Some knives I've forged
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Some knives I've forged
I've taken up blacksmithing as a hobby. It is great fun, almost as much as pulsejets. Lots of fire and glowing steel.
Here are a few of the knives I've made. Two are railroad spikes, the last used to be a leaf spring. The coloration is from the tempering, I decided not to polish it off.
Jusr thought I'd show off a little. I know Eric has done some forging too...
Here are a few of the knives I've made. Two are railroad spikes, the last used to be a leaf spring. The coloration is from the tempering, I decided not to polish it off.
Jusr thought I'd show off a little. I know Eric has done some forging too...
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Very cool, love the heavy duty twisted handles. I need to make myself a tredle hammer.
Spring steel is nice to work with. If it wasnt -4 out I'd be doing a lot more forging
Heres a few pics I have laying around my desktop...
Leafblade dagger 1045 steel, work hardened copper hand gaurd, mohogany handle, machined aluminum ball peen pommel...
Heavy duty piercing tanto in poplar shirasaya from 5160 spring steel, the fitting is forged from copper and the seam tig welded, the mekugi was turned from mohogany.
Have you tried any forge welding? A piece of spring steel sandwiched with the railroad spikes on each side, then twisted together, with the spring steel making up the blade would be really cool.
Eric
Spring steel is nice to work with. If it wasnt -4 out I'd be doing a lot more forging
Heres a few pics I have laying around my desktop...
Leafblade dagger 1045 steel, work hardened copper hand gaurd, mohogany handle, machined aluminum ball peen pommel...
Heavy duty piercing tanto in poplar shirasaya from 5160 spring steel, the fitting is forged from copper and the seam tig welded, the mekugi was turned from mohogany.
Have you tried any forge welding? A piece of spring steel sandwiched with the railroad spikes on each side, then twisted together, with the spring steel making up the blade would be really cool.
Eric
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Wow Eric, those are really nice!
I am thinking about building a treadle hammer too. I'm sure I've got the materials laying around, I just need to get off my rear and do it.
I wish I had more time to play at the anvil. Life gets in the way too much. I need to get some forge welding under my belt. I'm dying to make some damascus knives.
Dude, I wouldn't crawl out of bed if it was -4 here.
I am thinking about building a treadle hammer too. I'm sure I've got the materials laying around, I just need to get off my rear and do it.
I wish I had more time to play at the anvil. Life gets in the way too much. I need to get some forge welding under my belt. I'm dying to make some damascus knives.
Dude, I wouldn't crawl out of bed if it was -4 here.
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Yea its definately hard to justify doing anything when its that cold and misserable out...
I'll get some pics of some of my new projects and find more pics of the katanas and older stuff.
Damascus can be a pain, some people try to do cable damascus and I cringe when I see cable damascus katanas and long swords, barely folded enough times to cause the strands to fuse and homogenize, a hard hit and they could turn into a half a dozen pieces of shrapnel even with proper heat treating. Damascus for short blades can be a lot less precise, but its still easy to get it to delaminate when you quench it.
You can make some really nice modern san-mai blades without any folding, just forge weld a jacket of steel around a core and then draw it out into a bar... Maybe a railroad spike sandwiched between a piece of leaf spring folded over.....
I really want to make a profile roller, that combined with the treadle hammer would make things soooo much easier...
Eric
Yea its definately hard to justify doing anything when its that cold and misserable out...
I'll get some pics of some of my new projects and find more pics of the katanas and older stuff.
Damascus can be a pain, some people try to do cable damascus and I cringe when I see cable damascus katanas and long swords, barely folded enough times to cause the strands to fuse and homogenize, a hard hit and they could turn into a half a dozen pieces of shrapnel even with proper heat treating. Damascus for short blades can be a lot less precise, but its still easy to get it to delaminate when you quench it.
You can make some really nice modern san-mai blades without any folding, just forge weld a jacket of steel around a core and then draw it out into a bar... Maybe a railroad spike sandwiched between a piece of leaf spring folded over.....
I really want to make a profile roller, that combined with the treadle hammer would make things soooo much easier...
Eric
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Yeah, poo on cable damascus. I was thinking more along the lines of 1095 and 15n20, 100 layers or so.
I'm gonna have to build another forge first though. I made a couple of mistakes building mine, and am having trouble getting a good even heat. It's ok for forging, but not welding.
Yeah Jim, I'm a packrat. Especially when it comes to scrap metal. Everything will eventually be used in one project or another though.
I'm gonna have to build another forge first though. I made a couple of mistakes building mine, and am having trouble getting a good even heat. It's ok for forging, but not welding.
Yeah Jim, I'm a packrat. Especially when it comes to scrap metal. Everything will eventually be used in one project or another though.
Re: Some knives I've forged
Something I really notice about your knives the twist hand. Using a stainless type is perfect.