Wendell Bryenton
Apprentice Bladesmith
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Joined: Oct 18, 2022
Last seen: Apr 24, 2025
Topics: 59 / Replies: 161
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RE: Adventures with a Metal Lathe - Turning a Pommel Nut

Michael Samdahl depends if you are telling her the real price 😉 (Im lucky because her hobby is pottery and we can compete on tool costs.)

5 months ago
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RE: Adventures with a Metal Lathe - Turning a Pommel Nut

lol so true! I think the machine was the cheap part.

5 months ago
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RE: Adventures with a Metal Lathe - Turning a Pommel Nut

Matthew Parkinson THANK YOU! honestly this is a very deep dark hole of learning. Im loving having this machine and this was my first attempt at turni...

5 months ago
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RE: New member introduction

"I do need that genie to help me pay for the tools and a new shop"

5 months ago
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6 months ago
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RE: New member introduction

Welcome to the pit, its a deep hole of never ending learning. Remember, "We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy."

6 months ago
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RE: Youtube Video Of My Photography Setup

I just found this, bloody brilliant! I struggled with the white balance of my latest work. very limited understanding of photography. Found this vi...

6 months ago
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RE: Glittery layers in my Damascus? Help!

I could be way off here, but shouldnt the 15n20 be the same color as the "glittery" part. If I had to guess, it looks l would try sanding again to 80...

6 months ago
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RE: Medusa's Revenge Finally Done

And here is the complete series series is just posted on how I made a CuMai Kopis. 20.5" blade, 26" overall length. Fake ivory handle with custom M...

6 months ago
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RE: Medusa's Revenge Finally Done

here is a video of how I made the handle scales

6 months ago
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RE: There are no failures! Medusa's Revenge V3

Karl B Andersen I have no science other than imperial testing, but I find I get darker blacks without the coffee, it also seems to eat the oxidation o...

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