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How big a knife can you make with the atlas mini knife forge?
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With skill, one can make almost any size blade with a very minimal heat supply.
The real answer to your question is:
It has an 11" chamber. The first and last inch are probably not the best part for working, so it should heat about 9" of steel . Moving the blade in and out will even up the heating. For practical purposes, a small forge like the Atlas is good for blades with up to 6" edge length. HT gets trickier above that.
The real answer to your question is:
It has an 11" chamber. The first and last inch are probably not the best part for working, so it should heat about 9" of steel . Moving the blade in and out will even up the heating. For practical purposes, a small forge like the Atlas is good for blades with up to 6" edge length. HT gets trickier above that.
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Howard Clark uses one for finish work on his L6 Katanas. The real limit is on the width of the blade. The chamber is 2.5" wide, and the pass-through in the back is 1/2" × 2". Really huge bowies and meat cleavers are out, same with bigger axe heads, but most everything else can be done.