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.
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.
#1 by bob on April 11, 2008 - 8:17 am
Yes, where humor is forged, and the wit sharp
#2 by bailey knives on April 13, 2008 - 7:33 pm
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 on April 14, 2008 - 10:42 am
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 on April 15, 2008 - 8:38 pm
Fine with me Jim, and I would never mock your geekhood. I forgot about that powerpoint, is it decent?
#5 by James on April 16, 2008 - 9:53 am
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 on April 23, 2008 - 8:49 am
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 on May 21, 2008 - 8:36 pm
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 on May 21, 2008 - 11:58 pm
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 on July 21, 2008 - 9:25 pm
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 on August 27, 2008 - 10:32 am
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 on August 27, 2008 - 11:22 am
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 on September 10, 2008 - 7:04 pm
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 on October 30, 2008 - 9:42 pm
Hello……Tap……Tap……Is This Thing On?
Just Thought I Would Drop In & Say Hi