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  1. Old Longhair

    Knives

    As said, cable damascus can be really sweet, but the two most important things about making the billet are getting the cable clean enough and having a fire hot enough to forge weld in. Old chainsaw chains and motorcycle chains make some nice patterns, too.
  2. Old Longhair

    🏁 Quick.. Dumb.. X-Terra Pro Question 🏁

    Shouldn't be too long before they're available here. I've seen them for sale on sites in the UK.
  3. Old Longhair

    NEED some feed back on the X-Terra pro

    Minelab currently doesn't make any other X-Terra Pro specific coils, but all the Equinox coils work with the Pro. They are supposed to release more coils specifically for the Pro sometime, but nobody seems to know when.
  4. Old Longhair

    Knives

    For a hobbyist that just wants something for heating and beating on, it's probably just fine. For what I do, I wouldn't give it a second glance. My Hay-Budden and Trenton anvils are much better suited to my work. I have a Mankel anvil, but it's more a nostalgic thing for me and I never use it...
  5. Old Longhair

    Knives

    It's also noisy, which is one reason that I personally hate it.
  6. Old Longhair

    Knives

    They are available from a myriad of places, but I just got these off of Ebay.
  7. Old Longhair

    New little buddy

    Ex-wife #1 was camping one time, and had a cat rubbing against her leg while she sat in a chair next to the fire. She was about to reach down to pet it but looked first and discovered that it was indeed a cat.......a polecat. She just ignored it and eventually it wandered off.
  8. Old Longhair

    Lake Michigan Beaches that are available to metal detecting

    https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/places/state-parks/metal-detecting
  9. Old Longhair

    Knives

    Good anvils aren't cheap. https://emersonanvil.com/collections/anvils
  10. Old Longhair

    Knives

    No worries. I just didn't want anyone to take him seriously.
  11. Old Longhair

    Knives

    He's full of crap. According to him, the harder the better, and he couldn't be more wrong. Rebound is important, but it's not what's most important. When you make your living in the fire, and you're working over an anvil all day every day, that super hard anvil will tear you up, and you're not...
  12. Old Longhair

    Knives

    If you're going to buy a new one, I would highly recommend an Emerson. At the same time I have to recommend that you don't get a JHM. They are too hard, and it'll wipe out your elbow. Used, you can often find an old Vulcan pretty cheap. They're an industrial pattern that a lot of folks don't...
  13. Old Longhair

    Knives

    Just ordered the pin material for a few. I got two different designs that are similar but not same. I still have to decide which G10 I want. It will likely be layered, but I can't make up my mind what colors to go with.
  14. Old Longhair

    Knives

    I'll post it when it's done, but don't hold your breath or anything, because I've got so many irons in the fire that I hardly know what direction I'm going in. Paying work has priority, and this time of year my schedule often changes from hour to hour. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've...
  15. Old Longhair

    Knives

    I don't know if the War Bird was ever in a movie or not. I just liked it and had a chance to buy it for the right price from an estate sale. I've had that Puma for over 45 years. Bought it brand new in '77 for $60. I've had the two Gerbers and the Japanese Browning in that pic for about as long...
  16. Old Longhair

    Knives

    Yes, that is a limited edition Gil Hibben "War Bird". There's also a Gerber Mk1, a Puma boot knife, a Browning (Hiitori) drop point, a Case XXX boot knife, and an A.G. Russell "Sting".
  17. Old Longhair

    Knives

    Not hardly! Here are some of mine.....but not all.
  18. Old Longhair

    Knives

    Grind out all the rust, then pre-heat that thing to about 300° and get some 4140 tool steel welding rod. That would clean up nicely.
  19. Old Longhair

    Knives

    That one has had a hard life! Mine aren't that beat up. I need good edges to do what I do. All the shoes I nail on have hammer drawn clips. Hammers are pretty important, too. My favorite rounding hammer is an old Mustad-Jim Poor, and I use a Roy Bloom ball-pein for clipping. I have a Bloom...
  20. Old Longhair

    Knives

    The main reason I like the Pro Forge is its design. The heat rolls inside, so it stays more uniform. And it's advertised to hit 2600°F, so I can forge weld in it, which is important to me because I handmake all my own bar shoes.
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