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[Ang_Panday]

Took this shot a week ago of a traditional balisong maker in Barrio Balisong Batangas Philippines

 

[J.S. Carter]

thats one kewl pic! I love the the cobbled together line shaft

 

[Sam Salvati]

Very cool setup! Thank you Armand for sharing that excellent picture.

 

[Ang_Panday]

Thank you guys for the nice comments. Here's another shot from a different angle

 

[Sweany]

I dunno about cobbled, looks like he's throwing some serious sparks.
You got a picture of his knives?

 

[indian george]

Cooool!!! Thanks:thumbup:

 

[Fiddleback]

No goggles in sight. I'm always amazed...

 

[stevomiller]

Cool pics. I have some balisongs and bolos from Batangas.

No goggles in sight. I'm always amazed...

It looks like he isn't even wearing his "Safety Squint" .

 

[Tommegow]

Ang
What is that second wheel? A buffing wheel?
What is powering the leather belt?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Four things I noticed.

1: it appears he has a lot of small scars on his legs, perhaps from walking around that grinding setup? I don't want to contemplate what his HT setup looks like...

2: where is the water dip bucket? Is he really that tough he doesn't dip?

3: it looks like he has different grit wheels up on the wall. Speaking from experience, I can tell you it is a PITA going from one hard wheel to another because the radius are never the same.

4: the grinder is turning away from him. I've never tried that, but that might be a pretty good idea.


Thanks for sharing these remarkable pictures. It is cool to see the differences and similarities between his setup and mine.

 

[Ang_Panday]

I dunno about cobbled, looks like he's throwing some serious sparks.
You got a picture of his knives?

Here are several knives that he made for my site ( balisong.com ) :thumbup:

 

[Ang_Panday]

Ang
What is that second wheel? A buffing wheel?
What is powering the leather belt?

Yes it's a buffing wheel :thumbup: and the leather belt is powered by a
3 horse power motor

 

[Ang_Panday]

Four things I noticed.

1: it appears he has a lot of small scars on his legs, perhaps from walking around that grinding setup? I don't want to contemplate what his HT setup looks like...

2: where is the water dip bucket? Is he really that tough he doesn't dip?

3: it looks like he has different grit wheels up on the wall. Speaking from experience, I can tell you it is a PITA going from one hard wheel to another because the radius are never the same.

4: the grinder is turning away from him. I've never tried that, but that might be a pretty good idea.


Thanks for sharing these remarkable pictures. It is cool to see the differences and similarities between his setup and mine.

The small container between the grinding and buffing wheel is actually a dip bucket and the wheels on the side of the wall are the different grits for finishing the blade.

All traditional knifemakers here in Batangas has their grinding wheel turn the opposite direction.

 

[Sam Salvati]

Grinding on top of the wheel as he is, it is VERY smart to have it running in the opposite direction.

Armand, am I correct in that he is using rough grit pastes as the abrasives on the cloth wheels?

 

[Ang_Panday]

Armand, am I correct in that he is using rough grit pastes as the abrasives on the cloth wheels?

He cut cloth abrasives and glue it on the wheels

 

[psycho78]

That is one rockin' setup man. I love it. Those knives are absolutely beautiful.

 

[Icehawk]

Those knives look great - how is the quality in person? I've been want a bali...

Great pic!

 

[feenxfire]

Wow.

Those are fantastic pictures there man. Thanks for sharing!

-Stuart

 

[Sam Salvati]

He cut cloth abrasives and glue it on the wheels

Ahh very interesting, thanks Armando!