Niels Provos Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 I just finished heat treating the second Wolf's Tooth Spear. Here is a quick photo: This is the one where all steps are video documented. Let me know what you think. 4 Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases
Wesley Alberson Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 It looks great! I love the pattern and the transitions from socket to edge. "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man" -The Dude, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rougemont_forge/
Niels Provos Posted April 9, 2016 Author Posted April 9, 2016 Yes, it is straight out of the quench but not straight :-) A wrought iron core makes straightening so much easier. 1 Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases
Jesus Hernandez Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 The practical study of these spears that you have been carrying on is producing fantastic results. Enjoy life!
GEzell Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Excellent! George Ezell, bladesmith" How much useful knowledge is lost by the scattered forms in which it is ushered to the world! How many solitary students spend half their lives in making discoveries which had been perfected a century before their time, for want of a condensed exhibition of what is known."Buffonview some of my work RelicForge on facebook
Niels Provos Posted May 8, 2016 Author Posted May 8, 2016 As of yesterday - I hope you don't mind the big picture. 8 Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases
Justin Mercier Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Mind? hah! Next time I want the picture even bigger! =D 2 --- Justin "Tharkis" Mercier www.tharkis.com
peter johnsson Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Ohhhh yes.Outstanding work. I am eager to see more.:-)
Richard van Dijk Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 Wow that is impressive. Richard Richard van Dijk My link
Robert Burns Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Beautiful work, looking forward to the videos. http://www.wildernessironworks.org/http://www.facebook.com/WildernessIronworksRobert Burns
Tim Tracey Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 That's pretty impressive. Looking forward to the video.
Alan Longmire Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Mind? hah! Next time I want the picture even bigger! =D What Justin said!
Emiliano Carrillo Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Wonderful Niels! I very much look forward to seeing how you do it! I've just the other day begun to mess around and try to get a similar result, it will be interesting to see how our methods vary!
grpaavola Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Gobsmacked over here! Superb! -Gabriel The fundamental cause of trouble is that the stupid are cocksure, while the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand Russell, philosopherfollow me on Instagram @raggedravenforge
Niels Provos Posted May 10, 2016 Author Posted May 10, 2016 I could use some suggestions on how to bring out the pattern. My regular ferric chloride treatment does not generate enough contrast. Any ideas? Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases
Dave Stephens Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Wonderful work, Niels! Option 1: Just etch the heck out of it. Give it 15 minute soak, scrub off oxides, repeat until desired depth is reached. Clean with WD-40 and a brass brush, polish with 0000 steel wool and/or flitz or another paste abrasive. Option 2: Do option #1, but then afterwards instead of the steel wool/flitz, give it a buff with a light grit rouge, clean with acetone, then coat with cold gun blue. Sand with 2000 grit+ sandpaper with a hard rubber sanding block. The "valleys" will be very dark. The "peaks" will be lightened. Option 3: After the last etch, don't scrub off the oxides but pour boiling water over the blade to set them. Never done this method, but Alan swears it works, so if it doesn't work, blame him! (; Luck! Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com
Kevin Colwell Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) I can attest to Dave's methods 1 and 3. Never had any luck with the cold blue, although with wrought iron, if you etch deeply and back the paper with something really hard (I use a file with the teeth ground off) you, "should," get good results. Boiling water really does set the oxides a bit. I don't remember the chemical change, but there is one. I have blackened fittings that way. I really love the spear, and even more, I am impressed by your commitment and patience. Thanks for taking the time to make such relaxing and educational videos, too. My stepson and I have really enjoyed watching them together. He is getting a good introduction to knife making from watching videos, reading fora, and playing in the shop with me. Maybe someday he will decide to give it an honest try. Anyway, thanks for sharing so much with us. As Peter said, these practical attempts at recreating the beautiful and fierce style of our ancestors have been to good effect. There is an increase in understanding, and also in appreciation, of this sort of work. I think it is due, in no small part, to your efforts and those of many of our brethren. Damn fine work. Edited May 10, 2016 by Kevin (The Professor) please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs
Dave Stephens Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Kevin -- I should have noted that the cold blue method only works well with low layer patterns, like the twists in the middle. You need broad "peaks" to protect the "valleys" from the sanding. 1 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com
Niels Provos Posted March 20, 2017 Author Posted March 20, 2017 Here is the start of the long promised video series. Niels Provos The Serpent in the Sword Videos - Sword Resource Search Listen to my Activ8te EDM music releases
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