[TheForge] OT crossover question to ABS members

[jerry Frost]

I held off replying because I thought we had more ABS bladesmiths onboard. I
searched Yahoo with the terms ABS blade test parameters. and this was one of
the hits. Sorry about the huge URL but it links a bunch of Youtube videos of
guys doing the test. I was hoping for the written parameters of the test but
. . . 

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTcc.OgMFVoHwAXL4nnIlQ;_ylu
=X3oDMTByNWU4cGh1BGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=ABS+Blade+Test+P
arameters&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

Frosty

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan
Scheid
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 6:03 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT crossover question to ABS members


thanks
D
On 8/4/2015 6:26 PM, Harry Wise wrote:
> Hey Dan,
>
> I am not an expert but I was at the Atlanta Blade Show this past June and
some of the new Masters had there knives at their tables and some of those
were bent 90 degrees. So I am pretty sure they are not expected to go back
to strait after bending.
>
> Harry Wise
>
>> On Aug 4, 2015, at 6:29 PM, Dan Scheid <damales at pollybutte.net> wrote:
>>
>> I was reading the test requirement for both the journeyman and Master 
>> test for the American blade smith  I tip my hat to those that have 
>> passed that is a tough test. I do have a question though ..is the 
>> blade allow to have any set or is it expected to come true after 
>> being bent 90 degrees?  thanks Dan Scheid