I had managed to forget that silver work hardens. To soften silver you heat it to red heat (which is just below its melting temperature) and dunk it in cold water. This is exactly the opposite process for hardening steel.
Just a couple of quick shots and some comments on grinding.
I made a few pieces of experimental suminigashi the other day. That’s “watered paper” steel – many layers of stuff, squished until it looks like marbled paper.
This is a foreshadowing. I’m not going to torment you by seeing who can guess what it’s for.
Ah, the “knife-maker’s girlfriend’s knife.” It’s got to be the best that you can make, at that given time and place. [Read more…]
Charly suggested stainless steel hose clamps, as an easy way to keep large chunks of wire rope from fraying while being chop-saw’d.
This is version 2.0 of Jazzlet’s Eye Gouger, now with a much shorter blade for better leverage, and a thicker back for prying out recalcitrant spud-chunks.
This for the FtB legal defense fund. See [go fund me] for details. Rules are below:
Perhaps it’s a “chef’s saber.”
One of the great things about ebay and international shipping platforms is that you can get really odd stuff at fairly good prices; it just shows up in your box at the post office.