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    Made a couple of new ones this weekend

    Built two new ones today. W1 steel, Purpleheart handles, 5.5 inch blade, 5" handle, convex grind, forged to shape. The next is a small utility/edc fixed blade. W1 steel, burmese rosewood handle, 8" overall, 4" blade, convex grind, also forged to shape Comments and critiscms welcome
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    Second chance bowie

    Thanks everybody. And rifleman you always have the best comments :thumbsup:
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    Second chance bowie

    This is one I built last weekend and hated. So I decided to drag it out of the scrap heap, throw away half the design and do something different. This is my favorite one so far. Its incredibly quick in the hand and as built as a combat quality bowie. The blade is hand forged 1084 steel, with a...
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    New fighting bowie from flatwoods forge

    Yeah he got me with that false edge lol. And thanks for the compliments... I guess me and him do make a rough looking pair sometime
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    New fighting bowie from flatwoods forge

    We started with a 1.5" x 1/4" x 18" piece of 1084 stock. after shaping with a lot of forge work, sanding polishing, etc, we ended up with a long, light fighting bowie. Specs are 19 1/4" overall. 13.5" blade. 12.25" cutting edge. 1084 steel hidden tang blade. 5160 hand guard, Burmese Rosewood...
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    Spent the weekend doing some forge work with my old man

    Normally we would use power tools like a grinder, wire wheelz, etc. This time we wanted to do it all by hand to get an idea of ehats possible using just what would have been available 100 yrs ago or more. And thats for the kudos. Ill post when its done, I still need to figure out if the handle...
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    Spent the weekend doing some forge work with my old man

    Btw I did use two power tools to make this. The coal fired forge uses a shop vac for an air soirce. A chainsaw was used to cut the 4x4 into a chunk. All the metal was moved and cut using hammers, chisels, files, hardies, anvil etc. I actually set out to see if we could build a knife like that...
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    New knife...

    Thats a good looking woods/hiking knife.
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    Spent the weekend doing some forge work with my old man

    Me and my dad spent all day yesterday working in the forge, after setting up the rendezvous camp site. We made two horseshoe knives, one for a customer here, the other for a family friend. We also made me a large camp bowie. The bowie is 15" overall. 5" handle, 10" inch blade. Seasoned oak...
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    Fantasize about this

    Walch Navy??
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    Little Critter Gitter

    I've used my repro 1851 Navy in .36 cal to great effect on rabbits, squirrels and various other small wildlife to be cooked over a campfire. 28 grains of FFFg with a .36 round ball seems to have no issues out to 25-30 yds on small game.
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    How do you carry your pistols?

    I'd like to see some pics of holsters, belt carry, etc. Just show how you carry your pistol/pistols when trekking, hunting, whatever it is your doing. When I'm carrying around home on the farm, trekking, or doing anything else with my percussion pistols on, I'm carrying in a hollywood...
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    1858 New Army revolver - legit combat arm?

    You have convinced yourself that their is no way cap and ball revolvers could be a feasible firearm in war. Well thats the best they had, and any real solider will make do with what he has on hand. Ive seen all kinds of evidence presented to show you that they were used to good effect, but as...
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    Some new stuff from the Flatwoods Forge

    Its already been sharpened, hardened and tempered. As far as pulling out the hammer marks and nicks, and polishing, we have always prefered to leave them in most pieces we make. If I wanted polished perfection I would do stock removal, but I think stuff like that gives the knives character, and...
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    Some new stuff from the Flatwoods Forge

    The knifes finished as far as my work goes. We gave it to the guys who came to learn about smithing. And I'd probably carry it as is anyways. I dont know on the hawk yet. We may forge weld an eye back into it, or just chuck it in the "that didnt work" pile and start over. What would you do to...
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    Some new stuff from the Flatwoods Forge

    I might start a thread and roll out the virtual trade blanket one day. The tomohawk just made it in because we were playing around with some ideas. We dont sell, trade, or make stuff that we cant use so that would never make it into our bedrolls or on our trade blankets. Besides this is a show...
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    Some new stuff from the Flatwoods Forge

    So me and my old man invited some guys up for a class/hammer in, and we made some stuff for camping and primitive living. Once again, everything is made with hand tools. Everything we made laid out together wall hooks, railroad spike throwing hawk (didn't upset the steel and busted when we...
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    Tuning cap and balls for Cowboy action style shooting?

    I hate that phrase/answer. All experts started as beginners at some point. I'm just looking for advice since there is no one in my area who tunes single actions that I can find. I've always been a hands on kinda guy. The link for the manual will be a big help, thats what I've been looking for. I...
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    Hello all

    Thanks dave. I was wondering what your handle was on here, I figured youd show up sooner or later.
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    Some knives made on my dads forge

    I've been beating steel since I was just a lil guy. We don't make anything beautiful, but everything we make is strong, practical, and made the old way. No power hammers, just a 200+ lb shop anvil, and a heavy hammer on hot steel. Anyways, let me know what you think. Blacksmith shop...
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