Forging 2" W2 with 25lb Little Giant

[Don Hanson III]

This thread is for a few purposes.

2" W2 too big for small hammers?
25 lb hammer too small for big work?
How many knives from a 2"x11" W2 bar?

I get a lot of request for info on how to forge large round stock, what size power hammer, etc. And some folks want this W2 in long bars

Pictures help

1-3/8" piece of 2" W2;

1909 25 Little Giant;

First heat;

Second heat;

Third;

Forth;

1/4"x1.25"x12"+ Bar

Could have done this in 2 heats with the 100 but the 25 works just fine

More to follow;

 

[Don Hanson III]

Forging to shape on the 100lb LG;

11" blade with too long tang, had to cut 2" off.

Thanks for looking,

 

[Raymond Richard]

Don, You just make it look to easy!

 

[Don Hanson III]

Don, You just make it look to easy!

Ray, it is easy. Hard part, is trying to take photos while forging

 

[Robert Mayo]

Don
Thanks for the pics it's nice to see how you folks with the big tools do it.

Bob

 

[birdog4]

Those just flat dies on the 100# Don?

 

[jmwands]

wow,,, nice Don,,, thanks,,,
jm

 

[Deweyknives]

Don, that poor little 25 feels inadiquit next to big brother 100!! I think you should send it here so it has its own castle!!

[and you'd have more room to pile steel!!]

 

[steelshaper]

Great thread. thanks for the demonstration.
how about this I will buy a bunch of your 2" W-2 and you throw in a 25 little giant.

Only kidding of course.

Thanks again for the cool thread!

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Did anybody notice all of that W2 laying on the floor?

 

[Paul Savage]

Good thread Don. Always nice to have someone elses point of view. Yup, sometimes my eyes are a little skewed. Thanks.
Paul

 

[Don Hanson III]

Birdog4, yep, flat dies with the front and black slightly beveled.

Thanks for the offers guys, but gotta keep the 25

Karl, still got lots of W2

Here's a link to more blade forging, I did a couple years ago. Also more shop pics on the site. http://www.sunfishforge.com/hansonpowerhammer.html

Thanks,

 

[Crazy Horse]

Nice and Easy HaHa
One of these days.

Thanks for the pics.

 

[dsloan]

Don,
Excellent post, I've had a piece of your W-2 setting on top of the forge for awhile. If the weather does what it is suppose to do this weekend I'll have to run it under my new 25#er. Of course I'll have to make two smaller knives. Instead of one of those monsters you make.

Dave from Diller

 

[dsloan]

Here's a picture of Don forging 2 1/2" billet of Mosaic under a 25#er at the BAM conference this year. In three heats he had it welded and drawn down to an 1"x1" billet.

Dave from Diller

 

[Kalimalena]

Wow!... Just what I was looking for as I get my LG set up.... Thanks for posting....
I was thinking about just how you hold that and forge it out after our conversation the other day...
Pictures really help...
Thanks again....

 

[Don Hanson III]

Dave, I had a blast at the conference this year. I still need to do something with all those pics you sent me.
Hope we can get together at the Little Giant factory again

Craig, I was just going to email a link to this but you found it first
Hope it helps!

 

[Mace]

Cool thread Don! Will you show us more of this knife as you do it?
I have to say you did make that look easy.
Thanks for sharing.:thumbup:
Mace

 

[Don Hanson III]

Mace, I'll try to add more pics, I heat treated the blade today,
so will have to start photo-ing as I finish.

Thanks,

 

[RMLamey]

Don, your little 25 must really get after it, ive seen some that would have definitely taken a few more heats to do the same amount of work!