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I've been a stalker of knife making forums for years now, I've always been meaning to make a small forge and just start beating some metal 'til I can't feel my hands anymore. I still haven't made a forge, but I did go to Trackrock Hammer-In in the North Georgia mountains this past weekend and I've FINALLY gotten back into forging. I did some ornamental blacksmithing when I was 14-15 and have always been into the whole idea behind taking some bit of metal and making something useful out of it.
I drove up to the mountains and not an hour into me being there a guy by the name of John, I believe, handed me a 1.5x6x 1/8th(?)in piece of 1095.
He just let me swing away and would answer any questions he could if I had any.
Not a bad forging job for my first time forging in about 10yrs.
A guy helped me through the heat treating since it was 1095, as it stands, It's been through quenching and a stabalization cycle, I still need to do a tempering cycle and see what comes of it. If that all works out I should be golden to start on the draw filing.
Here's what it looks like as it stands
The stats are as follows:
4 5/8 Long
1 5/8 Wide
2 1/4 Clip
4mm spine
I drove up to the mountains and not an hour into me being there a guy by the name of John, I believe, handed me a 1.5x6x 1/8th(?)in piece of 1095.
He just let me swing away and would answer any questions he could if I had any.
Not a bad forging job for my first time forging in about 10yrs.
A guy helped me through the heat treating since it was 1095, as it stands, It's been through quenching and a stabalization cycle, I still need to do a tempering cycle and see what comes of it. If that all works out I should be golden to start on the draw filing.
Here's what it looks like as it stands
The stats are as follows:
4 5/8 Long
1 5/8 Wide
2 1/4 Clip
4mm spine
