Well, I've been wanting to teach myself the art of forging. All of the knives I've made so far have been stock removal projects.
A friend of mine has asked me to make some chip carving knives for him. He was pretty specific about the blade and tang designs he wanted and supplied some pictures.
The easiest way that I can figure to make something like these, is either to forge down some used 1/4" drill bits, or find some 1/4" drill rod.
I'm very limited with my set-up right now. My forge is a small old free standing coal forge. I have a small piece of rail that I can use for my anvil, and a 3# cross peen hammer.
As I can find, and afford to, I will build a better gas forge and buy a proper anvil, but that's what I've got for now.
Any recommendations where to find some 1/4" drill rod so that I can use a known steel for this project? It seems that W1 or maybe O1 will be the steels most suited to my task, but holding these hypereutectoid steels at temperature will be a challenge for sure.
Any help you guys can offer will be very much appreciated.
Walter
A friend of mine has asked me to make some chip carving knives for him. He was pretty specific about the blade and tang designs he wanted and supplied some pictures.
The easiest way that I can figure to make something like these, is either to forge down some used 1/4" drill bits, or find some 1/4" drill rod.
I'm very limited with my set-up right now. My forge is a small old free standing coal forge. I have a small piece of rail that I can use for my anvil, and a 3# cross peen hammer.
As I can find, and afford to, I will build a better gas forge and buy a proper anvil, but that's what I've got for now.
Any recommendations where to find some 1/4" drill rod so that I can use a known steel for this project? It seems that W1 or maybe O1 will be the steels most suited to my task, but holding these hypereutectoid steels at temperature will be a challenge for sure.
Any help you guys can offer will be very much appreciated.
Walter
