My peculiar nature

An exploration of, well, whatever I happen to be interested in. Probably more Japanese tools and sharpening stones than any sane person would want to see. The fools progress?

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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Oroshigane......making steel (1)

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The weather gods have shown pity on us and granted a brief window of dry weather, just enough time for me to gutter the new roof…..and...

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Rainy days getting you down? Build a Japanese blacksmithing bellows!

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Thinking rationally for a bit, I realize that it doesn't REALLY rain every day here but…...it feels like it's been forever sin...

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Guesstimating carbon content using the "Spark Test".

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I've been using old machinists metal working files for the cutting edges on my laminated blades. Of course this begs the question; What...

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Using the "Point of a sword" knife

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Yesterday was just one of those days..... I seem to be direly lacking in practice, woodworking wise. Things seem to be going quite well ...

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Friday, August 8, 2014

After quench straightening -and- Connecting the dots

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So it's time for the final quench, the action that determines the ultimate usefulness of an edged tool. This is where the steel becomes...

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Jason: Overly enthusiastic student of (too) many disciplines. This is my focal tool.

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