EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Akrnaf2]

@Pensmaster
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[Akrnaf2]

Are you talking about leather for the handle for as a strop for sharpening?

For the handel.

 

[Pensmaster]

Are you talking about leather for the handle for as a strop for sharpening?

Yes handle

 

[ChickenCanoe]

For the handel.

A couple years ago we had a chef's knife custom made for my son. Among other metals I could be wrong but I think the guy uses railroad rails for blades.
Anyway, to sharpen, he is only supposed to use a leather strop with a little diamond dust on the leather.
At Ford, we used to use sections of train rails to make anvils.

 

[Akrnaf2]

A couple years ago we had a chef's knife custom made for my son. Among other metals I could be wrong but I think the guy uses railroad rails for blades.
Anyway, to sharpen, he is only supposed to use a leather strop with a little diamond dust on the leather.
At Ford, we used to use sections of train rails to make anvils.

I don't think that the rail, they don't have to be hard steel (=hige carbon content)because they have to have some flexibility in them.
Usually the spike that they use to fix the rail to the big chunk of wood is used for bladesmithing.
The leather is not use for sharpening it is use for honing the blade AFTER that the blade was sharpened. It is more fine tuning the edge.

 

[Pensmaster]

A couple years ago we had a chef's knife custom made for my son. Among other metals I could be wrong but I think the guy uses railroad rails for blades.
Anyway, to sharpen, he is only supposed to use a leather strop with a little diamond dust on the leather.
At Ford, we used to use sections of train rails to make anvils.

As kids we had a piece of rail to use as anvil but wasn’t shaped like one.

 

[BullChick]

You were a goat?!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The fan in my incubator vibrates ever so slightly, I’ve put in a sock to lessen it but I’m wondering if it will effect development?

this is a very good question, one I dont know the answer. I would say no, but I am not sure how much its vibrating the eggs inside. try toothpics to tighten?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

have a good weekend yall

 

[Pensmaster]

You were a goat?!

Yes we were quite the herd.