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The one on the left is especially Russel-ish. I noticed that once I was working on the handles. It wasn't intentional, but since the Russel is such a great design, I was happy to run with...

It would. That's the main reason I decided not to.

Yeah, a power hammer or press would have been fantastic for this, but not at all financially possible at the moment for me. It was a real fun project to play around with but not something I'm likely...

There are few things I enjoy more than making gifts for family & friends with my hands. But I have to say, as I pack these up to send out west later today, I'll be having a harder time than usual...

Judicious use of my hot cut hardy tool. :) When I noticed that a weld was at least partially bad - I could tell either by the colour of the steel or by an actual seam along the edge - my original...

I used borax as a flux this time, but will try kerosene next time around. The borax ate through the lining of my forge in no time at all so I'm looking for alternatives. Since I'm not confident...

You're welcome any time! Just drop me a line if you're heading out to this end of the province. :)

Close - it's a propane forge set up in the garage. :) It was all hammered by hand, and since this was my first attempt, several welds didn't take so I have to split it apart, clean it up, and try...

...I just couldn't resist sharing this. It's my first attempt at making pattern welded steel and apart from the problems on what will be the handle, I'm pretty pleased. 128 layers of 1084 and 15n20....