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Krag

Got pics of that? Sounds pretty neat! I'm building a new beltgrinder and will be converting the old 1hp Grizzly into a buffer.

Krag

I always have extra ends and drops of this around from knives and such so I've been putting them to good use! S-O, I'm quite familiar with the terminology. Today's market place has made damascus synonomous with pattern welding. True, pattern welding, damascus, and damascene are not technically the s...

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I've actually been making some armour periodically. More like...as I unpack a box that has an unfinished project in it, I try and finish it out! Most of my time lately has been with knives and damascus. So naturally...the two get combined. Here's some fittings for a ridge helm I'm finishing up this ...

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No, it's well south east of Brady. I live in Bryan (College Station...Texas A&M University). Actually, I'm 8 miles east of town now in Wixon Valley. The first one we had was in Kerrville with no real power or modern conveniences. This one will be much more civilized:). I have a 40' x 30' shop, two p...

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I'm thinking of another armour-in again. My shop is just about finished...or at that good enough for now stage anyways! We have plenty of camping space, indoor crash space and I'll have a pair of outdoor shower stalls. We have a nice creek bed for purty good bridge battle and a couple acres for gene...

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I can't see a bead-making torch as being very useful for metalworking. I've seen some made form weed-burner torches and firebrick. Reil-burners are basically a bunsen burner on steroids and capable of very high heat output. For sheet metal heating, you could do something like this and use a shorter ...

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I have about 80 items I've bought out of Germany that are similar to this. Some pan out, some don't. Several of the ones that were good more than make up for the ones that were crap. Back when ebay Germany first came on was the time to buy, though. I have a large haft-axe head which was authenticate...

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Bumpity bump..... I was threatened with bodily harm when I mentioned a knifemaking hammer-in going on a couple days after our due date! She still never lets me forget about getting drug around New orleans! I got some great deals, though. People were very giving to us when they saw a pregnant woman ....

Krag

JT,
Bring her along. I know my wife personally loved it when I took her to New Orleans for the Knifemaker Guild Show when she was 8 months pregnant

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Krag

Well, the following email was bounced back...so i'm guessing there's at least one correction to make . Hey Ted, I finally updated the page. Look over it and see if there are any additions or corrections. If you have any pics to add, send them to this address (dhalter@tamu.edu). Thanks, Don Don Halte...

Krag

Hey, 15N20 is just another nickle alloy, high carbon steel. It's nice for damascus/pattern welded blades since it is high carbon steel and will hold an edge all on it's own. The nickle content makes it resistant to etching. Mixed with 1084 (manganese high carbon steel) you usually get a very contras...

Krag

I had heard somewhere that A6 was occaisionally used for items such as saw blades where a lot of flexing was expected. I have a utility blade made from it that I regularly abuse the hell out of. It just seemed really similar to it. I'll mess with it again sometime to see what all I can get out of it...

Krag

Thanks. It does kinda look topographical. The 15n20 *should* have given a very high contrast which would have been a bit shinier than the 1022 so it would have had a "shimmering" look to the pool pattern. I'm not sure what you'd call the two-tone grey [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.g...

Krag

Here's a seax I've been working on for what seems like forever. It's finally approaching completion along with our new home's fixing-up (which has been diverting most of my "playtime" since July). It's about a 11 inch blade with a couple different patternwelded steels. The outer most layer was suppo...

Krag

Info can be found here:

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/events/WVArmourin.html

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TED, I still have the old web-site if you want to use it again. Just let me know what to update. May....hmmmm. One of these days I'm going ot make it to one. probably not this year since we'll have a newborn in March. I'm guessing my wife would kill me if I took off across country the first couple o...

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I'll be making a scrapyard run next week (making a bigassed BBQ pit on wheels http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ). I'll see what industrial "stuff" is laying around. Every now and then there's some hardenable steel in about 1/8" thicknesses. What are tractor box-blades made from? Is this me...

Krag

Based on what you said y'all would be making I was guessing about 12 ga due to any raising/shaping/metal-moving required. If you need 9/10 ga...go to any antique/junk yard type place in northeast Texas and look for old circular plow disks. These are about 1065 and 3/16"-1/4" thick. A little elbow gr...

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I still have about 150 lbs of 1050 in ~18 ga. I'm down in Bryan. If this will work, let me know and we can work something out.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Stonekeep: Hi Krag, That was for 18 gauge stainless for cops and 20 gauge stainless for lames. It is my understand from talking with other armorers that you can reduce one g...

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That sounds cheap for 316 in 16 or 14 ga. Last time I checked it was ~$100 for a 14 ga, 4'x8' sheet in Bryan/College Station. Then again, down here I think they often confuse stainless with gold at the new steel suppliers! P.S. I think 316 is worth the extra effort it takes to shape it! I often find...

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Hydrofluoric? I hope you mean Hydrochloric and that you don't have vats of HF just sitting around your house! Vinegar will do the same thing. Just soak it overnight and rub off the next morning. Works on pretty much any fire scale. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pics

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Two basic choices in stainless sheet metal. 304 and 316. 304 is common "structural" stainless steel. It's much easier to form than 316, but will rust if not cleaned periodically. 304 is easy to find at scrap yards. Ductwork and such are often made from it. 316 is your "food grade" stuff. It's used f...

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Red Falcon used to carry them for $15-20...But that was a while back (8 yrs?). I don't even know if they still exist.

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I think this place is out in california:
http://www.springcoathletics.com/index.asp

Go to "throwing equipment" and choose what you need.

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New dagger.... Here's one I finished up for Warren up in Canada...yes, I'm actually finishing stuff up now. The blade is 5160 and about 8" long. Through-tang peened over pommel. Hammer texture on gaurd and base of pommel. 600 grit satin finish. While peening the tang, I accidentally hammered the kni...

Krag

Those pics are lost...here's the "how-to". The ones at the very end:

http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/howto/Poleyon.html

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I'm around...kind of...What email did you try? krag@kragaxe.com ? This forwards to a compuserve account. They are frequently down. Actually, I just happened to check these boards for the first time in about a month! I'm not doing any new orders, though. Not until Spring. I still have a few old ones ...

Krag

Go to a hobby store and get "piano wire" in whatever size you need. This will be W1 or 1095. make your part, heat to red-orange, quench in hot water (~120*F), clean and polish(320 grit sandpaper will work), heat back up to straw/bronze. ------------------ Krag von Berghen KragAxe Armoury Member's Pi...

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http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/as/Forge.html

All you need is fuel, air, and something to burn it in. The rest is just details.

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Interesting...he's about 15 minutes down the hwy from me. there used to be an archery shop we'd drive by going out fishing. I wonder if that was his.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ushumgal: ...and the fact that if you have to sand it at all, you will need to wear a fully enclosed suit with respirator. Considering how the cancer rate in southern Iraq j...

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That bar's about 5.5 lbs. Kind of misleading to pick-up! It is indeed very hard and brittle. These were beam shaping/collimating blocks for a 5000+ Ci Co-60 source. Uranium is only a inhalation hazard when it's made into a dust. It's an extreme nephrotoxin (kidney/liver failure) as are most heavy me...

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...so who's for it? Come on, think how cool you'd look with DU armour! Ever seen the oxidation colors you can get? Bluing that automatically reblues itself after scratching! What more could you ask for? http://home.armourarchive.org/members/krag/u2381t.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/krag/...

Krag

Ivar, Lu-Shan...I got y'alls emails.

Samuel, somebody else beat you to it. If it doesn't go through, I'll let you know.

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sneek peek

Armour-In in Central TX?

seax almost done....finally

Warren's dagger

depleted uranium armour?