Man makes his own knife from scratch (yes from the Ore)

[mountainm]

Now this is really interesting and impressive

“From Dust to Edge” is the documentation of a long journey in the efforts of making a blade out of homemade steel. My interest in blades started with the legendary Japanese katana and as a result of wanting to learn more about how they were made I ended up becoming a bladesmith. I combined the traditional Japanese techniques and the current knowledge of the Western smith in this pictorial representation. The project will be divided in several sections. It is primarily a visual description through photographs.

 

[lannyman8]

id love to try that when i get time, oh and good enough too...lol...

 

[Shewie]

Wow, that's some serious dedication

Amazing to see the process right through like that

Cheers for the link Mike

 

[BobvanVelzen]

wow, talk about craftsmanship.

 

[dave53]

thanks for sharing that link mike i watched a program on discovery a while back on how the japenese make there samauri swords regards dave

 

[BOD]

I like to see someone mine it and then make the blade all in the bush

 

[outpost31]

Me too its not so simple when you don't have all the tools to hand. still very cool though.

 

[PaulSanderson]

thats some incredible work!! makes homemade blades from flat 01 stock look like a walk in the park...thanks for sharing the link...

 

[T1Viper]

Thats amazing, its a great to see the process from start to finish.

 

[mrcharly]

I'm pretty sure there is someone on the British blades forum who is making some stone-working tools from scratch, in North Yorkshire.

 

[John Fenna]

Wow!
Just...Wow!

 

[wizard]

That is very impressive. I once watched a TV show that was about a young man named Paul Champange and he made swords this same way from the ore, he even mined the ore himself. He is considered a master swordmaker. Sadly he came home from working the shop one day and died suddenly. Look up his work, most impressive.