Kuraki on FiF, anyone else watch last night?

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DevinT

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I thought it was a good episode.

I’m not sure why every smith wants to put white-out it the can though. Instead, leave it there and grind the bevels in making sure to leave no box at the edge.

Weird knife and tough testing at the end. It’s always more interesting when one of the competitors is someone we know.

Hoss
 
Yeah I watched, thought it was good. I think he got shafted from talking with him. But he did a great job. But really, rusty nuts and bolts? I would would have wired brushed one big bolt and tossed it in the can and called it’s day lol. Yeah I have wondered why the need to remove the can. Be a kind of San-Mia of sorts.
 
kuraki said:
We had to fill the can half full. They weren't actually rusty. Just ferric etched.

To be clear - I don't feel I got shafted by anyone but myself.
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Sure wish you could have moved on to the other rounds, other highly skilled smiths were out after the first round in previous episodes also, dang it.

Hoss
 
For what it’s worth, sure as heck looked like it would have faired well against the competition if parameters had allowed it to continue. It’s easy to sit on the couch think about measurements, but in the heat of doing it I imagine it’s a whole nother story. Still showed you’ve got more skills and guts than lots of us blokes :thumbsup:
 
I really enjoy when someone I know on here or follow on social media goes on the show. It also really shows how hard it is to forge the knife with the time constraints when extremely experienced bladesmiths struggle. I hated that you werent able to go farther! BTW Im rodwitha_knife on IG.
 
I was cheering for you! You made a hell of a blade under the constraints.
I was impressed.
Congrats for going on tv to compete in unknown tasks against unknown smiths.
Big brass ones my friend! :thumbsup:
 
Yeah, it's a good thing you're not in a line of work that requires the use of measuring tools. ;)

Jokes aside, I was definitely cheering for you. It's always fun to get a face on such active users here at BF. Good job, your blade looked really good in comparison. I would have loved to see you proceed to the next phase. :thumbsup:
 
Can someone please tell me the name of this episode ? I can t watch that channel here ................
 
DevinT said:
I thought it was a good episode.

I’m not sure why every smith wants to put white-out it the can though. Instead, leave it there and grind the bevels in making sure to leave no box at the edge.

Weird knife and tough testing at the end. It’s always more interesting when one of the competitors is someone we know.

Hoss
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I have often wondered that also Hoss? & why many don't straighten a warp right out of the quench?
 
Don Hanson III said:
I have often wondered that also Hoss? & why many don't straighten a warp right out of the quench?
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I am guessing that most are used to straightening during tempering (my preferred method), so don't have the experience with post quench straightening. It is not like post quench straightening is risk free.

I imagine many of the participants are used to heat treating known steel with thermal cycling and PID controlled ovens prior to quench in a engineered and known quenchant. Under those conditions, warps that are hard to address in tempering are uncommon. The other issue with post quench straightening is that where your window starts and stops is kind of dependant on knowing your quenchant/steel combo. Otherwise, you may hold the blade in the quench past the point of plasticity. So, I get why it isn't more common, but it may be good to practice prior to going on FIF as it doesn't seem that they let you correct issues in the temper.

On a different note, this was one of the more irritating final challenges that I have seen. The knives themselves were a terrible design (not the participants design, I mean a stupid thing with finger breaking holes and claws and crap) all things considered. Further, the strength test was abusive in a ridiculous way. The participants could have made different design decisions to make the tips of their knives into pry bars, but doing so would have made them definitely worse at stabbing people. The claws on this ridiculous knife are utterly worthless as you remove the advantage of reach that the blade and if you were to use them, they are not long enough to practically cause any incapacitating damage. As a fighting knife, this thing was crap, and to pass the strength test without bend or break would require a redesign that would make it even worse.
 
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