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by kwackster
Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives
Replies: 16
Views: 14266

Re: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

Currently busy with making a new leather midsection for the handle of knife # 2:

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by kwackster
Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How bad is my batch ?
Replies: 19
Views: 15286

Re: How bad is my batch ?

Article by Russell L. Blaylock, a real life neurosurgeon, on the US based National Library of Medicine website:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9062939/
by kwackster
Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:49 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: update on Gravknife.
Replies: 8
Views: 1598

Re: update on Gravknife.

Excellent :-)
by kwackster
Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:13 am
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening
Replies: 1
Views: 4963

The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening

This classic American handbook about sharpening by John Juranitch is now in the public domain and available as a free download in several different formats. https://i.ibb.co/h8jkkN0/Razor-Edge-Book-of-Sharpening.jpg It doesn't matter if you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned pro, there is somethi...
by kwackster
Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:15 pm
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: Buck Strider 881 mini tanto convex regrind
Replies: 3
Views: 5935

Re: Buck Strider 881 mini tanto convex regrind

I knew beforehand that the outcome wouldn't be everybody's cup of tea, but for me functionality trumps looks every time. Grinding the rough convex form with the diamond file (without apexing) took a few hours in total. Most time was spent shaping & smoothing the blade surfaces on the Foss combinatio...
by kwackster
Mon Mar 21, 2022 7:26 pm
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: Buck Strider 881 mini tanto convex regrind
Replies: 3
Views: 5935

Buck Strider 881 mini tanto convex regrind

For quite a few years this Buck Strider 881 mini tanto in BG42 steel was gathering dust in a drawer, as to me it was more a knife-like object, literally unable to cut anything. Over the last few weeks i changed that with the help of my Tormek SB-250 stone (for the point area), a 300 grit diamond fil...
by kwackster
Wed Mar 16, 2022 10:07 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How bad is my batch ?
Replies: 19
Views: 15286

Re: How bad is my batch ?

Would this be considered credible info or just misinformation ?
You decide.

https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/ ... ccines?s=r
by kwackster
Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives
Replies: 16
Views: 14266

Re: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

Both Pontus Holmberg knives are made from iron ore from the Dannemora mine, which resulted in very pure steel due to it being rich in manganese. In earlier centuries it was known as "oregrounds iron": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregrounds_iron However i don't know if that name was still being use...
by kwackster
Sat Mar 05, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives
Replies: 16
Views: 14266

Re: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

The second knife is a bit worse, also due to the handle's leather midsection which had rotted over time together with a pommel stuck in place. https://i.ibb.co/ZLf6QVw/GEDC3616.jpg https://i.ibb.co/89HCKJt/GEDC3617.jpg https://i.ibb.co/1XV4jJV/GEDC3618.jpg https://i.ibb.co/z8gXmNv/GEDC3619.jpg https...
by kwackster
Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:29 pm
Forum: General discussion on blades
Topic: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives
Replies: 16
Views: 14266

Re: 2 Swedish Air Force survival knives

Blade hand reground to it's original full convex blade shape on a Foss 7205 black/green silicon carbide stone used with oil, then refined on 400 grit and 1000 grit SiC wet & dry paper used with oil on glass, and the tiny burr stropped off on hard cardboard with 1.0 micron diamond paste. The new apex...
by kwackster
Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:07 pm
Forum: Swords & Daggers
Topic: Antique Joseph Rodgers dagger
Replies: 4
Views: 6830

Re: Antique Joseph Rodgers dagger

A Joseph Rodgers knife using the words "their majesties" on it's blade means that it was made somewhere between 1840 and 1901. Two options: - Cutlers to their majesties 1840 - 1861 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until the Prince's death in 1861. - Cutlers to their majestie...
by kwackster
Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: Swords & Daggers
Topic: Antique Joseph Rodgers dagger
Replies: 4
Views: 6830

Antique Joseph Rodgers dagger

Dagger marked Joseph Rodgers Cutlers to their Majesties https://i.ibb.co/p2kc5qy/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg https://i.ibb.co/bHcKMs9/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qsc76hk/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg https://i.ibb.co/W0XwrJF/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg https://i.ibb.co/3rrBQDh/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg https://i...
by kwackster
Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: About Ivermectin
Replies: 30
Views: 5319

Re: About Ivermectin

New Hampshire makes Ivermectin available:

https://www.citizensjournal.us/new-hamp ... available/
by kwackster
Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: About Ivermectin
Replies: 30
Views: 5319

Re: About Ivermectin

Large, peer reviewed research study proves Ivermectin works against Covid-19.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/larg ... ctin-works

Reading the comment section might also be interesting.
by kwackster
Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How bad is my batch ?
Replies: 19
Views: 15286

How bad is my batch ?

This website came up in a Dutch healthcare workers Telegram group, and since much of the info concerns the US i post the link here as well.

https://www.howbadismybatch.com/index.html

Batch codes and associated deaths, disabilities and illnesses for Covid 19 Vaccines.