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The handle is a touch over 7". The handle is hickory, i reshaped a hatchet handle, toasted it, then sealed it with a couple of thin layers of shellac.

was out in the middle of nowhere helping out on a small job and got around to doing a simple test. This was as far as i was able to get it with one good swing. Then i had to find a baton. A couple of good whacks on the tip and it split some dried mesquite very easily. the blade is 12"...

did not who was messing with.

Very ne0 paleo tribal. Rib knife with a hemp wrap.

While i'm not a fan fan of avatar the story, i am a sucker for good production design. If anything it has helped me to move out of the bowie/trade knife rut i'd been in for awhile. steel :1084 Edge quenched in canola and triple tempered 400 OAL - 24 3/4" Blade - 14 Cutting edge 12.5"...

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I'm gettin' to it. I got the cactus and the witch finger heat treated today.

I have so much i need to finish. Just to give a sense of scale the "horse chopper" is resting in a horse lower jaw. if it doesn't post right, the full size pic is at my blog.

:noway: hmmm, it stinks.

I made this announcement on my blog but i wanted to share it here. Stonehaven Knifeworks and helm enterprises are proud to announce Helm Haven hammers for sale. The haven portion (me) will focus on dog head and cutler hammers, while the helm portion will have assorted blacksmithing...

I'm definitely gonna be there Friday. stormcrow should be there to.

Been working out, and in conjunction with helm enterprises(stormcrow) to make some offset hammers. they started of as 1 1/4 square 1045. The longer is 4lbs and the small is just over a 1 1/2lb. Both were differentially water quenched and tempered at 600 degrees. They have some great...

There's also a variation of the hofi method that stormcrow showed me then i adapted it to suite the way i work. in essence you treat the hammer like a drum stick and do a single stroke roll on the face of you anvil. does take a bit of pinky training but it definitely extended my forging time.

If this is posted in the wrong spot feel free to move. If your in or around the San Antonio TX area, ill be teaching simple knifemaking, ala neotribal/ 50$ knife shop. The info is over at my blog spot, and hopefully I'll see some of you in class.

Thanks for all the fine words, much obliged.

::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:lol: ishould so not be on the internets right now. been lying down drawing up some sketches for knife 2:biggrin: itll be a bit bigger

something about biggun's:les: aint there.

Tai - Ill try the green wood, i've been using the plain hardwood with good results, but hey if it reduces the atmosphere even more I'm all for it. :biggrin:

damn i take good pics.:9:

Today was the first time i have used a muffle to heat treat in my propane forge, and i gotta say i like the results. I threw some charcoal in to reduce the atmosphere then normalized a couple of times. Quenched in canola and had no warping.:biggrin: i just had to share.