Nahh, stick with the silver solder, Heck, I can solder a guard quicker than most could glue it, and what cleanup? If done properly there is no cleanup. Practice, learn from someone who is good at soldering. Might be I should post a WIP on this,takes 5min to solder on a guard in most cases, this...
I can only suggest that you maintain contact with the man and when enough time has gone by, another week or two, let him know you are going to spread your dealings with him over Every knife forum on the net. The man should be able to provide you with a tracking # for the package of your knives...
Hello Wolfgang, great to have you here, Welcome!! I predict you will be getting some power tools grinding away in your future, it starts with dreams about making fantastic knives.... See you in the forums, Dave.
Hi Zambezia, welcome Kiwi, I have friends there, north Island, Tokaroa, the Gordons. Some of my favorite people. Would like to see some of your work when you get around to it.
Glad to have you in the forums, jump on in and enjoy!!
Hey Deker, great job on your forge!!, I am building an multi fuel forge similar to yours, have a wayne highspeed blower/injection system, special burner for waste oil that is home fab,etc going to try and run vertical/horizontal gonna try anyway.
Howdy and Welcome coyote, good to have another night owl in the forum, now I'm going outside to track some meteorites so I can forge some cool blades..
Hello Ferdi, Welcome the the pack, your contribution will be no less than any one of us, we collectively teach and learn from each other, so, welcome brother. Jump on in here. Dave.
Hi Josh, Welcome to KD, even if you are slow, heck I thought about calling my works Longfellow , cause it takes a long time for a fellow to get work out'a me...
When I hit twenty posts I started welcoming other new guy's, even those who might be shy will notice in a short time that KD encourages ALL to get in and participate. Thanks All for this great, friendly site.
Hello Bob, Welcome to the pack! Nice shop, did you build the belt grinder I noticed in the second set of pics? Looking forward to see some of your work, Take care, Dave