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		<title>Mace knife finished</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to finishing the rough blank Mace Forged at last years Hammer in at The Guilford School in CT.]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2011/11/03/mace-knife-finished/</link>
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		<title>Blood Sweat and Tears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a blade that I made over a period of 40 hours over 5 days with Burt Foster at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburne Maine. Ill post in progress pictures later but this was made using no power tools. Just hammers files and sandpaper.]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2011/06/22/blood-sweat-and-tears/</link>
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		<title>&#8221;     &#8221; Knife is done.  Need a name for it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So yeah this is a little knife ive been working on.  Kind of the successor to the &#8220;Little Cutter&#8221; at the bottom of the page in that the handle and sheath are the same material.  I wanted the Handle and sheath to look relatively continuous while sheathed.  Blade is O-1  tool steel and the pattern on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2011/02/28/oh-look-i-finished-one-almost/</link>
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		<title>Oh yes another Work in Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one I guess you can call a fighter. 3/16th thick O-1.]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2011/01/19/oh-yes-another-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>A new one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a 1084 blade rough forged by Mace Vitale It was roughly profile and the bevels roughed in. I ground in the bevels, refined the shape and heat treated the blade.]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2011/01/19/a-new-one/</link>
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		<title>Ashokan 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the only picture I found of me working a coal forge at the ashokan seminar The Ashokan Bladesmithing Seminar is one of the oldest and most prestigious knifemaker gatherings in the country located in the Catskills Mountains. Over 80 People ranging from absolute novice to Mastersmith attend this seminar every year and it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2010/10/10/ashokan-2010/</link>
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		<title>Canister Cable Blade Completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have finally finished this blade. The handle is lace wrapped and treated with super thin CA]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2010/09/24/canister-cable-blade-completed/</link>
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		<title>Cable and 1095 canister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was forged by hand from a billet of cable and powdered 1095 steel in a  canister that was forge welded together.  Top picture is the raw billet and the bottom the knife]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2010/06/26/cable-and-1095-canister/</link>
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		<title>First piece of steel from the forge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think it kind of looks like a snail.  First try doing a scroll]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2010/05/09/first-piece-of-steel-from-the-forge/</link>
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		<title>Cable Knife WIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I made this from a cable from an old elevator.  Cable is heated and forge welded into a solid piece of steel.]]></description>
		<link>http://skw.bigmetalthing.com/2010/05/09/cable-knife-wip/</link>
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