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  1. midnight
    id say £250 -£300 there are very few makers that will follow what you want that close , its still an art form and most want to have there stamp on it . thats a bold statment on the schrade knife !! all knives could be better , and bladesmiths and knife makers will allways find fault on any knife . is it because its cheap and does the job that its so good ? not many knives could with stand 30 years of use , wear and tear and re sharpening , in the 5 years i was a butcher iv never seen the knives we used most, last longer than a year , and as you know there allways sharp or sharper th
  2. midnight
    well they came ............................ they where rude , up tight and came across like id would be lucky to get it . im abit heart broken . piss poor service i think , keys are to be kept out of sight or on me at all times with the spare set to be locked in a trusted friends gunsafe only . i was shocked to find i will have no more contact at all from them with out any follow up at all , other than a letter to say your shit out son , in 2 weeks or a shotgun certificate in 4 weeks !! im no angel but have lived a squeeky clean life for 11 years and never been charged or caurtioned ever
  3. midnight
    id go to stuart mitchel for those . im not taking commisions for a while , and they might beyond my abiltys !! i think they will be expensive !! good luck with it . all the best , matt.
  4. midnight
    just a single wedge . i dont know if i mentioned this before but i was a stone mason , and have put handles on loads of hammers over the years , so thats why it was my biggest fear cos every one iv done has ended up with 5 screws drilled into it ha ha . iv been shown how to do it properly and still cant do it . so i thought il take an engineering aproach and go belt and braces . wedge . apoxi and pin it , then oil soak . that should fix the bugger . of course i should forge it right so that the head will accept the shaft like a pic axe does , with the hole at the top of the axe head being
  5. midnight
    im glad you saw it mike . so its around the size you liike thats good . leave it with me . iv just used it for an hour in the garden prooning roses horrible buggers . any way it cut beautifuly , but my worst fear was confirmed , the head has come off the shaft !! so im going to drill through the lot and put a single brass pin through it , if and when the shaft snaps its will be easy to remove with a centre punch and replace but the b*****d will not come of again ha ha i have to order alot of metal over the next few weeks , i will try to make sure i get the right stuff for more of these
  6. midnight
    nice the cameras working out well for you . make a lovely house that barn !!
  7. midnight
    thanks fellas , there will be more but built slightly differantly . there will be more damadcus on veiw and easier for me to make . seem like the sort of thing people like !! iv wanted to chop stuff up with it but asyet have only done that lot in the pics . i have cut tons of saplings with one blow with it tho , thats adictive !! i can actualy carve with it like you would a knife , i recon there a bloody usful thing !! it might be a while before there are more of them guys as i have big orders of steel to secure before i can do another . all the best , matt.
  8. midnight
    hello everyone this is my first axe , its style is confused as i dont really know one axe from another , but i t has influenses from every axe iv seen subcontously i supose . its all hand forged from, 1018 for the main "body" of the head with a 15n20 and 01 twisted billet of damascus for the cutting edge , i think its called punch and swadged ? any way i made a hole with a cold chisel and forged a mandrel from a spike off a digger bucket and hammered it through and forged round it to get the hole . and then after alot of hammering and heating i had a good enough shape to weld in the damascus
  9. midnight
    ped non ped what ever , my last bitch was a non ped flapping track bred bitch and stood at 17" not an attractive animal ha but fast as hell . she would over shoot when stuff jinked , tumble get back on her feet and be on terms with it again in a blink of an eye . how do you find out more about the non ped stuff you guys just mentioned ? i might want a stud in 6 months and a small fast performance whippet would be superb for what im thinking . all the best , matt.
  10. midnight
    hello lads im not into the 22" whippets much id rather have a well bred whippet greyhound . where did all the small whippets go ? 18 19 inch was big years ago , now you would struggle to get one that size . do the flapping track folks still breed them small ?
  11. midnight
    bloody hell what a releafe . the 5 months has gone along pretty fast but waiting a week from wednesday to wednesday is killing me !!!!! what to get is the next question . i hope to do some customs stuff on things like 410 webly bolt guns , some of my hand forged damascus for trigger , trigger guard and bolt . carve a new stock from something nice etc . thanks for the info guys . all the best ,matt.
  12. midnight
    how would you bait wild wood pigeons ? i cant work ouit how it can be done ? i would think you wopuld do better with lamp and noose in the way birds of prey and phesants where taken in years gon by ! take them straight out of the roost or nest .
  13. midnight
    thank you guys .. im working on your bushcraft knife now gin and a similar one that will be spare im doing 2 x 100% army surplus knives for the local surplus store owner that are from files with army boot leather sheaths and land rover canvas micarta . and one for gaffer !
  14. midnight
    thank you fellas all sound advise and i will follow his lead . is the inspection the final step tho ? or am i in for more waiting ? all the best , matt
  15. midnight
    thanks you guys , there is only the smaller knife with brass liner and pins and the larger skinner knife left , the other to have sold through pm . all the best , matt .
  16. midnight
    after a 5 month wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:0 i finaly have my cabinate inspection on wednesday next week !! asuming everything is ok is that it i will finaly have my ticket ? is there anything i need to show awareness of when they come ? iv herd all sorts like the mrs is not sposed to know where i keep my keys and that i need someone responcable to hold my second set ? any advice would be good . all the best , matt.
  17. midnight
    i promice yopu wont do it mate , beleave me i have tried , you will need to aneal the steel . most steel that means get it so hot its no longer magnetic then cool useing wood ashes or leave it in the forge with doors shut and let it cool from critical (none magnetic ) to room temp over as long a periode as possible , i aim for over 8 hours or more to aneal mine . then you can drill it , but you will need to heat treat and temper all over again !!! i would get a dremel and the carbide bits or diamond if i could get them , tape the blade and gently work my way through with the carbide . if i
  18. midnight
    thanks mike this lot are popular , if you want to pm me about them , iv had a good few inquires so far . hatchet il will as allways try to keep them as cheap as possible . a couple of my mates have thos scandi ones and although nice with some nestalga to them i was not overy impressed , they dont hold an edge very long , and to say they have massive factory with huge tooling machines there pretty crude !! mine will be more early european wrap and weld style with damascus or carbon cutting edge enough to last 100 years is my plan . mine is awsome , i still cant beleave iv made an axe (child h
  19. midnight
    iv not touched these today ! first day in weeks ha ha . bar the one paul has had there available . they will al get a good sharped before sending out and i will make sure to polish them up . im glad there done . all the best , matt . ps the axe i made is very very good waidman . iv chopped lots with it and it still shaves your arm (or cuts you ) and you can cut a 1cm hazel stick with one downward slice with out it moving !! it dont look much but its a good un !! il shine it up take pics for you . then next ones will be slightly differant but better to look at with the same performance
  20. midnight
    that looks good and strong , you got it lovely and tight where it doubles over the clip !!
  21. midnight
    well there done i dont really know what i have, i cant see the wood from the trees with this lot . iv done sooo much work on them i dont want to think about it . importantly . i learned masses and will aproch things in a differant way next time . i have given up on the pic tutorial with this lots its now just them finnished . the sheaths are kydex with leather bonded over it so they can not fall out (that was a prick to do) they need a hole for a lanyard to carry round your neck or that american classic the fixed blade pocket knife !! all buffalo h
  22. midnight
    mine are DNA tested for ete defect . doplered for heart defect , kidney tested before mating . floating patelar tested . theres no ill heath in the line . not one of mine is non athletic and its been personal choice not hunt with them as of yet , the two pups are simply that one has a fantastic nose he can find a stone i randomly fire off into the woods , he will find it and retreave it . just needs to put his mouth on something now . im happy for him to take his time , they will go to ground but not fox stuff just hollows and under root balls of fallen fine tress . im no longer fanatical
  23. midnight
    i dont have all these dogs any more , most where not right in the head , there all pure miniature bull terriers with kc papers , show shite as you would say , none have ever shown or will and im just starting to work 2 of the 12 month olds , and repeated the mating . go out most day to teach them stuff in the feilds or woods , they have not caught on just yet but im in no rush . all are under 18" to the shoulder .
  24. midnight
    nice work kev. dont post them ones of you in the ladies underwear by mistake will ya this lot will never let it go !!
  25. midnight
    thats my kind of dog i bred him !! lovely animal i wish you lads would breed him so i can have something out of it !! i found his litter sister and the owner said i could take a litter but to what dog , id quite like a brother sister mating !!
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