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Can tempering go wrong?

Hi! That's my question, regarding knife-making. I mean, if I do the hardening of the blade with rather less-than-profes...
26 comments posted 21yrs
posted by spam-muelleimer
26 comments posted 21yrs posted by spam-muelleimer

Re:blacksmithing?

Not to pull anyone's chain, and I *do* get a lot of useful info here, but has it occured to anyone else that the 'craft...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wolves
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by wolves

quenching media ?

greetings o wise ones i have a question about the different media used for quenching. as i sit here in the evenings i r...
29 comments posted 21yrs
posted by son_of_bluegrass
29 comments posted 21yrs posted by son_of_bluegrass

post some examples

you guys need to post more of your work i love lookin at em... i've seen a couple of guy's knives (very well done ones)...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by metal-gearNOSPAM
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by metal-gearNOSPAM

Found: My 1950 Machinery's Handbook

As soon as I found it (14th edition) I rushed to compare it to my 1976-20th edition and found, to my surprise, there wa...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dgrup
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by dgrup

Newby Question Fold Forging metal, Whats best?

Newby Question Fold Forging metal, Whats best? Will a plain old railroad spike fold forge? What about old square nails?...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by mswfgwe4gfwnt
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by mswfgwe4gfwnt

new bug

The forge was still hot so I tossed in a railroad spike. Had no idea what it would be :) After getting it hot I cut abo...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by f0rgerHOOK
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by f0rgerHOOK

whats the deal with spam

when i started checking this news group i saw next to no spam... but now were getting flooded... and what moron is gonn...
17 comments posted 21yrs
posted by metal-gear
17 comments posted 21yrs posted by metal-gear

a find...

was to my favorite scrap yard and true to my request the scraper had put off to the side any 'smithing tools that pass...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jfmyers
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by jfmyers

simple desighn but the girls love em

don't see the thread now but there was someone a few days ago asking for a simple, cheap project, well here ya go. my w...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by metal-gear
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by metal-gear

Christmas projects

Well I'm kicking myself for getting in a rush - The hatchet got shipped off to it's new owner and I never got a picture...
22 comments posted 21yrs
posted by greynospamangel1
22 comments posted 21yrs posted by greynospamangel1

Firm grip, pine rosin, fluxing...

I know I am not the first to discover this, but I was so thrilled... I hand forge a lot of copper. I forge iron / steel...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by MMDCL
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by MMDCL

5160 ???

So I got a chance to check out a specialties metals dealer yesterday (All Metals in Oroville, Ca.). I was disappointed...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by greynospamangel1
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by greynospamangel1