Arizona Knife Collector`s Association June Newsletter

Arizona Knife Collector’s Association
June Newsletter
NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, June 9, 2016, 6:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION: EL ZARIBAH SHRINER’S, 552 N. 40TH ST, PHOENIX
PROGRAM: If it interests you, you can bet others will find it so too…
Note from the May Meeting:
At the meeting all kinds of neat things were presented including a sword dropped from the sky
during the Second World War on the Philippine Islands courtesy of Brian Quinn, some fantastic
pieces of Japanese edged history brought by Ron Ramos, and many other interesting items.
Among them was a Battle Hammer made from ¾ inch pipe fittings by Lee Beene. I couldn’t
resist taking a picture as all the parts came from Home Depot and that is where I spend 40 plus
hours a week. (you’ll find another plug for the Depot in a later article. I don’t make bonus
unless sales are good!) Hope to see you all there in June.
P.S. Food will not be served at the Shrine for the next three meetings as the kitchen is closed.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
AKCA Meetings in 2015 are to be held the Second Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm at the
El Zaribah Shriner’s Hall, 552 N. 40th St., Phoenix, AZ.
NET Stuff
By Mike Allenson
An article about Frank Richtig, and more accurately his knives. For those who don't know who he is (like me, before
reading), he was a lifelong smith who made remarkable knives:
https://clarksonhistory.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/secrets-of-the-dead-the-richtig-knife/
I don't have cable TV to watch things people suggest, but enough of my non-smith friends bugged me about this
show I tracked it down online. I still haven't watched more than a few moments but it's basically Iron Chef for knife
making; do a blade of their "style" with competitive requirements and then make something chosen for the
episode if they make it that far: http://www.history.com/shows/forged-in-fire
In line with the first link, here is the wikipedia article about austempering, which is what they believe was done to
the Richtig knives to make them so remarkable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austempering
Here's a couple facebook groups that might be interesting, two different intentions behind them. One is for blades
of a more European design, the other for using salvaged or scavenged materials for knives:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/484669495004030?ref=bookmarks,
https://m.facebook.com/groups/655155327953193?ref=bookmarks
The above are sites that might be of interest to knife enthusiast.
FROG LUBE???
Chris hayes sent the following tests in response to our
discussion at the May meeting about different coatings that
really work to preserve our collections of sharp things. It
would seem that the Frog Lube is the best bet for carbon
steel that is used in the kitchen (between 14 and 20 bucks for
4 oz. buy on line) while the WD40 Specialist might be fine for
non-food grade purposes ($6.00 for 11 ozs. @ Home Depot).