Education !

[mete]

For those who want to learn metallurgy here's a good source written by a well qualified blade man . http://mse.iastate.edu/files/verhoeven/7-5.pdf

 

[Frank Eaton]

Thanks..looks like some good, deep reading.

 

[miden]

thanks Mete, great info.

Mike

 

[rhrocker]

Thanks Mete.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Thanks,mete,looks good.You can't read enough about this subject.

 

[adammichael]

Very well done. I am impressed. Thanks for making it available to everyone.

 

[Ed Schempp]

I was amoung about 25 smiths at Bob Kramer's shop that Dr Verhoeven presented this material about 3 years ago. It is an excellent overview of metallurgy from a man knowledgable about blades. Dr verhoeven worked with Al Pendray and Howard Clark on Al's wootz project. Dick Barber formally of Crucible is another great guy to pay attention to...Ed

 

[butcher_block]

good there are some pictures i thought i was going to need to know how to read
thanks mete

 

[Wulf]

A big thanks to Dr. Verhoeven for making this work available, free of charge, to the general public. What a valuable resource this will be to all aspiring bladesmiths!

 

[NickWheeler]

When I saw it was by Dr. Verhoeven, I got all excited! But for some damn reason my pc freezes up when I try to open it.

Thanks for noth'n!

Just kidding... thanks very much mete! I'll find a way to get it open

 

[Les Voorhies]

That looks like good stuff. He mentions Howard Clark in the credits, that man is a walking encyclopedia of metalergy. I used to go to some of Howards hammer-in's, he explains things so that even I could understand.

Hey adammichael, when you gonna send me that link we talked about?

 

[Satrang]

I had the pleasure of being taught by Verhoeven. He is an excellent teacher and if you ever get the chance of meeting him personally, do it.

 

[Daniel Koster]

Thanks for the link....201 pages! Gonna have my printer busy for a while now...


Where does Verhoeven live/work? (I thought he was overseas?)