Indian George

[Andrew Taylor]

Where is he?

I wrote to him a few days ago and got no reply. I see he hasn't posted for a while. Anyone know if he has gone on holiday or something?

I have a cable damascus question and was hoping he could help me out with a bit of forging!

 

[J.McDonald Knives]

I just talked to him on the phone yesterday. I'll give him a call tomorrow and let him know.

 

[J.McDonald Knives]

I spoke to him on the phone today and let him know. He said he will check tomorrow.

 

[Andrew Taylor]

Thanks Jacob

Let me know if he can't find the e-mail.

 

[indian george]

It has been crazy around here.:jerkit::jerkit: Helen was in the hospital a few days, my tenants that I am evicting are busting my balls and to boot one of my dogs bit me.
What size billets are you looking for??? I have a half roll of brand new crane cable on hand. It wouldn't be cost efficient to send what you have down.

 

[ashtxsniper]

Glad to see you around IG I though you had disappeared.

 

[indian george]

Glad to see you around IG I though you had disappeared.

Hey!!! I am like a bad bad habit. It keeps on coming back. HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!
I am having my Keeshond ( The Bitter) de-nutted and I am going to have them save the balls from him and I am going to marinate them and put them on the grill and I am going to eat them right in front of him.

 

[ashtxsniper]

Thats a relief I thought you were going to throw them in your relish.

 

[J.Marsillo]

Hey!!! I am like a bad bad habit. It keeps on coming bad. HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!
I am having my Keeshond ( The Bitter) de-nutted and I am going to have them save the balls from him and I am going to marinate them and put them on the grill and I am going to eat them right in front of him.

Not too many people have a taste for testicles anymore.... dog fries???
Glad to hear your healing up well.:thumbup:

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Keeshound testicles are a bit on the dry side. You should either have a few extra beers on hand or go heavy on the barbecue sauce. If you feel real twisted the day you do it, you could offer the dog a taste. hehe That would be ironic.:jerkit:

Fred

 

[indian george]

Keeshound testicles are a bit on the dry side.
Fred

Now how do you know that????????

 

[Barkes Knife Shop]

It has been crazy around here.:jerkit::jerkit: Helen was in the hospital a few days, my tenants that I am evicting are busting my balls and to boot one of my dogs bit me.

You will get better old friend. Its good to see you posting now. Hope you and Helen are ok. Chat with you later on. We all care about you. ---------

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Now how do you know that????????

Yum, yum, Thats standard treatment, around here for dogs that bite. Now cats are a different story.
That I understand, is an acquired taste.:barf:

Fred

 

[Andrew Taylor]

It has been crazy around here.:jerkit::jerkit: Helen was in the hospital a few days, my tenants that I am evicting are busting my balls and to boot one of my dogs bit me.
What size billets are you looking for??? I have a half roll of brand new crane cable on hand. It wouldn't be cost efficient to send what you have down.

Ouch, that hand looks sore, not to mention clean. You obviously haven't been doing much knifemaking, or do you wear Marigolds?

What I was sent was two pieces of cable about a half inch in diameter and 12" long. My plan was to make a couple of small hunting knives and one chef's knife ( I am a chef ). I know nothing about forging though, except what I did at school. It seems a shame not to use what I was sent. The postage wasn't a lot. George T said the oil in the cable needs to be got out before it can be hammered and folded.

I guess I am looking for something around an eighth to three sixteenths in thickness, two inches wide and one piece 12" long and the other two pieces 9 inches long. Can be a billet, or blade shaped, the long piece French chef knife shape, the other two up to you. It will be an excercise on my grinding skills which are getting there, and my finishing skills which I think are OK. George Tichbourne will oversee the construction and Carol will be the tough final inspection. All three knives will be for me, not for sale.

Hope Helen is OK and that you get the tenants out. Have you considered setting the dogs on them, or is that what you were training the dogs to do when you got bit!

 

[KnifeHead]

OUCH! Sounds like you been thru it there IG, sorry to hear about that and hope that hand of yours gets better real soon. In the mean time yer gonna have to use the left handed version of :jerkit:

 

[indian george]

Yum, yum, Thats standard treatment, around here for dogs that bite. Now cats are a different story.
That I understand, is an acquired taste.:barf:

Fred

Taste like chicken??????

 

[indian george]

OUCH! Sounds like you been thru it there IG, sorry to hear about that and hope that hand of yours gets better real soon. In the mean time yer gonna have to use the left handed version of :jerkit:

Thanks Bubba!!! I have no problem with the left handed style.HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!

 

[Dan Gray]

In the mean time yer gonna have to use the left handed version of :jerkit:

there you go a lefty

 

[indian george]

I was told that you shouldn't use cable under a 1" diameter, because by the time you weld it up, you burn the carbon out of it.
Any of you other guys have heard this?????
I don't wash the cable with anything, just cut it , weld it on a handle and weld the other end too, put into forge, then brush and flux the hell out of it. Once heated to welding temp hit with medium blow follow the strand from the handle to the tip. Continue to do this till the sound changes.

Ouch, that hand looks sore, not to mention clean. You obviously haven't been doing much knifemaking, or do you wear Marigolds?

What I was sent was two pieces of cable about a half inch in diameter and 12" long. My plan was to make a couple of small hunting knives and one chef's knife ( I am a chef ). I know nothing about forging though, except what I did at school. It seems a shame not to use what I was sent. The postage wasn't a lot. George T said the oil in the cable needs to be got out before it can be hammered and folded.

I guess I am looking for something around an eighth to three sixteenths in thickness, two inches wide and one piece 12" long and the other two pieces 9 inches long. Can be a billet, or blade shaped, the long piece French chef knife shape, the other two up to you. It will be an excercise on my grinding skills which are getting there, and my finishing skills which I think are OK. George Tichbourne will oversee the construction and Carol will be the tough final inspection. All three knives will be for me, not for sale.

Hope Helen is OK and that you get the tenants out. Have you considered setting the dogs on them, or is that what you were training the dogs to do when you got bit!

 

[Bruce Bump]

I was told that you shouldn't use cable under a 1" diameter, because by the time you weld it up, you burn the carbon out of it.
Any of you other guys have heard this?????
I don't wash the cable with anything, just cut it , weld it on a handle and weld the other end too, put into forge, then brush and flux the hell out of it. Once heated to welding temp hit with medium blow follow the strand from the handle to the tip. Continue to do this till the sound changes.

My first cable blade was 1" dia. Way back when Paul Bos was still doing simple carbon steel heat treating I sent mine to him. It came back beautiful but bent and stayed bent. Not good. If the strand size is .010" or less the carbon gets reduced too much to make a blade if conventional welding methods are used. Canister welding would be fine.