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[diesel]

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A friend of mine asked me to make him a 4 knife set out of some antique, drop-forged, blanks i bought on ebay. These blanks were made in the 1900's so you know they weren't cheap. Nothing but problems from the first day. Annealed all 4 and medium sanded them which took all week, they were in such bad shape.Then my friend came up with this ancient micarta he had and wanted the scales made from it. It was so hard, i couldn't cut it with my horizontal 3/4" saw. Next the blacksmith broke the most expensive one when i took them to get hardened.

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I was finally able to cut scales from a small piece he gave me on my knee-mill with a 1/4" carbide bit. I was able to get one done this morning and i'm waiting for the rest of the micarta to finish the other three. This is the next to the smallest one.
Didn't come out too bad.

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Got 3 of the 4 done and will deliver them today. Just got the replacement for the broken one, will finish Tues. and Weds.:thumbs:

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[MikeH121]

So the Blacksmith owes you a blade??

Can't go breaking a man's thing......unless there is a divorce lawyer involved.

Seriously, he owes ya at least a few freebies.

 

[diesel]

Yeah. I need to build another forge big enough to do these larger knives myself.