I forged a dozen knives last year after I got my first forge.
Now that I have a good grinder (2x72), I'm learning how to grind them.
The finger guard/wrap-around part of the handles on the blacksmith/viking knives I made is really in the way.
Can you tell me the order of the steps you would do make a knife like this in terms of overall construction, heat treat and grinding?
I had already heat treated and was not having fun grinding as the guard was in the way.
So I wrapped the blade in a wet rag, heated the curved part of the handle with Map/Pro torch, bent it out of the way, ground it and then re-wrapped in a wet rag, heated with the Map/Pro torch and tried to bend it back. The rebending part was not good. The shape sucks, it's out of alignment,...
So what order and/or methods would you do things in to avoid this problem? Advice and ideas much appreciated.
Now that I have a good grinder (2x72), I'm learning how to grind them.
The finger guard/wrap-around part of the handles on the blacksmith/viking knives I made is really in the way.
Can you tell me the order of the steps you would do make a knife like this in terms of overall construction, heat treat and grinding?
I had already heat treated and was not having fun grinding as the guard was in the way.
So I wrapped the blade in a wet rag, heated the curved part of the handle with Map/Pro torch, bent it out of the way, ground it and then re-wrapped in a wet rag, heated with the Map/Pro torch and tried to bend it back. The rebending part was not good. The shape sucks, it's out of alignment,...
So what order and/or methods would you do things in to avoid this problem? Advice and ideas much appreciated.
