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Entries from November 2007

Large Wakizashi

November 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Available for Purchase

Forge-welded cable with deep midare hamon.
20 and 7/8th inch nagasa
Hand stoned to 320 grit (binsui-do).
SOLD!

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Knife World-Michael Bell, Dragonfly Forge, by Dennis Ellingson

November 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Articles

This article is also available in PDF format with photographs.
I met Michael Bell on August 26, 1984 at a knife show in San Jose, California. It was a momentous meeting which I recall vividly. There were some star players at this show. Of special import was Bernard Levine who introduced me to Michael Bell and, [...]

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Website Update

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments · News

Much more progress has been made on the website. The Photo Gallery should be working now, but it will still be tweaked a bit. We are still working on putting more pages and information up.
There may have been some problems posting comments in the past. With the new website there should be [...]

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Website Changes

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments · News

As you can see by the drastic change in style to the website, we’re making some major updates to the site. Hopefully it will allow us to keep the site up-to-date easily and provide more information.
As of now several features from our old site are still being transfered over: the photo galleries, the calender, [...]

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2008 Dragonfly Forge Swordsmithing School Course Schedule

November 15th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Tomboyama Tanren Dōjō

Basic Forging Course
This is a hands-on course designed to give the student a working familiarity with the tools and metals utilized in the forging of a sword blade. Each student will forge his own blade of at least wakizashi length from forge-welded steel cable.
Skills learned will include forging, grinding, filing and heat-treating, with attendant emphasis [...]

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