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re: How do i start forging my own knives, swords, throwing axes, etc
Posted on 4/22/20 at 9:52 pm to GregMaddux
Posted on 4/22/20 at 9:52 pm to GregMaddux
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forging my own knives
Forgery is never worth the consequences... Just visit your local Williams Sonoma like the rest of us.
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Posted on 4/22/20 at 9:59 pm to GregMaddux
Was just talking about how I wished there was a place you could try this. They have it in the UK, not here
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:00 pm to GregMaddux
Google homemade forge and go from there! One day, if I live long enough, I’d like to make a few edged weapons.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:12 pm to GregMaddux
1. Get a forge
2. Learn metallurgy
3. Make friends with a farrier
2. Learn metallurgy
3. Make friends with a farrier
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:14 pm to GregMaddux
You can learn anything on youtube
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:28 pm to GregMaddux
I want to also. It would be so badass. But I’m scared of getting burned.
Anyone have a safer alternative to the normal way?
Anyone have a safer alternative to the normal way?
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:31 pm to GregMaddux
I picked up the hobby a few years ago. I learned some techniques by making “knives” from railroad spikes.
Once I felt somewhat comfortable, I made a tomahawk from a ball pein hammer. The handle is curly maple and it turned out much better than expected.
If you really want to do it, you will.
Once I felt somewhat comfortable, I made a tomahawk from a ball pein hammer. The handle is curly maple and it turned out much better than expected.
If you really want to do it, you will.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:32 pm to GregMaddux
First you have to look the part
Posted on 4/22/20 at 10:33 pm to SlickRickerz
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LINK this is a good video of how to make a propane forge.
It's informative but it didn't get to the temp he needed so he bought a forge.
Here is his first forging attempt - he made a machette
He admits that he was just trying it out and didn't really know what he was doing. But he did provide some links to the tools he used and held up some books that might help learn about forging.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 11:12 pm to SlickRickerz
cool thanks.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 11:24 pm to GregMaddux
I took two small fire bricks (the soft kind) and hollowed out a section of each brick. I then drilled a hole for the torch on the side and used a file to widen it out a bit. I put both bricks together using high heat furnace paste. A small propane torch that has the spiral tip is all I use and it heats it as hot as I need. Place the forge on 3 or 4 hard fire bricks for a solid, heat resistant base.
That said, I have primarily made knives using the stock removal method. I have forged a few, but I don't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. Don't listen to people who say good knives must be forged. Bob Loveless says otherwise.
Book: Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop
Youtube (Loveless documentary): LINK
That said, I have primarily made knives using the stock removal method. I have forged a few, but I don't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. Don't listen to people who say good knives must be forged. Bob Loveless says otherwise.
Book: Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop
Youtube (Loveless documentary): LINK
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 11:29 pm to jmarto1
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Was just talking about how I wished there was a place you could try this. They have it in the UK, not here
There are "hammer ins" and knife maker shows all across the country (well...pre-coronapocalypse, anyway) that you can go to and maybe get some hands on experience. There is a big one in south Alabama every year.
Batson Bladesmithing Symposium:
LINK
This post was edited on 4/22/20 at 11:32 pm
Posted on 4/22/20 at 11:46 pm to LegendInMyMind
Also, a good anvil isn't cheap, but a cheap anvil can work to get started.
Try to find a forged anvil, if you can. Most cheap anvils are cast, and will not hold up long term. They are prone to chip and break, often times with little notice due to the stresses of regular use.
I currently have a 188lb Hay-Budden anvil on a wrought iron stand. I've had Peter Wrights and other Hay-Buddens, but other people wanted them more than me. I've kept the one I have now longer than any other, because it is local to me. It belonged to a Smith that lived just down the road from me. I also have a Peter Wright post vise (blacksmith vise) that belonged to him.
When things open up, flea markets and antique shops are the best places to find good tools cheap. You can pick up good, quality hammers and tongs for around the same price you will pay for new junk. Ebay is an option, but shipping costs suck.
The Harbor Freight 1"×30" grinder may be the best tool they have, but don't tell anyone. It can do alot at an affordable price, and they always have belts.
Try to find a forged anvil, if you can. Most cheap anvils are cast, and will not hold up long term. They are prone to chip and break, often times with little notice due to the stresses of regular use.
I currently have a 188lb Hay-Budden anvil on a wrought iron stand. I've had Peter Wrights and other Hay-Buddens, but other people wanted them more than me. I've kept the one I have now longer than any other, because it is local to me. It belonged to a Smith that lived just down the road from me. I also have a Peter Wright post vise (blacksmith vise) that belonged to him.
When things open up, flea markets and antique shops are the best places to find good tools cheap. You can pick up good, quality hammers and tongs for around the same price you will pay for new junk. Ebay is an option, but shipping costs suck.
The Harbor Freight 1"×30" grinder may be the best tool they have, but don't tell anyone. It can do alot at an affordable price, and they always have belts.
Posted on 4/22/20 at 11:51 pm to GregMaddux
1) Watch the first Lord of the Rings movie.
2) Find a Dwarf
3)-------------
4) Swords and stuff
2) Find a Dwarf
3)-------------
4) Swords and stuff
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:05 am to meeple
Hello, wolf brother.
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:07 am to GregMaddux
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GregMaddux
Retirement got you bored, eh?
Posted on 4/23/20 at 1:55 am to Sir Drinksalot
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I want to also. It would be so badass. But I’m scared of getting burned.
Anyone have a safer alternative to the normal way?
The Generation Z Forger isn't a catchy name for a FB page, a yt channel, or the gram, so you'll need to lie about your age.
The Millennial Forger is where it's at.
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