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Title: Forging Without Heat
Post by: tippit on March 30, 2007, 05:20:00 PM: First day forging since last fall that I didn't need to turn my propane heater on...beautiful day in mid 60's. Most of the snow is melted, my hunting trips are over...that is until May with vermonster13 & June with Quebec Quest Black Bears :)

Anyway after seeing a few nice knives at the TX Sweat, I decide to forge up a couple straight hunters.

Top 3 are flat ground skinner/capers just waiting for some nice file work on the top of the blade.

Bottom 2 are hollow ground hunters that are slow cooling to be finished...Doc
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Knives/IMG_2596.jpg)
Title: Re: Forging Without Heat
Post by: Irish on March 30, 2007, 05:29:00 PM: Nice as always Doc!! :thumbsup:
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Post by: RamiusEng on March 30, 2007, 05:30:00 PM: Great knives there, sir!
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 30, 2007, 05:31:00 PM: One farm over from where we'll be hunting there were about 60 birds on the field this afternoon Doc, so get em sharp!
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Post by: 2fletch on March 30, 2007, 05:39:00 PM: Okay Tippit, guess I missed something. How did you forge without heat? Those are good looking blades.
Title: Re: Forging Without Heat
Post by: tippit on March 30, 2007, 05:56:00 PM: 2fletch, The heat was from my propane space heater for ME! With the cold winter I couldn't work in my garage without extra heat. I did have my forge on today but worked out side :)
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Post by: JEFF B on March 30, 2007, 06:03:00 PM: hey doc real nice blades :thumbsup:
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Post by: Emmons on March 30, 2007, 06:09:00 PM: Nice, always liked your blades.
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Post by: AZStickman on March 30, 2007, 06:15:00 PM: Very nice......What's the overall length on those?... Terry
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Post by: tippit on March 30, 2007, 06:15:00 PM: vermonster13,
Looks like I need to come up with a bird/trout blade style :)
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Post by: sticshooter on March 30, 2007, 06:50:00 PM: Doc you are amazing. Your knives look so dang cool.<><
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Post by: Doug Campbell on March 30, 2007, 06:53:00 PM: Hmmm.... thought you were poundin on cold steel too for a bit ;) I'm sending some weather your way that will rememdy your overheatin problem. Was in the single digits here yesterday morning, that's after the 70's Sat :confused:

Lookin good Doc!
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Post by: MYSTIKBOW on March 30, 2007, 06:57:00 PM: Tippit,
I've been meaning to ask all along if any of you forge knife makers if you had ever made a bird/trout knife. One of my oldest and favorite knives is an old case bird/trout knife. I'd like to retire it and get a new one.
Title: Re: Forging Without Heat
Post by: tippit on March 30, 2007, 07:51:00 PM: Doug, That's not nice!

Mystikbow, You gotta picture of the blade?
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Post by: 2 dogs on March 30, 2007, 08:47:00 PM: what kind of steel u using there?nice lookin shapes.
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 30, 2007, 09:07:00 PM: Here's one for you Doc.

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f311/vermonster13/troutandbird.gif)
Title: Re: Forging Without Heat
Post by: tippit on March 30, 2007, 09:18:00 PM: Ok, skinny blade to get around all the feathers...how many turkeys did you see? Just want to try counting 'em to lull myself to sleep tonight :)

2 dogs...1080 & 5160 high carbon steel...Doc
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Post by: R H Clark on March 30, 2007, 09:25:00 PM: I think I want to move north.Been in the high 80's here all week,sweating already.Nice looking blades can't wait to see them finished.
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 30, 2007, 09:26:00 PM: Jake and I lost count at 60
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Post by: JC on March 30, 2007, 10:13:00 PM: As always Jeff, beautiful stuff. Love the lines of all of them, especially the lowest one. I always enjoy how you do each one's lines just a bit different. Can't wait to see the finished products!
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Post by: MYSTIKBOW on March 31, 2007, 12:43:00 AM: Yeah, vermonster13 has it about right. The one I have is 3.25" in blade lenght and the point is up swept a little more. I don't have any way to get pics right now. My daughter took her camera back to college with her. Guess I should break down and get my own. LOL
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Post by: Caveman IL on March 31, 2007, 08:38:00 AM: very nice blades-- I really like the shapes you come up with. Larry
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Post by: Ray Hammond on March 31, 2007, 09:28:00 AM: Jeff...as always, reall sweet looking knives. That hollow ground at the bottom looks fantastic.

Didn't I send you some desert ironwood I had with that sheephorn? I think that would look great, with an endcap of sheep horn and a black micarta spacer on that bottom blade.

If I didn't, I intended to. As soon as I get moved I can forward it along for you. Its got all this wavy twisty black grain in an orangy-brown background...very sweet stuff.
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Post by: IB on March 31, 2007, 10:06:00 AM: Doc, Them top 3 would be a HeartTrob on any hunters hip. Very well done my friend :notworthy: :notworthy:

Watch ole vermonster he'll tell ya any thing ta get next ta ya :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 31, 2007, 10:13:00 AM: Vance did you ever get a broadhead on the end of your arrow, or were you hunting catch and release at the Sweat? ROTFL
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Post by: IB on March 31, 2007, 10:21:00 AM: I was field testing a NEW mechanical Woodsman.

Besides Curtis had confiscated all my sharp instruments after the first afternoon :banghead: :banghead:
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 31, 2007, 10:23:00 AM: That was probably a good decision. My boy thinks that you're Santa when he sees pics of you and I'd hate to have to explain that Santa can't make it this year dues to trauma from extreme blood loss from a self inflicted wound. :D
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Post by: tippit on March 31, 2007, 01:45:00 PM: Shoot after all the antlers & horn Vance brought to the TX Sweat, I think he's Santa too :)
Title: Re: Forging Without Heat
Post by: vermonster13 on March 31, 2007, 01:52:00 PM: I have a few racks you can have from the last couple deer I've got that you can have Jeff. I might even have some to spare for Frank if I look.