NEWS

6/7/08

You can see pictures from the hammer in HERE

Saturday June 7^th  2008 Macabee Knives Presents a Hammer-In

The forging festivities will be held in my meager and primitive shop at 6086 Parkglen Rd. Galloway OH 43119

I have found some great people willing to help out

• Terry Griner: Primitive Casting Blade Fittings.
• Jim Green: Forging a Seax in a Viking Era Forge.
• Adlai Stein: Forging Bevels
• Dan Chapman: Making Swords for Western Martial Arts
• Mike Alexander: Damascus Patterning & Mosaic pins
• Larry Sharp: Beginning Bladesmithing 101

Set up will be from 8:00 to 9:00. The forging and demos will go from 9:00 to 5:00

I’m also planning on having an open forge area, an iron in the hat and a potluck BBQ dinner.

I’m asking for a bit of a donation and the proceeds from the iron in the hat to help the demonstrators pay for supplies.

So bring yourselves something to donate to the iron in the hat and a dish or drink for the potluck.

If you have any tools and materials for sale you are more then welcome to bring them.

4/23/08

I forged this Tactical Bowie for my sister in-law to take  to the big sandbox that is Iraq in a couple of months 8670M a high carbon steel that contains a high amount of nickel for toughness and stain resistance. The guard is wrought iron from a water tower that came from the old Columbus Penitentiary and the handle is carbon fiber slabs. The pins are brass. Good luck out there Cathy.
 

4/4-4/6/08

Mark & I went to Alabama for one heck of a good time. I learned so much about smithing it was incredible. We also got to watch a cast iron smelt. Check out the pictures here.

2/22/08

I finally finished this commission for a close friend. This knife represents several firsts. It's my first integral bolster and the first wood turning I've ever done on a lathe (thanks to Scott Hogsten for the lessons.) The blade is forged from 5160 round stock and has an apple seed grind. The handle is ebony, fossil ivory, fiber spacer material and sterling silver.
The knife has an overall length of 13-1/2" with a blade length is 7-1/4".

8/24-25/07

Pictures from my weekend at the American Bladesmith Society Mid-America Hammer-In, August 2007. It was a great time.

8/3/07

One of my clients was so impressed with my work that he asked if I
would teach him to forge. I agreed and he drove down from Michigan last
weekend. We spent most of Saturday forging. He went home with a knife
that only needs a bit of finishing work to get it done. He posted some
very nice commentary and pictures about his experience on his blog. "The Panday Gazette."

7/6/07

New Article how too build a City Boy Anvil Stump. 

5/4-5/7/07

I was fortunate enough to participate in a hammer-in held by Larry Harley at his Home in Bristol TN. See pictures here. I learned so much over the weekend my head hurt.

I made this version of a Philippine Ginuting for a customer The blade is 5160. The handle is cocobolo with a textured brass guard. It’s got a cool claw like look to it hence the name. Not to mention it fought me every step of the way.

The blade is flat ground with the edge on the inside of the curve. The back edge isn't false and is also flat ground. Overall length 15 ¼” , blade length 9”, width 1 ¼” at it’s widest, 3/16” think. I was cutting water bottles with it last night and they were just splitting apart with very little effort.

Here is Stephen's review of the knife which he posted on sword forum.

Got the Claw in the mail. First of all, I have to add that as a little Christmas gift, Adlai threw in a handforged icicle ornament for the tree, and I can't tell everyone enough just how much of a hit it is with the wife and kids. Like the Claw, this is ornament is going to be an heirloom.

Now, the Claw. When I spoke with Adlai on the phone, he told me, "Well, it's pretty sharp. I put a good edge on it, but you could make it sharper if you wanted." Now, I'm much better at sharpening than I am at actually making knives, but I honestly can't see myself making this thing any sharper than it is already. It's flat ground to scary sharp.

How sharp is it? I filleted some skin off of my finger without knowing it until I caught the skin on something. No blood- the angle wasn't deep enough.

I got some junk mail in the mailbox. Normally, I just throw out all that crap from credit card companies. Today, though, I took about 5 envelopes, tossed them into the air, and sliced clean through them, contents and all, with the Claw.

So, yeah, the edge is sharp. I thought I'd try its strength, too, and I found it stronger than it first appeared. Since it's flat ground and the tip is both thin and double-edged, there's not a lot of metal up there (the acute tip rings nicely, just like something from the movies, when I draw or tap the blade). I rammed it right through a phone book. Then into a 2X4 and twisted it free- nothing egregious, but some wiggling. No bending at all, so Adlai's done a really good heat treat.

I was able to give some good chops to a 2X4, and I sliced right through a 1liter full Dasani bottle.

This is one heck of a combat knife.

Kudos to Adlai.

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