[TheForge] my blog

[Lon Humphrey]

yea it really sucks when you feel that thing crack in the quench but at 
least itsa still in the early stages of the proscess and not too much time 
and material is lost

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] my blog


> 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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> it ain't real.
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> 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
>
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