I use a blown forge with a ribbon burner and natural gas John, I don't recall ever hearing of a ribbon burner. You've got me curious what t...

Gary, Your billet looks good! I'm starting to feel pretty dumb for not trying this out sooner…… this is a subjective question in th...

JD, I realized that you didn't mean to totally dismiss the possibility of dry welding in coal and charcoal forges. I just wanted to offer that...

The information in this thread is awesome! I want to thank JD for taking the time to do testing of welding without flux. This is work that I had...

Thanks Larry! Great links! I recently found the site below. It is similar to followingtheironbrush. The Carving Path

I also want to thank Bob and JD for their input on this topic! JD, I very much am interested in hearing more about your best procedures. An ...

I have also dry welded billets of stacked steel with the mill scale still on. It worked. While I was able to weld the initial stack, I had problems ...

Very nice design! It should work quite well in the kitchen. Good clean work too!

Good grief….. I'm sorry Robert. I'm not keeping up with responses to posts. I start convexing on the small platen, then slack belt just abov...

I just tried it because I had it and it works. It's hard to argue with something that works. Black iron oxide is Fe3O4. Essentially, magn...

Luis, Welcome to the ABS Forum!! You are doing some very nice work. I look forward to seeing more of it!

Manuel has not only created a beautiful knife, but has raised the bar on the production quality of WIP videos. Thanks Manuel!!!!

Thanks John! Nice job of putting the entire welding process together in one document. My welding process is exactly as John describes it her...

Got a question about comments in this thread. There is discussion about using black iron oxide, as if it was carbon. Black iron oxide might be black...

Very nice knives Erik! Josh, I've added integral grinding to the list of topics that I have for future Topics of the Month.