Saturday, April 28, 2012

New Knives Coming!

Iv'e been busy sketching knives to forge, haven't forged any lately cause propane is so expensive. Im keeping an eye for a coal forge to use. 

So anyway here are the knives I will more then likely do next. 
I plan to carry them in my tool belt.

:Top:
Leaf spring Steel
Bone handle 
Brass fittings
Black leather spacers
Riveted Tang

:Bottom:
Leaf spring Steel
Not sure what handle materiel for this one
definitely something old looking
Steel fittings 
Black Leather spacers
Riveted Tang
Acid etched Blade....
or some Coke a Cola might work....

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Fire Poker

Here is my first Fire Poker. Made out of some rod and sealed with beeswax.




Wednesday, March 14, 2012

First Forged Blade

The result of four hours of forging and two hours of grinding/polishing.
I enjoyed every minute of it.
The holes need to be touched up, I don't have strong enough drill bits yet.

Some WIP Pictures

Done Forging

Grinding bevels
I was studying the blade when I accedently touched the tip to the belt sander and sent the blade flying towards the floor with not even a scratch! A bit surprising because the blade is very soft right 
now.    

Polishing before heat treat
The tip looks a little bent but its just the bevel that still needs fixed

Monday, February 20, 2012

The Blacksmith

This was made with Blender (3D app) and Gimp, Some times I really hate Gimp but if you have good patience it gets the job done. I cant afford to buy Photoshop so im stuck with it. 

Everything was made in Blender except the Smith, Tools in background and smoke. 



Some art peaces

these are pretty old from back when I had Photoshop. Sadly I have lost most of my work from then.
Some Signatures I made.
This one made into a hall of fame on deviant Art.





Ahhh brings back memories!


Saturday, February 4, 2012

My First Anvil

Perfect 80 pound anvil for forging knives. I got a  great deal for only $165. The guy I bought it from said he thinks its a Fisher, I have not researched it yet though.