[TheForge] forging steel bamboo

[Michael Horgan]

Love the latest steel bamboo, Kirsten. I like it much better than the 
welded steel. What is the work load like, though? Looks like less 
grinding and cleanup, but a lot more hammer work.

At 05:30 AM 7/14/2007, you wrote:
>I finally got some bamboo samples made up that I really like.  You 
>can see pictures in my latest blog entry at http://knitsteel.blogspot.com
>
>All of the bamboo related progress posting, in order from earliest 
>to latest, are
>http://tinyurl.com/3627ua , shows bronze bamboo
>http://tinyurl.com/2oy6vq  , steel bamboo first draft
>http://tinyurl.com/3x6uro  , steel bamboo most recent version
>
>Cut and paste the links into your browser to see them.  The bronze 
>version and the first steel version are made with forging and then 
>welding.  The third is all forging.  I like the forged version best 
>for the steel.  For the bronze, I still like the other method.
>-Kirsten
>http://knitsteel.etsy.com  - my blacksmith shop online
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