Welcome to the dueling knives blog where Matt Bailey and Bob Katilus will share their thoughts, their knives, and perhaps even a bit of their wit and humor.
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#1 by bob - April 11th, 2008 at 08:17
Yes, where humor is forged, and the wit sharp
#2 by bailey knives - April 13th, 2008 at 19:33
Just starting on this blogging thing. Don’t expect volumnous entries, I spend less time in front of the keyboard than I do the forge.
#3 by James - April 14th, 2008 at 10:42
hmmm, I detect a slight jab at my geekhood there. My keyboard is my forge
Seriously though, I plan to publish here your (Matt) knife making walk-through that was originally a powerpoint presentation. Would that be ok?
#4 by bailey knives - April 15th, 2008 at 20:38
Fine with me Jim, and I would never mock your geekhood. I forgot about that powerpoint, is it decent?
#5 by James - April 16th, 2008 at 09:53
I thought it was great. I’ll put it up ASAP. By the way, what is the “hamon”? I guessed that it had to do with the markings along the blade taper. And does it signify anything? Strength? Quality of steel?
#6 by Bob Katilus - April 23rd, 2008 at 08:49
Yeah, back from sunny Myrtle Beach, and I am already grinding metal.
Jim, the geekhood title is a good thing; Matt and I wish we were at the geekhood level (I know, I shouldn’t be speaking for Matt). Actually, even “geek apprentice” for us would be a step up.
The hamon is the visual manifestation of the knife’s spirit. If you touch it, you can feel the coldness of the spirit running through it (unfortunately, only Matt will understand the joke). Really, the hamon shows the hardness line, as the knife was differentially heat treated. Clay is placed on the spine when quenched, so that the edge hardens and the spine remains somewhat “soft”, which will allow some flex without snaping the blade. When acid etched, the acid “eats” the steel at different speeds when the hardness is different. And most importantly, it looks PRETTY COOL!!!
#7 by bailey knives - May 21st, 2008 at 20:36
is this thing still up and running?
I echo what Bob said about the hamon. I do them cause I like them. I think they look cool.
#8 by James - May 21st, 2008 at 23:58
Yes. It is up and running. The current issue I had referred to before has to do with pulling in entry titles to display on the Web sites. We need to start a new topic though…no more welcome
#9 by bailey knives - July 21st, 2008 at 21:25
I have been swamped with orders lately. I have been trying to get as much done as possible. I will probably stop taking orders by mid August to build a stock of knives that I will be taking with me to Ohio for the Ohio Classic knife show at the end of October. I will first complete any orders that are outstanding.
#10 by meemabeepa - August 27th, 2008 at 10:32
Matt and Jim, I hear talk about a PPT presentation. Where is it? It would be a nice addition to the site, so first-timers could see a bit of what goes into the product they hold in their hand. Maybe Jim could even hang around the shop with a video camera so we could see the process “in process.” But what do I know? I am but the DNA source for Matt’s knife-making genius.
#11 by James - August 27th, 2008 at 11:22
Nothing like a electric prod aimed toward the web guy. I actually have Matt’s PowerPoint presentation but need to convert it or extract and copy things from it to here or BaileyKnives.com. I like the video camera idea too…at least for small sub-processes. It could go as an installment series.
#12 by Bob Katilus - September 10th, 2008 at 19:04
that is a good idea. Jim, how does that effect bandwidth i.e. do we have it? I assume we would stream it if we did it, correct?
#13 by Dennis - October 30th, 2008 at 21:42
Hello……Tap……Tap……Is This Thing On?
Just Thought I Would Drop In & Say Hi