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Old 07-01-2004, 20:42   #5
Bill Harsey
Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
 
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Oregon, Land of the Silver Grey Sunsets
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Your welcome. Using Google, look up "blade smithing" or "blade forging" See what Don Fogg is up to. I have friend who served a traditional Japanese sword making apprenticeship. He does remarkable work. I've seen him start by first making his own steel from ore, it's amazing. I use modern alloys that we cannot improve upon by forging. In the modern tactical environment stain resistance is important to edge holding and we get both with the modern alloys. Please understand I know that any knife beats no knife at all.
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