http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/ Anything goes here except obcenity, profanity, etc... Feel free to share knife and sword lore, post your wants and trades, and Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:32:08 GMT Knives4@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/11 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/11 Dan Scheid of Flying Horse Forge was kind enough to correct my description of Japanese folded steel . Pig Iron has too much carbon in it. The smiths working Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:31:18 GMT Larry Bates http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/10 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/10 Thank you for your post listing some of the symbols used to designate knife steel. This is the first post I have seen from you & I released it today, the day I Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:31:18 GMT cheval@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/9 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/9 well i made two post both where not put through it is aparent to me that this list is not for anyone serouse in the knife buss so good luck playing in a small Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:31:08 GMT Cheval http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/8 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/8 sorry to get picky but there is some errors in this Knife Steels (2) Larry Bates (larry@...) Almost everyone has heard of folded steel. Japanese Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:27:14 GMT Cheval http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/7 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/7 this can be found in any "how to make a knife book" but here is a genral over view. W= water hardening S= Shock resiisting O= Oil hardening A= air hardening D= Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:12:17 GMT Larry Bates http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/6 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/6 Knife Steels (2) Larry Bates (larry@...) Almost everyone has heard of folded steel. Japanese Swordmakers beat steel flat, fold it over, beat it Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:12:16 GMT Larry Bates http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/5 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/5 Larry Bates (larry@...) At my knifeshop at Smiley's Flea Market, I get sick of hearing people gripe about today's steel. "You can't get steel like Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:32:43 GMT Larry Bates http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/4 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/4 The invitations I sent out worked. An even dozen new members! While I will be posting new material soon, I am currently assisting several people with seting up Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:38:44 GMT Larry Bates http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/3 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/3 To:celticblade75@... (Rick Pearce) Dear Rick, Welcome to the group- such as it is. I bought one of those "free after rebate" eTower computers and have to Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:32:17 GMT Rick Pearce http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/2 Hi, I just subscribed to this list and wanted to introduce myself before asking my question. My name is Rick, and I've been interested in knives for some time Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:25:16 GMT larry@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/1 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Knives/message/1 Thank you for joining Knives. If you are used to forums like the ones on Delphi or PlanetAll, this is not a forum. It is a mailing circle. Posted messages will