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TNG, that newest blade is beautiful. I'd love one of those for my fieldwork. You take orders?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Naw, sorry but thanks for the compliment. The blades are already made when I order them. They are inexpensive. If I had known earlier in life I would have liked doing this I would have all kinds of jig and scroll saws and belt sanders but too late now. I made that handle with the use of a hand sander and then sanding by hand. The handle is some kind of South American Ironwood Burl. Hard as a rock, and I just passed the time sanding and polishing ( A lot of time, like several days  ) keeping my hands busy. That second knife there got another dose of sanding since that picture. Now it's completely down to the right size. You could do it, it isn't that difficult. Just use the softer hardwoods. |
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Beautiful knives, Great wood working there.
Where do you get your blanks from?
I'm not sure if you are aware, but Arizona has some Ironwood trees. The wood is darker and has a great tight grain to it. Extremely hard as well.
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03/22/2021 08:31 am
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You could do it, it isn't that difficult I play with rocks for a living and wrench on motorcycles in my spare time... I'd rather pay someone who knows what they are doing...
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Pillar of the Community
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Man TNG, those are some fantastic knives! I've made a blade out of a railroad spike but that's it. As jbuck said, you should contest on Forged in Fire!
Love the woodwork too Dearborn.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by TNG
03/30/2021 10:02 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Such a gorgeous blade! Man would I love to own one of those eventually.
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been busy with my studies of ancient philosophy, but finding some time for yard work and my arts and crafts.  Painting ive been working on.   Been cutting some Gems again  And getting rid of a pine tree stump in yard found this, and this is maybe why we have alot of holes in the back yard lol. And love the knife work there TNG. |
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And getting rid of a pine tree stump in yard found this, and this is maybe why we have alot of holes in the back yard lol. 
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Bedrock of the Community
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Amazing! A revolver? I wonder if you'll leave it just like that? I believe you have a Federal Cap Gun.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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that is what I'm thinking also TNG I have it soaking atm in my own special CLR bath mix. Has a iron electrolyte to hep prevent further corrosion.
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03/31/2021 7:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Show your after pictures. You might be surprised at the results. The one I showed above fetched over 60 dollars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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shall do has a couple more days to soak had lots of crap on it lol.
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For those of you who know what these are, it is time to go look! My season in northern Arkansas seems to be winding down. It almost made me sad eating these tonight. Almost.... This is one activity unaffected by the whole COVID thing, thank goodness. Those of you further north still have these delicacies of spring time to look forward to. Morels are one of the more challenging edible mushrooms to spot (black trumpets being worse, IMO), but if you can spot a die clash, RPM, or minor doubled die, these ought to be easy!  Edited by Numiscrat
04/13/2021 9:25 pm
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