Informal H.I. West Coast Update

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oldwolf

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Well, our little Hammer-In is over and a great time was had by all. Due to all Pete's idea and hard work everything went off smoothly. Weather was great and all the guys were typically good knifemaking guys. 6 of us counting me, the Host, were here and everyone got lots of Hammerin in. 3 of the guys hammered out some nice blades while Pete was squishing Damascus. His little home built press did good. Slow, but sure beats hand hammering. We mixed some of my 1084 with Pete's 15n20, 14 layers welded, squished restacked, squished again stacked again and again. Over 200 layers I believe. Everyone went home with a piece around 1/2"X 2"X 3 1/2" or so.
Thanks to Pete's "Brats" and my wife's salad, lunch was a nice break and a chance to discuss fixing the world.:rolleyes: My new little Weber Barbeque worked great.
Sure enjoyed meeting all the guys. Thanks for coming up. I learned a lot and believe we all did. Sounds like this is going to be the beginning of a regular event in the Central Calif. area. I would be happy to Host again and some of the others have expressed their desire to Host. Whatever, I'll be there. Nice to see it beginning on the West Coast. I've been jealous of all the activity in the East.

Ken

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cool photos ken. glad some1 had a camera. that billet was 1084 and and 15n20 not 52100. no 1 wanted to hit that hunk of steel or the w2. was nice meeeting all you guys and i have secured funding for a new press looking to go 30 tons or so. ill start buying the parts soon and hope to have it done ina few months. work has just busted open so ill be busy between school, work and forging. Pete
 
Hi Pete,

Fixed it. Sorry, I got my 5's mixed up:confused:

Did you get a chance to forge that little billet out?
 
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yeah actually i did, i folded it 1 more time at home and added some raindrop pattern to. it came out nice cept some of the holes i drilled for the pattern went a hair to deep oi i almost have the blade finished out and i have 2 small inclusions or somethign i need to figure out what to do with, befor ei can finish it all the way.
 
Just wanted to say thanks to oldwolf for hosting it. Thanks to Pete for all his hard work and sending everyone home with a piece of damascus. I am going to hold on to it until I have a little more confidence at the anvil. It was fun and I learned a lot. Hope to do it again sometime.

-Mike
 
that is just awsome you guys. Wish I could've been there. maybe next year I'll have a little vacation time saved up.
 
I had a great time. Thank you everyone, especially Ken for hosting and Pete for the damascus. I learned a whole lot and I look forward to meeting up with you guys again. Thanks!
 
By the way, did everyone survive the speed trap on I-80? I only slid by because some guy was passing me going 80mph instead of my 77mph and he got nailed. Whew.

-Mike
 
Same here, my heart skipped a beat when I came around that curve and saw I was getting clocked. Everyone on that road was haulin'.
 
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