[TheForge] my blog

[Jerry Frost]

Morning Lon:

I would've left a comment but I don't think I'm joining 
Yahoo 360, I "belong" to enough blog, podcast, etc. 
sites already. <grin>

I will be checking back every now and then though, I'm 
interested in how the butterfly turns out, I love that 
kind of stuff. Bummer about the blade but it happens 
eh?

My second student Lindsey (general smithing, I'm no 
bladesmith) wanted to make a smallish utility knife as 
her tool steel project and she'd put in so much effort 
and learned so much so quickly I agreed. She forged out 
a sweet little blade about 5 1/5" long x 1 1/8" deep 
with a full tang, from new 5160. Everything had gone 
very smoothly till we hardened it and I heard it cut 
loose in the quench. Just the tiniest of tinks was all 
there was to be heard. <sigh>

Surprise of surprises it failed about an inch up the 
tang, not at the choil! Lindsey already had plans to 
leave the state so I didn't have a chance to repair it 
but she found the right person in Virginia and it now 
has a sheath and gets used when she's in the bush.

Good luck with the interview Lon, may it bring good 
things.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Lon Humphrey" <ironcrossforge at adelphia.net>


here is a link to my blog just incase any of you would 
like to see my stuff feel free to leave coments
http://360.yahoo.com/redneck_43055