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JS Test - Pictures

stephanfowler

stephanfowler

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Last Friday morning (9-18) I went up to M.S. Burt Foster's shop to take my journeyman smith performance test.

for those who aren't familiar the test involves cutting a free hanging 1" Manila rope, chopping through a 2x4 twice and still being able to shave.
then the knife is placed in a vise and bent 90 degrees and cannot break


I am happy to say that my knife performed flawlessly and I look forward to presenting my knives at Blade 2010


unfortunately I don't have a picture of the Rope cut.

This is the knife prior to taking the test

9 1/2" 1084
5" unknown hardwood handle

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Chopping through the 2x4 for the second time
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Burt checking the quality of the edge after all of the cutting
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Bending the knife to 90 degrees
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BIG grin
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Congrats Stephan. I'll look forward to seeing your blades.

Nice looking chopper, by the way.

John
 
Impressive. You look happy with a tinge of relief. :)

Coop
 
Congrats Stephan, best of luck with the other 5 at Blade 2010. :thumbup:

Doug
 
Good job. I have seen your work and I know that you are ready. see you at blade
 
I'm very happy for you:thumbup::cool:
 
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