iKnife Collector
Bladesmithing, forging and knifemaking
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52100 steel - a few roller bearings
My place of work recently replaced all of the bearing on a piece of machinery. The nature of this machine dictates that there is quite a few bearings involved.Being the cheap, scrounge hound that I seem to be, I procured the small roller bearings in each of the shaft bearings.…
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KnifeMakerGrinding
I have been forging since I was 13, and am pretty proficient at it. Iran my shop on a shoestring and expensive equipment was not really available. For a good many years I forged blades as close as possible to finished shape and most finishing was done with files and sand paper. I upgraded to my…
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