my first bash at forging a knife update 4 finished

[kristophish]

forged out of 13mm 01 round bar














cleaned up and lighty ground






ill keep you posted on the rest of the build

 

[Clouston98]

Great work that! I must have a go one day .

 

[k9trev]

Nice work fella lookin real good.

 

[bilmo-p5]

Very nice!

 

[Dave-the-rave]

Looking good mate.

 

[craeg]

Knife looks awesome, great job but that hearth, looks somewhat precarious :yikes:

 

[kristophish]

Knife looks awesome, great job but that hearth, looks somewhat precarious :yikes:

yeah its not the sturdiest if things, I only set it up today for the rirst time.
it will get better when I can scrounge more parts

 

[JohnC]

I like the lines of that.. Very nice..

 

[Dreadhead]

That's impressive kris! I forged my first knife a few weeks ago and it doesn't even come close to this

 

[uncleboob]

Lovely knife, cracking job. Where did you get your piece of track?

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[Big Stu 12]

Looks great fro the first attempt , something I would like to do..

 

[danny358]

great work. i would love to try this. what are you burning is it coke. or do you use something else? also do you need to pump air in with a bellow to get it hot enough? if you know of any links of how to set up a home made forge i would love to see them thanks.

 

[HHazeldean]

That looks great, nice work there. Although as others have said, the forge looks a little unstable haha! What are you using for bellows?

 

[kristophish]

That looks great, nice work there. Although as others have said, the forge looks a little unstable haha! What are you using for bellows?

thank you I use a hairdryer

 

[kristophish]

great work. i would love to try this. what are you burning is it coke. or do you use something else? also do you need to pump air in with a bellow to get it hot enough? if you know of any links of how to set up a home made forge i would love to see them thanks.

cheers dude I used house coal. ill get some pics of the forge up for u. theres loads of ways to make one, most simplw being hole in the ground with some pipe to blow air under the fire. although at first I just used my bbq and blew the hairdryer ontop.


hundreds of vids on youtube

 

[kristophish]

Lovely knife, cracking job. Where did you get your piece of track?

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I got the track on a recent holiday in wales. the bloke was using it to hold his gate open so I knocked on his door and asked if I can have it

 

[kristophish]

today ive lengthend the tang a bit put my mark on, normalized 3 times.hardened, tempered cleaned up and done the brass rod test. all is going well

 

[Clouston98]

That's gonna be a lovely knife!

 

[Macaroon]

That's looking very fine, especially for a first go; you've obviously got a feel for this..................what's the brass rod test, I've never heard of that one?

 

[kristophish]

That's looking very fine, especially for a first go; you've obviously got a feel for this..................what's the brass rod test, I've never heard of that one?

thanks very much. its at test to check the edge retention on the blade. in essence you run the edge on some brass rod if the edge rolls out of shape its too soft if it chips its too hard.