still here, but barely

feeds@yuku.com (forginhill) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:09:10 GMT

Hi, fellow knife junkies. Sorry about my absence. Unfortunately, it might not be my last. Between teaching and raising 5 kids (and one on the way), it's really hard to find hobby time. I want to make knives and play with hot steel, but even more I want my kids to grow up with a daddy who loves them and spends time with them. That being said, I think I'll be able to hang around more now. This was just a particularly difficult phase. I'm sure you've all gone through it. Enough...

knife for scoutmaster

feeds@yuku.com (kevin the prof) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:19 GMT

Greetings,

This little knife is one I like a lot. It has 6" blade with 4.2" handle. I hope it is just the right size for a friend of mine to carry and use. With luck, he will be able to tell the kids over and over how someone actually made the knife (without machines, without shipping it across the ocean...).

This is the first time I have gone with blued fittings, and I like them a lot. I torched them, but had to follow with birchwood casey for touchup.

...

Something different from me,VERY different

feeds@yuku.com (jmcohea) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:07 GMT

Hi guys. Have'nt had the time to do much posting lately.Here is something I recently finished.This piece was commisioned by a fellow in the US Coast Guard. He is currently on a cutter boat on the Hudson River in New York, and he wanted me to build him a boat knife he could use on deck cutting lines, ect.He gave me a size materials list and price range, and specified a blak rawhide sheath. The rest was left up to me, and this is what I came up with.
The OAL on this piece is 7...

what do i do before sharpening?

feeds@yuku.com (hglucky13) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:02 GMT

hello everyone,
i came across this site when i was searching for ways to build a bow, and i have been lurking ever since. I haven't found the wood for my bow yet (looking for a good yew tree), but after seeing your guys ability i wanted to try my hand at making a knive.
Anyways yesterday i found a kitchen knive at the local food bank/ resale store and decided to cut it down into a skinning knife. I cut it down with a hacksaw and used a bench grinder to shape it. I then took a...

A new one

feeds@yuku.com (rustyboy2) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:05:44 GMT

well its been awhile since i've been around. Been working as a fulltime sub for the cities largest district and it keeps me busy. Though now i understand why kids make your hair turn grey.

This one aint totally done yet. but....

it started as this...

It was a spear i ordered from crazy crow a couple years back.

KITH From August

feeds@yuku.com (jamesGIII) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:14 GMT

Let see what each other got, Chris sent this to me.

new one for friend....S.O.

feeds@yuku.com (allask) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:04:05 GMT

heres a couple of pieces a good friend is going to handle for himself,dont mind the freeloading fly!hope you like it Sal

first forged knife

feeds@yuku.com (spoonplugger) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:10:04 GMT

I have been following this site while I was getting set up to forge a knife myself. This is my first forged knife (if you don't count the seven that went into the scrap bucket). I made a couple of stock removal knives in 1988 so I had a basic idea on some aspects of...

Viking seax question

feeds@yuku.com (VikingJohn) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:32 GMT

Hey all,

Figured if anyone would have good advice on this, it would be the people on here. I am interested in making a Viking seax. As of right now, I don't have a forge set up but I am saving and do plan on building one by the spring. Since I cant find anywhere that sells just the blades for finishing, I have two ideas running through my head on making one in the meantime and thought I'd ask for some input.

My first idea is to buy some steel and make one with the...

Last Knife I've made

feeds@yuku.com (renegade) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:41 GMT

I haven't had much chance to forge for awhile due to motorcycle wreck and being in and out of the VA hospital..But finally put this together..its forged from 1095 and has Osage scales I salvaged from a bowstave.JD

Rifle man knife

feeds@yuku.com (jamesGIII) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:43:23 GMT

I forged ths Last week when I was waiting for the wrought iron to etch on the bowie. The steel is apiece of file. Handle elk antler and guard and end cap and wrought iron. It a tang throw with the tang peened over. Polished to 220 sand paper. No edge yet.

how do you normalize?

feeds@yuku.com (bluedirk) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:28:48 GMT

I have done some reading on this subject, but am skeptical of the info I have on hand, how do you guys normalize, is it really nesccary to point the blade to magnetic north while doing this? How hot to you heat to and how long do you cool once you have the blade out of the fire? could you hang a blade by a wire through the lanyard hole and let it cool that way? Really just kinda lost on the subject, any help would be great thanks.

questions on tempering and heat treating

feeds@yuku.com (bluedirk) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:49:18 GMT

I am just starting out, this is my first knife. Last night I was trying to harden a blade made from a farriers rasp. I began by heating to non mag and normalizing 3 times as per a tutorial on making a file knife i read. then I heated to what I thought was non mag and quenched in 140 degree peanut oil. The blade did not harden. I went back to heating the blade and realized that somehow my magnet was no longer working. So I hunted up another magnet and went back to work, I tried 5 times...

3 IN L6 STEEL

feeds@yuku.com (SKIBO) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:48:34 GMT

JUST FINALLY FINISHED THESE UP.ALL L6 STEEL. THE SMALL NECKER KNIFE HAS ELK ANTLER AND FILE BOLSTERS BALDE IS 2.5" OAL IS 5".
THE BURL WOOD SKINNER HAS A 5" BLADE OAL IS 9.25" I LOVE THE WAY THIS SIT IN MY MIT.
BUT MY FAVORITE ONE TODAY IS THIS DOUBLE FILE BOLSTER CURLY ASH HANDLED SPEAR POINT. BLADE IS 5" OAL IS 9.5"
:woot:THANKS<><

Johny Reb

feeds@yuku.com (jamesGIII) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:17:47 GMT

This a bowie I have been working on.
Blade: Leaf spring
Guard:Wrought iron
Butt cap: Wrought iron
Handle wood:Curly maple with a flame toasted .
Blade length. almost 13in long
Wide. 2 3/8 in,
Spine 1/4 tapers to the tip

The blade has a clip point to help make the tip lighter.

Karma SUCKS!

feeds@yuku.com (Phoenix 1967) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:59:19 GMT

I know that all of y'all think I have incredible luck at finding stuff, and to a certain exten it's true... I do, however, end up paying for that with the amount I lose when I DO lose something.

I spent the last couple of days doing nothing but finishing up knives...
I packed up a toolbox with the tools I needed to finish up a Cable Damascus knife for a guy on another board.

Somewhere in the 70 miles between here and there, the tailgate of the mitsu popped...

1 more finished 2 more ready for wood and brass

feeds@yuku.com (Ravan) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:55:10 GMT

blued the finished one used english black walnut for the handle on it.

for the top one I've been thinking about rapping it with some 22gauge copper wire

Favorite Movie Knife

feeds@yuku.com (Mutt) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:29:36 GMT

I probably should have put this in the general discussion area. But, I felt it would probably fit a little better in the bladesmith forum since you guys and gals are all about knives. If I messed up, feel free to move the thread.

This has probably already been done. But a couple weeks ago I was laying around doing nothing and "The Hunted" came on TV. It's the movie where Tommy Lee Jones is a tracker and teaches special forces how to track, survive in the woods,...

Finaly something new

feeds@yuku.com (traxxs) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:20:03 GMT

After a hectic last 2 months I finally got time to do something new. Havent been around much but now things have slowed down enough so I can get back to being online a littel more often.
Anyways let me know what ya'll think. As always any and all comments are appreciated and welcomed.

Guy wire

feeds@yuku.com (rwelch) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:26:09 GMT

Does anyone know if guy wire is any good for making cable knives ?
We replaced a bunch of it on our transmitter tower a few years ago ,and I have a few hundred feet of it laying around . I think it may be aluminium clad high tension steel . each strand is about 1/4" with 16 strands per cable .

Thanks
Ralph

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