vihalvor 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Yep.. i finally popped my ... whatever its called when you make the first REAL knife.... i went home to my village for a quick work on friday and a well deserved " rest" on Saturday.. aka.. forge time.. Popped by the autoshop and acquired a coiled spring, annealed it overnight ffriday to saturday.. and hammered away all day saturday... Learnings... - my tongs are WAY too big and WAY oversized, and WAY... just wrong... - Forging the good steel is FAR more work than i thought... last time i hammered flat low-carbon steel.. this time it was the real deal ... - Leave your steel in too long in coke fire on full last and youll experience wha ta BLAST FURNACE mean .. i melted 3 of my "intened to be" knives... - hard work... gives great reward... - and lastly... dont forget to have enough sand paper of the grits you need... running out of 400 and 600, thus having to go from 250 to 1200 .. sucks... My forge setup.. primitive.. way too long.. imbalanced.. but it worked.... A few hours of work and the car spring piece atleast have a knifey shape.... The end-of-day result.. and no.. its not patternwelded.. its a combination of cellphone camera, bad flash and not very good grind :P/> .. and .. the haul of the weekend... 31 pounds of antlers... in the left corner, you see the aroudn 100 year old grey antlers... going to Petr (Gullinbursti) .. the rest is for me and for bartering in the viking guild :D/> All in all a not too shabby weekend i'd say... Edited November 25, 2012 by vihalvor Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,673 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Congratulations! Now make them shiny with handles on them... You're truly hooked now, plus that's a nifty-looking anvil. Never seen one with steps on both ends of the face. Link to post Share on other sites
ZebDeming 4 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 It's a great feeling, isn't it? Looking good! Zeb Link to post Share on other sites
vihalvor 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Congratulations! Now make them shiny with handles on them... ;)/> :lol:/> You're truly hooked now, plus that's a nifty-looking anvil. Never seen one with steps on both ends of the face. Thanks Alan.. about the anvil.. yeah... i know its.. special.. theres absolutely NO identification marks on it.. none... and.. i havent found anyone like it.. the round horn is actually OVAL, not fully round .... and its definately not an ASO ... no cast marks anywhere.... Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Burrell 5 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 alan beat me to it... that anvil is quite unusual. tell me - is there a square hole in the waist running right through? congrats on the knives too! Onen Hag Ol. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya W. Ward 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yeah, I'm with everyone else here. that anvil is VERY unusual. is there a ballpark on it's date? And very nice profile on those blades so far. <a href="http://darkfireforge.mymiddleearth.com/darkfire-forge/">Darkfire Forge</a> Link to post Share on other sites
vihalvor 0 Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yeah, I'm with everyone else here. that anvil is VERY unusual. is there a ballpark on it's date? And very nice profile on those blades so far. Hi Freya .. all i know is that it was bought some 50 years ago. . maybe 60, in Norway.. but from whom ? .. i have NO clue..... Im quite happy with it thou.. heheh Link to post Share on other sites
vihalvor 0 Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) So .. xmas is over.. my brother gave me 20 kg of charcoal and a leftover 45lbd coiled spring from the sone quarry wher ehe works .. probably the most useful gift i got all xmas :P/> So .. better get to work.... 4 days, a few mistakes and half a carpal tunnel syndrome later.. THIS is what i came out with.. still rough in the shape but a good place for further work....( 0,5 L cola bottle for good measure) Critique appreciated...( and yes.. the tang is FAR too large.. will shorten it significantly... Edited January 4, 2013 by vihalvor Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff Hardy 16 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 So .. xmas is over.. my brother gave me 20 kg of charcoal and a leftover 45lbd coiled spring from the sone quarry wher ehe works .. probably the most useful gift i got all xmas :P/>/> So .. better get to work.... 4 days, a few mistakes and half a carpal tunnel syndrome later.. THIS is what i came out with.. still rough in the shape but a good place for further work....( 0,5 L cola bottle for good measure) Critique appreciated...( and yes.. the tang is FAR too large.. will shorten it significantly... It is not really to long if you are going for a seax . I like it! If Geoff Ps if you are going to peen it make sure that tang is soft (trust me ) you will know what I mean if you don't. The blacksmith and the artist reflect it in their art. They forge their creativity,closer to the heart. Link to post Share on other sites
vihalvor 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 yeah .. i made a point of annealing the item overnight after EVERY one of the 4 days .. i dont think it gets much more annealed now.. and when i do peen it .. ill have a blow torch ready .. Link to post Share on other sites
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