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Post by freq on Sept 6, 2013 11:49:00 GMT
might be able to help out being a shoe repairer and all , what were you after?
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Post by freq on Aug 27, 2013 7:57:27 GMT
having had a go at a couple of titanium blades myself (one of which is here viewtopic.php?f=15&t=18251) i would highly recommend using steel, sure its heavy but its also a lot more forgiving, Ti doesnt hold an edge worth a damn, its hard to grind, gives off super incandescent sparks (comparable to welding)and is really hard to forge, ive made a claymore that was close to six ft total length and wouldnt even attemp to replicate it in Ti, would take far too much grinding and you cant even aneal it then temper it once rough grinding is done.i think if it worked as a blade material it would be used more commonly instead of only being used in things like diving knives that dont require sharp edges but do require corrosion resistance
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Post by freq on Aug 26, 2013 12:18:53 GMT
how on earth did you get the ridgeline down the center?
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Post by freq on Aug 26, 2013 12:17:28 GMT
got the forge going over weekend and knocked out a few projects i have had on the back burner for a while as well as starting another one (to be posted later once finished) here is this weekends efforts first up a viking seax made from bar, forge shaped then incised with the word fenrir whilst hot, handle made from brass and pine peened on, strong as sank it into a solid wood block about half way up the blade trying to peen the handle on :lol:
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Post by freq on Aug 21, 2013 12:13:56 GMT
i personally found this much more disturbing than the general grievous mask :? Attachments:
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Post by freq on Jul 24, 2013 12:04:38 GMT
some nice starters there especially nice work on the sword how did you do the fuller on it (looks ground in :?: ), what style you going for with that one
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Post by freq on Jul 14, 2013 13:51:33 GMT
nice look forward to finished piece :twisted: long handle or short ?
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Post by freq on Jul 14, 2013 13:49:01 GMT
finished katana style blade through tempered blade, brass habaki, pine and mdf handle with oak mekugi close up of handle mounted arrow heads bought some cheap target arrows and replaced the tips :lol:
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Post by freq on Jul 7, 2013 3:34:49 GMT
had forge lit yesterday and had a play and started on a few new projects the most ambitious of which is a katana style blade cut from a piece of stock then curved slightly and tempered in the forge, habaki made from a padlock, tsuba made from steel plate, not sure what i will do with tsuba yet might get it chromed gold or black, also made a couple of hand forged arrow heads (way harder than i thought they would be :lol: Attachments:
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Post by freq on Jul 3, 2013 11:03:14 GMT
how on earth are you going to mount that? :?:
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Post by freq on Jun 26, 2013 12:20:23 GMT
agree blade looks bad ass cant wait to see finished product, as for cutting vids, i have some where in the vicinity of 90 to a hundred vids on my computer :shock: testing almost every weapon ive made just dont have anywhere to post em since dont have facebook or youtube account
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Post by freq on Jun 25, 2013 7:40:11 GMT
thanx i like it
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Post by freq on Jun 24, 2013 8:00:11 GMT
looks good especially for a first
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Post by freq on Jun 24, 2013 7:58:41 GMT
look forward to seeing it, mine i dont know would guess at about couple of pounds at the overestimate side of things
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Post by freq on Jun 23, 2013 4:42:20 GMT
had some cutting fun with this one first pass through bottle second cut same bottle not as clean unknown flying plastic object :lol: much more of a hacker than a smooth cutter
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Post by freq on Jun 23, 2013 4:34:58 GMT
decided whilst im on my mad building rampage to have a go at this just because its too cool looking, this is my interpretation of said, its sort of a sax like blade its 74 cm lon and just under 8 at its widest point.made from steel plate,wood and leather, painted the handle to look more like bone, deliberatly left the blade looking crappy so it looks like it has spent time above the wall
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Post by freq on Jun 23, 2013 4:25:34 GMT
decided to test the efficiency of this blade today and took some stills from the vid here they are first cut just after passing through finished swing the nonchalant walk away :lol: next to no decernable resistance woked good fun :twisted:
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Post by freq on Jun 20, 2013 13:37:12 GMT
made these ones a couple of weeks ago (went on a mad building rampage :lol: Attachments:
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Post by freq on Jun 20, 2013 13:29:53 GMT
did this one a couple of weeks ago just hadnt posted it yet :lol: it made from fairly thin gauge steel mainly as an experiment to see if i could make a frankish axe by extending the blade out and curving it into the eye poll, works well plan on trying it on some thicker steel, very happy with this one Attachments:
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Post by freq on Jun 15, 2013 12:40:18 GMT
got stuck in and cleaned up blade and edged it still have final polish to do, overall pretty happy, blade ended up a bit wobbly in places but still pretty good its a lot lighter than i thought it would be and moves well its about one point 2 mtrs long tip to pomell skull Attachments:
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