![]() ![]() Knife makeing= less pain, less stress (I really HATE that tink sound from hot steel in the oil!!!!) and sore arms/fingers.īlacksmithing= no pain unless you mess up (right that was HOT.) no stress unless you are late on a job, the sore arm thing is the same. Swordmakeing= pain, stress, and VERY sore body parts!!!(even if you don't get it finshed!!) Gavain, my falconette firing a 2" ball makes a nice boom in the SCA, (first load it ever fired was a chunk of rattan.)Ītli I'd bet my cooking spit and pot against most mass produced swords and shields anyday.IIRC "Swiss Family Robinson" used an officers smallsword as a lark spit plays havoc on the temper but sounds like good eating-I noticed when reading that book to my kids that the first thing they did when they met a creature they hadn't seen before was to kill it and try to eat it, (flamingo's, penguins, whale, sago grubs, bustards, bears, buffalos-biologically speaking their island was a great proponent of diversity!) Also, just beginning to play with knives, making them that is. I've been working primarily on things like candle holders, trammels, hinges, practicing welds making musket tools and trying to work my way up to welded belt axes. By the way, I also do medieval - SCA but was seduced in the 80's by friends doing F&I period, so I do more of that now - hard to beat the boom of a good musket volley. You need something to cut the wood for those cookfires. if THAT is what the customer wants then tell them to get someone else.Ītli, you're forgetting that other useful tool - the ax. Then keep the part oiled.īut whatever you do DO NOT HEAT and oil quench a part for rust protection. If you want a nice carbon black finish take the part to a gunsmith and ask that the part be Parkerized. A coat of varnish is about the same and an equally poor rust protection. That said, to produce a burnt oil varnish wipe on olive oil or boiled linseed oil and then heat until the oil caramelizes. If you want a GOOD product go to the experts that have spent billions of dollars and millions of man hours developing. AND you may be screwing up what temper the metal had (ferrous, non-ferrous, cast).ĪLL burnt oil-wax-homebrew concoctions are a crummy shade tree backyard method of producing a low quality varnish. It produces an uneven carbonized surface. this doesn't work worth (insert smelly explitive). ![]() Visit your National Parks: Go viking: Bruce Blackistone (Atli) Instead, we go for what kept civilization really going, like cooking spits! -) Most of us here, especially the medieval reenactors like Thomas and I, consider forging weaponry an amusing sideline and challenge. There are also a number of knife sites on the web that will give you additional background on a smaller and more workable scale. Also, unlike oil you can just wash it off with water.Īfter you read the last sword postings, cut to the chase and try: We ended up using it instead of the proprietary couplant sold by Krautkramer at a rolled steel ring manufacturer I worked for. Quenchcrack - FYI when diluted the polyalkylene glycol also makes a good couplant for ultrasonic testing. (hint: if using IE go to the edit on the tool bar and select "find on this page" and type in sword.) Jared we discussed this very question on this page *saturday* yup 2 days ago (June 24-30 archive). This is an archive of posts from July 1 - 8, 2003 on the Guru's Den THIS is a forum for questions and answers about blacksmithing and general metalworking.Īsk the Guru any reasonable question and he or one of his helpers will answer your question,įind someone that can, OR research the question for you. Guru page : July 1 - 8, 2003 WELCOME to the anvilfire Guru's Den - V. ![]()
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