Forged in a small fire: the knife making journey

[Wings]

This is going to piss off NN but I can't seem to hotlink these correctly so you'll have to push the links.


It all started in this shop in the middle of the woods:

 

[Wings]

These are what I started with.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Can't see pics. 404s too. I want to see pics real bad.

 

[Emerson40]

Hotlinks appear to not have been forged of the same stuff.

Not working.

 

[Hard_Rom]

mmmmmmm...forging...mmmmmmmmmmm

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

It all started in this shop in the middle of the woods:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/content_link/82LGZlfyrlSHRfUuYuSTH715k96X63ycyoJFzbKmHZWoyOpFBxTyVj1pXtYqE019/file?dl=1

With these bits of metal:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/content_link/xjlVncEzyao4wqcTcVpRnYLNLQpT0FA61nTUTajjdxUBCsaDJEwgiDPiwLyMNBnX/file?dl=1

There's a TV series like this but they have pictures!

 

[Wings]

I drew the shape of the knife I wanted on the metal and then cut it out on the wheel.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I think she is doing this deliberately to torture us!

 

[Wings]

Son of a bitch

 

[spacekowboy]

One knife to rule them all, and in the darkness dice them.

 

[Wings]

Can you see them now? This is going to take a long time. Sorry!

 

[BabblingBrooke]

Can you see them now? This is going to take a long time. Sorry!

I can see the pics.

 

[sircumvent]

See them.........Good job

I watch the show regularly think about selling my woodworking tools for an anvil and furnace.

 

[Not Normal]

This is going to piss off NN but I can't seem to hotlink these correctly so you'll have to push the links.


It all started in this shop in the middle of the woods:

Attachments are a different thing. I look forward to this thread.

The Dolf trick is to edit your post using the LIT address for the upload in the IMG code.

Like this:

 

[RunningJib]

Looking forward to more of you story

Can you see them now? This is going to take a long time. Sorry!

Love to see more of your shop and equipment.

First knife?

 

[Wings]

Attachments are a different thing. I look forward to this thread.

The Dolf trick is to edit your post using the LIT address for the upload in the IMG code.

Like this:

I'll try.

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

Can you see them now? This is going to take a long time. Sorry!

Yes. Thanks. Take your time.

 

[Wings]

I had a hard time deciding between a hollow blade or a flat blade but I really prefer the look of the hollow blade.

I put in holes for the pins to hold the handle and also holes to reduce weight.

 

[Wings]

I cut out two knives, one in stainless and one in 1080 steel (carbon steel) the stainless has to be heat treated in a furnace but the 1080 I heat treated with a torch.

Also: the stainless is air quenched and the 1080 is oil quenched.

 

[Wings]

Air quenching.

 

[Wings]

1080 after oil quench.

 

[gravyrug]

I love that you got the chance to do that. It's something I've always wanted to learn.

 

[Wings]

Now it's time to wait. So I went shed hunting with the pup.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Nice!

Final edge sharp enough to shave the hairs of the back of your arm with?

 

[Not Normal]

This is way cool.

How does this all work? Is it like a class at the art's center? Pay a fee, learn to forge?