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1st Knife Build in 3 Years! FINISHED
Greybuff:
Wow that's a tough way to forge a knife. I have to give you credit for what you are doing and accomplishing. If you can weld you cuold build a very serviceable forge for about $100.00. I assume that you are refering to Flagstaff Az, if so lookup Arizona Artist Blacksmith Association and join (they are a group of very helpful people just like on this forum) and you will get opportunities to go to demos, take classes and meet like minded people. You could probably hook up with someone that couls help you build a forge. Pm me if you need more info.
E. Jensen:
Desert Rat Forge down in the valley was going to have a $50 forge building workshop but unfortunately had to postpone. I'm doing it this way because we just bought a house and don't have a lot of extra $ for new forges, plus I'm on a time crunch because I go to CO for work in 2 weeks and want to get this done so I can bring it. When I get back, I'm just going to buy a majestic forge.
E. Jensen:
Forge was running hotter today, made things nicer. I got some good hot pics today.
E. Jensen:
I've got some of the scale ground off. It's oversized in all dimensions,which means more grinding, especially on the tang, which is pretty thick, but it was getting too small to hammer without distorting too much. I could have monkeyed with it and hammered it thinner, but the weld on my rebar failed so I was down to using vice grips, so..... got it straightened, made sure I had length, and called it. I need to go pick up some vermiculite tomorrow, to anneal it and run it through some thermal cycling, to refine the structure in the steel and release and stress. If it's going to warp, I'd rather it warp while it's oversized. Then I'm going to glue a copy of the sketch straight to the blade, profile it, grind some, then harden it.
bjrogg:
Coming along nicely. (-P
Bjrogg
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