Matthew Parkinson
Matthew Parkinson
Journeyman Bladesmith (5yr)
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Joined: Feb 15, 2021
Last seen: Apr 26, 2025
Topics: 49 / Replies: 513
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Spanish Notch Questions

[quote name='Jeremy Lindley' date='22 November 2015 - 08:27 PM' timestamp='1448249270' post='15318'] Thanks very much, Matthew. (As a side note, I r...

9 years ago
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Spanish Notch Questions

Hill Pearce is one of my all time favorite smiths. when I have done notches I have done it one of three ways depending on the job. 1 just file it al...

9 years ago
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The Stock-Removal Master Smith

well I am glad to see the wording for how close to shape is required, Rick Dunkerly had mentioned that there was a written standard when I was doing m...

9 years ago
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Cracks In My 1084

Kevin's web site has a great deal of amazing info on it including information for a number of steels. His site is my first place to check for any info...

9 years ago
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Cracks In My 1084

could just be the photo, but the grain in the first pic looks a little large to me. in that last pic the black in the crack makes me tend to think it ...

9 years ago
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Pricing Your Work

I will second the time being irrelevant, as I have gotten better and faster over the years I have not lowered my prices, only become slightly more pro...

9 years ago
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Learning To Forge Blades – Topic For November 2015

Repetition builds mastery if I was to offer advice to someone just starting out. It would be to build one simple knife over and over until you can do ...

10 years ago
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Forging Bevels

This is something I commonly see in my classes and I would normally have my students correct it just as Jesse said. As to what causes it, this is u...

10 years ago
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Damascus Falchion

I finished the scabbard, wood core with a wool felt liner and leather wrap. steel chape and locker with a Damascus skull frog. I am also including a p...

10 years ago
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1075 And Koa Bowie...

love the fittings! great knife

10 years ago
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Abs Videos On Youtube

Well that stinks .. I can cross post on my account if that helps.

10 years ago
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Damascus Falchion

Yes the seam in on the bottom when skived thin enough it is all but iinvisible. invisible. The ends I leave a bit long and trim With a knife. I genera...

10 years ago
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Damascus Falchion

Sure no problem Lin. this is a technique that comes from medieval swords. In period some things would have been done slightly differently. For instanc...

10 years ago
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