a real thing, there are so many areas of knife-making this can take hold it seems it is rampant. You tube and the internet in genera...

5 years ago
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My Latest Take-Down

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='30 April 2020 - 06:41 AM' timestamp='1588250478' post='26540'] Quote above is from Kevin Cashen I absolutely agree...

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My Latest Take-Down

As far as strength. With a few rare exceptions every knightly sword I have ever made is a take down. I have been doing them that way for close to 15 y...

5 years ago
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Making The Best Of It?

[quote name='Lin Rhea' date='16 April 2020 - 07:12 AM' timestamp='1587042731' post='26434'] Ty, that's a pretty knife you got underway. Side no...

5 years ago
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Pin Glue

good drills but also keep everything CLEAN, I have had oil get in a pin hole and stain the end grain, even on stabilized woods. don't heat the pin, I ...

5 years ago
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Making The Best Of It?

Well now that is am image I'll never be able to unsee..

5 years ago
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Making The Best Of It?

I have been running through some orders I had, and finishing up some knives I had on the bench for some time. I have some knives to make for the dama...

5 years ago
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Cindy Sheely

[quote name='Kevin R. Cashen' date='25 March 2020 - 08:13 AM' timestamp='1585145638' post='26349'] Those of us on the board do whatever we can to ke...

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Holes In Quillon Daggers

[quote name='Joshua States' date='24 March 2020 - 01:49 PM' timestamp='1585079340' post='26341'] Something else to consider is that the fuller is n...

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Cindy Sheely

Cindy is the BEST! we would all be lost with out her!! MP

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Holes In Quillon Daggers

not all of the quillion daggers have this that I have seen many are closer to what is common now. Most of those with that crazy cross section that I h...

5 years ago
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