Knife made with Gransfors Bruk

[Erro Telcontar]

I recently went to the bushcraft show in derbyshire, and as a birthday present from my family i had a session booked with the Gransfors Bruk stand to make my own neck knife! It was amazing, i'd never done anything like blacksmithing before but always thought it an incredible art. Anyways, this is the knife i hammered out of steal! Just thought i'd share...

Did anyone else have a go at this last weekend? how'd you do?

Erro

All that is gold does not glisten

 

[mountainm]

Fantastic stuff. What a great present.

 

[Dreadhead]

thats awesome nice job!

 

[Everything Mac]

Nicely done.

You can't beat the feeling of making something like that yourself! :You_Rock_

I've always enjoyed using the tools I make.
Andy

 

[Perrari]

Made the same knife at last years show. It was a bit hectic in the tent, they were running late, 8 people sharing (or fighting over) one furnace, 2 anvils & 2 grinders and it was one of the hottest days of the year. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Was it better organised this year ?

 

[Erro Telcontar]

i was in the first group of the morning so there was just the four of us over the same equipment you, so it wasn't so hectic. but we did start to run over at the end so it felt a little rushed. that said though it was a great experience.

 

[Perrari]

That probably made a huge difference, I think I was about 2pm so all earlier groups had run late, and there were some of the previous group heat treating & grinding when we started.

 

[jojojeje]

Very nice. My friend made one as well and my other friend brought one of their demo ones cheaply.
There was about 3/4 people a session and 1 furnace.

I don't think Paul from Gransford stopped at all all weekend. On the Sunday night they were still working away at about 11pm helping people!

 

[Dannytsg]

Fantastic stuff. I like it very much.

 

[brancho]

That looks great mate it must have been fun.

I did a day with Dave Budd last year and that was just great I am handling the blades currently and loving that too.

 

[Everything Mac]

Mind if I ask how much they charged?

Andy

 

[Erro Telcontar]

I'm not too sure, it was a gift for me but i think i over heard one of the other guys saying it was £65. Money we'll spend in my opinion too, something about hitting red hot steal with a hammer...mmmm

 

[Everything Mac]

Lol fair enough.

You have the bug now. Give it a month and you will need to scratch that itch again.

Andy

 

[Perrari]

WOW ! Thats a big increase in price it was £40 last year.

 

[CurtisJohnson]

I did it this year too, the price might sound a bit steep, but man was it worth it Paul was really helpful and friendly with all of us on the course, and I left with a (relatively :/ ) well made piece of kit. I agree with Erro, money definately well spent.

Curtis

 

[Whittler Kev]

Lol fair enough.

You have the bug now. Give it a month and you will need to scratch that itch again.

Andy

ditto ha ha
(Looking at that price...maybe I neeed to start running workshops he he)

 

[Captaincrash]

Well done! A very nice gift indeed!

 

[salad]

I was there and watched people doing this, it looked a lot of fun .
I have to say the gransfors stand was first open in the mornings and last closed at night (even after the beer tent on sunday) the guys there worked really hard to get as many people forging as possible , a great effort I recon

Nice knife by the way