First knife. First mistakes.

[YuriM]

That is very helpful, Mikel. Thanks for sharing!

A question: are the fire bricks that you used soft fire bricks (specifically designed for kilns and forges) or hard fire bricks (used for fireplaces, brick ovens, etc)?

 

[Mikel_24]

Is that forge indoors??? Yikes! What happens with the smoke?

Yes sir. That forge is indoors... but I am about 0,5 from the door at street level. It is more like a garaje than anything else (4 story building). I usually open the whole door but this time I just opened the top windows, the small door and some other vents. So far I haven't had any issues with the smoke but I have to fire it up at night because I don't want any of my neigbours to get mad at me. Next time I will just drag the metal table to the curb and fire it up right there.

That is very helpful, Mikel. Thanks for sharing!

A question: are the fire bricks that you used soft fire bricks (specifically designed for kilns and forges) or hard fire bricks (used for fireplaces, brick ovens, etc)?

I think they are hard fire bricks. Where I bought them they told me that they were used for fireplaces and stuff like that. With charcoal they work just fine but the one and only time I have fired it up with mineral coal... I managed to melt a bit of some of them... Well, to be fair I should say that while trying to heat them to red hot... I also managed to melt a chunk of one of the blades. Damn!

Mikel