First forged work, Multiple works in progress

David Schott

David Schott

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Hello!

Ive been AWOL for a while after getting the new house, but I am back in action. I figured i'd post what ive been fiddling with lately. First up is a group shot of some knives in progress in front of my new Peter Wright anvil. In case anyone is wondering about the silver balls attached to the anvil, they are some 1.5" neodymium magnets. They almost completely remove the harmony of the anvil and take the ring right out of it! Try it! Anyways...None are finished. No handles are glued up, they are all in varying stages of finish with the blacksmith knife being the only one complete.

Left to right:
15" Competition cutter. 1/4" O-1
Small Field knife. 1/8" 1095, differential clay HT with hamon
Letter opener. Ironwood and SS double chisel ground
Letter opener. Double chisel ground and differentially heat treated
Blacksmiths knife, forged.
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First off is my first forged work. It was forged from 1X1/4" 1084. It was bumped up, drawn out, twisted and differentially hardened using clay heat treatment. The wrap is dyed leather cord with a turk's knot.

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Next up is a letter opener/dagger. This one is 1/8" 1084. It is double chisel ground and differentially heat treated. It was quite a trick to pull off the double hamon on a chisel grind without severe warping.

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Let me know what you think! its good to be back!
 
Definately "Top Shelf" stuff you have ...I'd like the letter opener in my collection and would like to see the double hamon when its finished

Regards
 
My fav is your first piece that has the twisted handle. I am a big fan of that blade style....very nice.
 
Looking forward to seeing that competition cutter when it's finished.

I collect forged knives and it's good to see a maker of your talent entering the field.
 
Great work and inspiration for the rest of us. Thanks for sharing
 
Thanks everybody! Im working a hefty integral as we speak....ill be busy! I like to keep lots going at once...sometimes you feel like banging steel, othertimes sitting and hand sanding...i do my best when im doing what i like at the time.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Looking forward to seeing that competition cutter when it's finished.

I collect forged knives and it's good to see a maker of your talent entering the field.
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Hey Keith..Talk to me in the spring. The fit and finish bug should be worked out by then and I will have exorcised the demon from my Radiusmaster grinder......or bought a KMG. :grumpy: If it KILLS me, i will have at least one good sized ST 23 copy done by then, if you are so inclined:D (possibly with some very basic silver wire inlay :D) Hopefully, I will have learned how to use my new press and not lost any fingers, so i also plan to have some funky integral stuff too including a rough use combat knife with a forged integral cross guard. I am kinda prototyping the blade shape on a normal hidden tang setup right now. I will post it next week when i get it finish ground and ready for HT. The ST 23 and integral will be made from real live old school W2. I will also post pics of an ST23 blade net week and a 1075/80 drop point hunter i am working on.
Back to topic. David... I like that competition knife. How did you do the HT on the dagger? Did you use clay? You know it really irks me that you were alreay a darn good grindr before you started forging. Makes me look even worse...lol
 
Ht on the dagger was partly a luck situation. I ground the chisel grinds, applied clay and ht'd....of course with a double chisel grind and clay, this resulted in a pretty curved blade due to multiple reasons. I straightened it out right out of temper and its perfect. I wouldnt want to have to do it again as i'd assume a good number would warp beyond belief. You could always ht prior to grinding, but im not sure how well you could create a hamon on full thickness steel.

I wam working W2 as well. i spent an hour hammering on a 1" bar last night. I have a 8" blade forged to shape on the end of the bar ATM...its technically my second forged piece ever, so i am self teaching on a large integral....luckily forging seems to leave alot more room for error...you can move mistakes rather than being forced to work around them on the grinder.
 
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