My first knife

[Graham]

Thought I'd have a go at making a knife. The steel was cut from an old circular saw blade which I hardened and tempered. The handle I cut from a walnut log which I glued on and dowelled with three pieces of laburnum dowel. The yellow spacer was a piece of plastic I found.

 

I left the blade the colour it was after tempering. Got the bug now so want to make a small forge:001_smile:

 

 

 

[wisewood]

Thought I'd have a go at making a knife. The steel was cut from an old circular saw blade which I hardened and tempered. The handle I cut from a walnut log which I glued on and dowelled with three pieces of laburnum dowel. The yellow spacer was a piece of plastic I found.

 

I left the blade the colour it was after tempering. Got the bug now so want to make a small forge:001_smile:

 

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Very nice Graham, I really fancy making some big chisels. Maybe if you get round to it you could do a build a forge thread.

[difflock]

Firebrick and an old hair dryer to provide the blow.

Havney figgered the nozzle just yet. Sommat "off the peg" is out there awaiting to be inentified.

And obviously fired with charcoal.

[Graham]

Firebrick and an old hair dryer to provide the blow.

Havney figgered the nozzle just yet. Sommat "off the peg" is out there awaiting to be inentified.

And obviously fired with charcoal.

 

Got the old hairdryer. Probably going to use a brake drum off a wagon. No anvil yet so may make something from a piece of railway track. All this will happen just before I burn the garage down:001_smile:

[Graham w]

propane bottle forge, just blow in the top with the air line

[agg221]

For a small forge, bottom blown is quite good. Nigel Barnett over at Fransham forge makes a really good one with a dished top and bottom and a tube up the middle between them, with a side branch to stick the blower on. The tube is both the support and the air input. I have one of his and it works really well - for small stuff I just heap it up a bit but you can put a ring around the top if you need more depth. The whole thing is portable and knocks down flat for storage. Much better than the very overpriced folding ones.

 

Alec

[JLA Arborists]

If your into forging I have a cd of books I could email to you. Pm me if interested.

You might find some bits interesting. I got it as I wanted to setup a forge. Still not got round to it.

[Pat Ferrett]

Well done Graham

 

I picked these 2 lorry brake hubs up last week to make a forge, just need a blower now and Im up and running.

[Ian Leach]

Nice looking knife

 

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[Pete Hart]

Cracking knife. Love the idea of home forging!!

Did you manage to get a nice sharp edge on the blade?

 

 

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