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Does anyone have a recipe/procedure for using manganese phosphate for darkening of the 1080 in Damascus? Thanks Kindly Jim

Where are all our members? Met many members at the Kamloops, Calgary and Wetaskiwin knife shows. We have some great makers in our club. Looking forward to meeting up with many club members again at a few shows this spring. Jim

I WILL BE HOSTING THE 4TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN ALBERTA HAMMER AGAIN THIS YEAR FROM JUNE 13-15. I HAVE 3 ABS MASTERSMITHS AND 2 JOURNEYMAN SMITHS COMING TO DO DEMONSTARTION. ED CAFFREY M.S. BRUCE UP M.S. KEVIN CASHEN M.S. STEVE KELLY J.S. DANA HACKNEY J.S. IF ANYOE IS INTERESTED IN MORE INFO PLEASE...

I will be hosting another hammer in this June 13-15 at my place in Tilley Alberta, Canada. We have a great line up of demonstrators again this year. Ed Caffrey M.S., Bruce Bump M.S., Kevin Cashen M.S. and Steve Kelly J.S. will be doing the demonstrations. This event just keeps getting bigger and...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]44947[/ATTACH Just sitting around drawing a couple blades to fit some Damascus I made. Jim

I will be hosting the 2013 Southern Alberta Hammer-In this year from June 14-16. We have a great line up of demonstartors this year: Ed Caffrey MS J.Neilson MS Bruce Bump MS Steve Kelly JS I am unable to upload the registration form, so if you are interested, email me and I will send one...

Im looking for a manual for No. 5 Brown and Sharpe surface grinder. Jim

I built a tumbler for cleaning small parts I cut out with cnc plasma. I have about 500 lbs of 1075 that has rust on it. Rather than spend a lot of time grinding it off I put some in my tumbler to clean it. Works very well. Here's a pic of the tumbler and before and after tumbling. Jim Clow

Finally got one. This one is in real nice shape and weighs over 40 lbs. Jim

I am taking the plunge and going to take some knives to sell at a couple knife shows in April. Here are a few knives I have been working on for the shows. Jim

Southern Alberta Hammer-IN 2012 Hello, I, Jim Clow, will be hosting the 2nd annual Southern Alberta Hammer at my shop, on my acreage near Tilley, Alberta, Canada, on June 15, 16 & 17th. Currently we have scheduled 3 demonstrators to conduct demonstrations. There may be more to follow. 1. Ed...

Hello all. I will be hosting another Southern Alberta Hammer-In again this year. It was a roaring success last year with no issues. It will be June 15,16, and 17th this year. There will be another great line up of demonstrators to put on demonstartions. Ed Caffrey(MS) and Steve Kelly(JS) will...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hosted a mini hammer a couple weekends ago and my forge took a beating. Had trouble getting it up to welding temp so I had to reline it. I decided to make the opening bigger. I went from 5"x5" opening to a...

I was on my way back from the fishing lodge and my wife and I stopped at a pawn shop to look around. They never had anything i was interested in but after talking with the owner a while he told me about a German guy that has a large anvil for sale. I phoned the guy and he invited me out to have...

Just a reminder about the Hammer-in I will be hosting in Southern Alberta. Takes place on June 17, 18 & 19. Demonstrators will be Ed Caffrey J. Nielsen Steve Kelly Cal Ganshorn. If you require further...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I couldn't wait any longer. I did a little pipe fitting to get the forge ready to fire. I fired it up and stuck a piece of 1-3/4" shaft in and less than 10 minutes it was glowing yellow. There is absolutly no...

Hello all. I am hosting a hammer-in this June and was thinking about getting some hats or tee-shirts or something made up for this event. Problem is I am not a very good artist. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on a logo and if anyone could help draw this out. I would like to...

Here are a few pictures from our weekly Thursday night knife night.Also picture of the new disc grinder I got with Rod Neilsen removeable disk set-up. Jim

I've been dyeing some of the maple before I stabilize it and just thought I would get your thoughts on it. The first time I dyed the wood I put it in a vessel with the dye and pulled vaccuum for 3 days then hit it with pressure for 3 days. I then took it out and let it dry for 7 days in my...

I will be hosting a Hammer-In at my place this coming June 17,18 &19. Attached is a copy of the registration Form.