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Published: 2008-03-08 08:12:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1940; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 21
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All right,so here is the product.Strap axe,very old chunk of wrought iron,bladed with a chunk of a dump-truck hydraulic-ram seal,quenched in waste oil,and drawn to bronze-jumped the gun,there-the file just barely touches it.All the work done with coal,welding was tough-great difference in plasticity between wrought and steel(not to mention the melt temp.).4-5 hours altogether,satisfying in the extreme.Bootlegging viking artifacts comes rather naturally to me,my working(and living)conditions being very similar to theirs.They did have an advantage fuel-wise,surrounded as they were by the hardwood forest.The conifers around here don't quite have the BTU's,although i hear that they work great for welding,didn't have a chance to experiment yet.Related content
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I have just checked out the rest of your work, some very nice pieces! I hope i can get back to a few work days so i can keep working on my stuff, don't have the space for a forge unfortunately.
will upload my attempts so far when I get back to them, and my camera. I'm in china for work at the moment, they don't have time to indulge in such things as blacksmithing around here!
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Amazing!Well im just across the street(Bering Strait)from you.Been stuck in Alaska since '86(joking-i wouldn't live anywhere else).Wonderful that you get to travel so much.
Yep,the more pragmatic cultures don't do much forging-regretfully,for they were some of the innovators in the metallurgy.Bet that there's some decent wrought-iron in China,unless they smelted it already.
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ah ok, charcol is great, but you will chew through it, doesnt have the energy density of coke or coal
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I guess so,but heck,man-i have to pay over a dollar a pound for coal(we're in the bush here,everything gets flown in,or barged in summer).And my junk sells very rarely...
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you forged that with wood? my hat is off to you, i'm lucky enough to have access to coke now, but did some work with redgum many years ago, the difference is immense!
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No sir,this is a misunderstanding,sorry-i ought to be making charcoal,but instead i buy coal-soft bitumen from Pennsylvania someplace.Exellent coal,purity wise,one can weld even with the fire that's quite old and dirty.I've just completed a closed retort,and about to start the charcoal experiment.
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Yes, welding can be tricky. I like that kind of shape in an axe.
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I love axes, Thats a nice on for sure! How much does the head weigh?
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Shoot, man,don't have a scale handy,needed one the other day,too.I'd say just a little a 13/4# boy's axe,41/2" long face,5"long o.a.
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