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A Day at Indian George's Hammer in!!!

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Despite the never ending torrential rains we sure had a great time.The Shop name for the day was "Lake George"!! Stabber Jr and I got a lot done thanks to IG!!
We used Aldo's 1095 for the big blades, And Stabber Jr grabbed a piece of his 1084 to hammer one more out before we had to leave.

Here's IG telling us what to do.He is a good teacher!!

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Here Stabber Jr and I are using IG's home built surface grinder to straighten out our Cable Damascus blades.

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Here we are flat grinding for the first time.

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Here we are forging out some big blades using Aldo Bruno's 1095

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the end results=stabber Jr's 3 blades on the left, My 2 on the Right. he forgot his Cable Damascus blade that's profled at IG's shop.

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Here's My cable damascus blade rough ground, HT'd, Nice Hamon, Some Beginners file work on the spine.

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How Bout some Rams Horn I got from Mace, red liners and a brass guard!!

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Looks to me like you're about done buying knives and on the road to MAKING them instead!!
Make sure you follow Iggy's instructions to the letter!
 
looks like a lotta fun!
 
Good stuff Ricky! Thanks for the pics bro, that looks like it was a blast!
 
Cool pic's Bubba Sr.:thumbup: You didn't get any of the river running in the welding area???? HEHEHEHEHE!!!!
 
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IG is very good people. One of the only things I miss about Mass!

Did you get some of his fiery food?
 
Cool pix. I find I enjoy them more having met so many of you guys at IG's last couple of summer hammer-ins.

I'm not so sure about this one though. Looks like IG might be having you cut a few corners on the fit and trim part of the process. You really do have to watch that guy like a hawk...and I don't just mean around your beer.

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Farmer Phil said:
Cool pix. I find I enjoy them more having met so many of you guys at IG's last couple of summer hammer-ins.

I'm not so sure about this one though. Looks like IG might be having you cut a few corners on the fit and trim part of the process. You really do have to watch that guy like a hawk...and I don't just mean around your beer.

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Damn!!! Bubba you forgot the duct tape to hold the handle on. :confused::confused::eek::D
 
Stabber, nice pics, how many grinding belts did you and Jr. burn out at Wa..Wa..Wally's before you head home? :jerkit:
 
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