Thought you guys might enjoy this video. Notice when sharpening he uses both flat disks, belt sanders and what looks like about 10" stones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OCoS81G2CY
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Fascinating post, Mark.
Thanks for posting that. Incredible skill, and what a shop.
I can think of lots of uses for his cool BASHING and SMASHING machine!
I want one!
Mark, I had an encounter with one of those "bashing and smashing machines". I was on a telephone repair ticket at a local factory. The factory had previously been used to manufacture cranes. The new tenant was a hammer shop (drop forging). I watched with fascination as a large piece of steel about a foot square and several foot long, glowing orange hot, was being hammered......directly below our telephone cable. Obviously the basher trumped the melted cable!
(We rerouted the cable.)
Ken
This reminds me of an EXCELLENT video I have watched many times about Cut Brooklyn and how Joel Bukiewicz makes their knives.
I highly recommend it.
http://vimeo.com/31455885
That's awesome. I wish I knew more about the steel that he's using.
Those patterns wonderful ;)