Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2023, 03:54 PM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
8th June 2023, 03:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2020, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 50
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Just saw the thread.
Coffee etch is the...
Just saw the thread.
Coffee etch is the latest rage in knifemaking. Before that it was "baked on brown or black lacquer".
I find ferric to be as good as one gets on wootz and some old wootz...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th February 2020, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Keris Swap Forum
29th January 2020, 02:50 AM
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
26th October 2019, 01:54 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd October 2019, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
23rd October 2019, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2019, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 15,297
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2019, 01:35 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2019, 05:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2019, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 22
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Ariel, No need to notch the ingot...it folds at...
Ariel, No need to notch the ingot...it folds at the top on its own during forging...for two reasons. One being that unless high forces are delivered it is the natural tendency for metals to move more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd December 2018, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 183
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2018, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 3
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Happy to have it seen
That was my second project with NOVA and also the second time with the same production company (headed by Peter Yost of Pangloss Films). The project had a benefactor/angel in Chicago and the armor...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2018, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 11
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It is common to polish the edges and etch the...
It is common to polish the edges and etch the center. I have seen this on many pieces. The fact that you can clearly see the patterned core extending into the edges and into the tip is not something...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2018, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 26,646
Steve,
I have a very good idea as to technique...
Steve,
I have a very good idea as to technique for both the patterns, but it would be techniques I would use and may not have been theirs. I'll give it a try later this year when I have the time. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2018, 03:09 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 26,646
Pattern weld pattern
Archer,
Just saw the thread...quite a complex bit of welding there. The difference I see in this to other "orange section" welding (the round converging part) is that the center has a coil or jelly...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th October 2017, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Swap Forum
23rd October 2017, 11:57 PM
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Forum: Swap Forum
18th October 2017, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 1
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Wanted Bhutanese blades
Hello All,
If you have a Bhutanese made blade for sale due let me know. I am making a study of these blades for the next year or so.
Yours,
Ric Furrer
Blacksmith
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2016, 02:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2016, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 234
Views: 166,488
Jim,
I have been smithing for 26? years and...
Jim,
I have been smithing for 26? years and making crucible steel for some 15-17 now and it may be that I have closed my mind to ideas and techniques outside what I currently use....I am not the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2016, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 234
Views: 166,488
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2016, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 234
Views: 166,488
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2014, 05:36 PM
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