hey guys im new to forging and would appreciate any help

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i started making knives 3 years ago by cutting them out and grinding the heck out of them now i have a forge and anvil and stuff i sort of know how to make a knife but i want to know exactly what im doing before i give them to my friends and family. ive used railroad nails for practice and am starting on one made out of a leaf spring. later im going to order some d2 tool steel from a place down the road. im new to blade forums but have read alot of yalls stuff in the past.
 
I would scroll down to the knife makers discussion forum and click on it. There are a lot of knife makers there that will help you out on your knife forging questions.
 
The best advice I can give you is don't start learning to forge with D2. It will be expensive and frustrating.
 
kuraki said:
The best advice I can give you is don't start learning to forge with D2. It will be expensive and frustrating.
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I'm with Kuraki on this one, Stick with some simple carbon steels like 1084 or 1095. They have a wider temperature range for forging and as heat treat goes, you could get away with a really simple forge setup. Steels like D2 require more complex heat treats and have a small forging temperature window, not to mention it's more expensive than simple carbon steels. I think you can get a 1.25" x 1/4" x 48" long piece of 1084 from NJ Steel Baron for $27 (plus shipping) once it's back in stock. I hope this helps, Good luck!

-Tanner
 
xXBackyardCrafterXx said:
I'm with Kuraki on this one, Stick with some simple carbon steels like 1084 or 1095. They have a wider temperature range for forging and as heat treat goes, you could get away with a really simple forge setup. Steels like D2 require more complex heat treats and have a small forging temperature window, not to mention it's more expensive than simple carbon steels. I think you can get a 1.25" x 1/4" x 48" long piece of 1084 from NJ Steel Baron for $27 (plus shipping) once it's back in stock. I hope this helps, Good luck!

-Tanner
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ok guys ill follow yalls directions because my setup is in an old propain tank with a box fan and a trash bag blowing air through a steel pipe but i have a nice anvil :)
 
I believe it is in the stickies. Basically you make an account with a photo sharing site like IMGUR or Photobucket and you upload your photos onto your account there. When you look at one of your pictures on the site, there will be a few links/codes you can copy and paste into your message. Copy the one that says "IMG" next to it and paste it into your message here.

Here is a picture of what it will pretty much look like (In this case, I used Photobucket). I highlighted the link you need to copy and paste-
 
thanks man i looked all over for how to post pictures but now i cant figure out how to post threads or anything i posted this thread monday but i forgot what i did lol
 
ok now im relatively new to forging so could yall explain some of the basic terms like heat treating,tempering,anealing,and stuff like that and the diferences for diferent metals
 
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