Those look really nice!

Karl do you ever use pins?

Thanks Karl! that's a great idea and makes a lot of sense.

Thanks for all the great replies. I did give this a go and while I got some of the pattern I wanted I think my holes were a bit shallow and I lost a l...

Ed, thanks for your reply and advice I appreciate it. I shot some messages over to the Anyang US supplier and they are being really helpful. You menti...

Thanks for the tips guys I really appreciate it. I did the first weld today and tomorrow I am going to cut and stack again. I'll shoot for about 300.

Wow, I took way to long to respond to this. Life got in the way of things. Thanks for all your replies I appreciate. One big plus to the big blu hamme...

Thanks for the reply's everyone. In the end I just decided to buy a welder lol. I have wanted one for quite a while for this and other projects so I f...

Don, I have tongs but I don't think they will hold all that large of a stack of steel. I will probably just keep one section 6 inches l...

Good idea. I will probably do that until I can get a welder.

Thanks for the advice everyone, I am keeping an eye out that's for sure.

I had the opportunity to live near Ostiches for the last 3 ½ years and it’s a great place. The people that run it and the smiths that regularly att...

Stephen that looks awsome I love the hamon.

Brion, Thats just the information I was looking for. Thanks very much for thr reply. I figured that was the issue with the water quench. ...

Steve, I did not think about the scale being harder thanks for the tip. I did notice my belts not lasting as long when I used them to remove i...