Ed Caffrey
Ed Caffrey
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: May 31, 2025
Topics: 63 / Replies: 691
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What Happens During A Forge Weld?

So for forge welding the pressure vs. heat thing is kind of inverse, the more heat the less pressure is needed, the less heat the more pressure is nee...

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Forging N690

Yep! Its not a very good idea. Its very "red hard", and has a VERY narrow forging range. For me, whether or not I forge a given steel is based...

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Edge Design Question

The practical reason for those "notches" are to allow for stone sharpening... without the notch, there will be that much (the diameter of the notch) o...

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Engraving - Topic For February 2015

A number of years ago, I attended a GRS class taught by Steve Dunn. I've come to understand there are two types of people who engrave knives....1. T...

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Folding Knives - Just Starting Out

Hi Zach! Personally, for parts, I will only use those from (knifekits also sells them). The reason being is that those parts have MUCH b...

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5160 Hunter With Koa Handle

It looks good. The only critique I can offer would be to eliminate the "sharp edges" that I see on the handle/guard. Basically just "break" anwhere ...

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New "how I Do It" Webpage (Videos)

Ernie..... I used a GoPro Hero 4 Silver. My wonderful Mrs. gave it to me for Christmas. I still have lots to learn about it....especially the...

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Making Videos - Topic For January 2015

I'm still learning more and more about the video file formats too. From the info I have gleened, MOV is a quicktime format, which seems to be univers...

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Making Videos - Topic For January 2015

Well.....I burned through the battery twice today.....and filled up a 32gb SDcard. I've been filming since about 9am (6 hours).....probably take me ...

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Making Videos - Topic For January 2015

Just learned another frustrating aspect of trying to make videos...... Running out of battery, on both the GoPro and the Iphone (I left the iphone app...

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Making Videos - Topic For January 2015

I've been filming videos here and there for a while now, but have always ran into the issue Karl spoke about with focus.....I'm convinced that it has ...

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Fluted Damascus Dagger

Nice work Travis! Thats the way to start out....a smaller dagger blade, then work your way to the 10"+ versions.....I did about 2-3 shorter blade...

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Video - Finishing Plunge Cuts On The Grinder (How I Do It)

Thanks Jer! In the past I've tried rounding the edges of the platen, but for me it caused issues in the other areas of grinding. My platen...

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