Integral bolster shoulder question

[Archie Zietman 0]

Hello.

I just had a bad day, so I fired up the forge for the first time in a long while, and forged me a long thin integral bolster from a cold chisel. It's annealing now. The only problem with it is that the shoulder from the bolster part is more of a slop than anything, how do I get it to be a shoulder?

Thanks,

Archie

[jake cleland 437]

yeah, i'm havin' this problem too - so far as i can see the best way is to set the tang/bolster/blade interface with a spring or mechanical fuller (or have a tight radius on your anvil and never miss), but set it and work back; or else do what i usually do and use a bench grinder while it's still hot - it don't teach you anything new, but it works fine.

[Greg Thomas Obach 3]

Hi

 

did you see this tutorial before .... it may help

 

http://www.brazilianbladesmiths.com.br/integral.htm

 

 

Greg

[Archie Zietman 0]

Thanks!

[hickstick 0]

the was just posted on primal fires the other day....

 

Forginhills integral tutorial

[DJPratt 0]

thanks for the tutorial link it was excellent.

[hickstick 0]

no problem...I thought it was a great tut. too.

[Wulf 0]

I've been working on a tutorial for a full-tang integral for my website, although I'm not done yet. Nonetheless, if it interests you, feel free to take a peek by following this link: http://www.dicksworkshop.com/integral.htm

[toddhill 0]

I just came across this thread. The Brazilian tutorial Greg posted is excellent. I am the one who is doing the tutorial that Hickstick posted the link to. I have added a lot to it since then. If you want to see the extended tutorial with explanations of each step, you can find it here: http://p081.ezboard.com/fpaleoplanet69529f...picID=645.topic. We would love it over there at paleoplanet if anyone wanted to join and add his experience and expertise. Hope this helps. Todd