A WIP Dagger, with VIDEO

stephanfowler

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I know, the camera sux, but it's fun

I should be buying a decent video camera soon and these well get better....

but till then -- enjoy


This is destined to be a big ol' (13") confederate style dagger with W2

should be a lot of fun to build.
 
Stephan,

Man, you make this look so easy when in fact....It is far from that. Going to be a monster. Can't wait for part two of your WIP.

Awesome:thumbup:

Chris
 
Nice vid!

How are you keeping the tip from overheating on all those bevel heats?

Thanks for sharing this!

Dave
 
Abrasive said:
Well that's too easy! ;) Guess I need a shorter forge.

Hope to see more of this piece soon!

Dave
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I made that same mistake with my first forge, it was 28 inches long and took WAY to much fuel to heat.

now I have two different forges, one is a vertical cylinder 10" outer dia, 6" inner dia that I use for welding damascus, using a blown propane burner

the other is a horizontal cylinder with a flat bottom, 5" inner dia by 10" long, I use one 3/4 venturi burner that I use for general forging.

Stephan
 
Stephan,

I am thinking about a similar arrangement. It's becoming clear that a forging forge and a welding forge are two different beasts. And mine does neither thing well.

Look at my current forge and you'd think I was setting up to forge swords. ;)

I am sure there are a lot of guys looking at all the plans out there for reasonably-sized forges thinking "Hell, I need to upsize that!" Years ago I did the same thing. Well we do live and learn!

Thanks!
Dave
 
yep, the only time I want to heat up more than 4-5" is when I'm heat treating, and I have a 20 gal drum lined with 1" Kaowool just for that. (Don Fogg's design)
 
I was looking at that part of the video where you were hitting it with the hammer well away from your body - all you could see was an arm and a BIG hammer - thinking, "OK, I do NOT want to mess with this guy..." ;)
 
Abrasive said:
I was looking at that part of the video where you were hitting it with the hammer well away from your body - all you could see was an arm and a BIG hammer - thinking, "OK, I do NOT want to mess with this guy..." ;)
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Heheh, funny story

I teach Okinawan Shuri-Ryu and study a Japanese sword art also

my Japanese sword teacher frequently does demos and I usually get "picked on"

starting out the demo my teach will lead with:

"this is Stephan, now, the thing about Stephan is, he's big"


6'5"
54" chest
275 Lb (unfortunately not all muscle)
 
Stephan, great video.

I took aikido for a while, and when sensei wanted to make a point, he'd pick me to be uke. I'm 6'3" 240#. At least you learn to fall pretty quickly.

--nathan
 
Always a pleasure to see how another maker works. In this business you never quit learning and I appreciate your input.

BTW: Where did you find that small finish hammer? Looks like something that you got lucky on at a farm auction or something similiar. Is it for sale? :) Just kidding. Nice job. Keep it up. Looking forward to seeing more.


Gary
 
Normalizing

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Starting to grind

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Setting the plunge cuts

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Checking symmetry and layout

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All I can say is wow!!!!!!! :eek:
That is quite possibly the best and most informative WIP I have ever seen! :thumbup:
I almost passed because I was not really interested in making a dagger at this time but am so glad I didn't. There is a wealth of info in this WIP! :thumbup::thumbup:
 
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