[TheForge] Fw: [EKMetalsmiths] 14th Century table knife

[Phlip]

Well, I'm proud of my grandstudent ;-) This young man is pretty new at
smithing- I taught his teacher a few things a couple years ago, and recently
taught him forgewelding, so I suspect that he'll be moving on beyond stock
removal eventually- if I don't watch out, HE'LL be teaching ME ;-) I'd say
it's very nice work for a first try, and I'm very proud of him ;-)

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> I suppose I might as well toss this out here now.
>
> For the local SCA group's fund-raising auction, I made a 14th century
> reproduction table knife.  The techniques are all stock removal, so I
> hadn't planned on mentioning it here, but the knife was so well-received
> that I got talked into putting it into the next A&S competition and
> posting a few pictures online.  The competition is 29 January, so wish me
> luck.
>
> I also had 3 pages of documentation on the knife, which is probably why it
> sold for $65 - the knife itself was, in my opinion, very shoddy work.
> Then again, the craftsman always knows at least 20 flaws without taking
> time to breath, right?
>
> A few (blurry) pictures of the knife - sorry, my digital camera isn't
> great - and the documentation I wrote can be seen at
> http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~wilsonm/blade/14th.html
>
> -Mike Wilson

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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