Motivation, Inspiration, and Appreciating value of craftsmanship...

SinePari

SinePari

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This is a running thread that shares a conglomeration of purpose. Please feel free to post something that you found that you find interesting, peculiar to the craft of creating something from nothing. Highlight a veteran or up-and-comer bladesmith that does something to their blades that makes them standout in the masses of other makers. It can be something as simple as materials used, design features, aesthetically pleasing grinds, or anything else that comes to mind.

In addition to the above; tips, tricks, and little somethings that will stir someone else's imagination are also welcome. I know #'s has a list of great links regarding the basics, but I'd like this thread to dabble in the little details...

I'll start with Inspiration....

I found this bladesmith last week searching the web for crazy sword.... I hope you find his work equally inspirational....

http://www.sageblades.com/


Here is another bladesmith's that has a website christened with tutorials and beautiful cutlery.

http://www.aescustomknives.com/

Also, there was a recent question about touchmarks that had me searching.... Not for a place to purchase, but how to make one... This vid is all win.

[video=youtube_share;hoPCP7AtP94]http://youtu.be/hoPCP7AtP94[/video]
 
[video=youtube_share;LjlcqQVN6io]http://youtu.be/LjlcqQVN6io[/video]

Forging on the horn to draw out the tang is something I learned through Mark Aspery's books, and it's a great technique to learn if you're just starting to forge as you can move metal much faster than traditional "drawing down" techniques. He's also got a nifty little tool he uses right before he starts shaping the tang... In the comments he states that it removes a certain chunk of steel that makes the tang easier to forge... If anyone has a more detailed idea of what he's talking about let me know... A tool like that would/could also be a great little set tool for a touch mark placement...
 
If I recall correctly, he uses a guillotine type tool. Instead of top and bottom fullers to swage the tang, his top tool is a punch and the bottom tool is the same diameter as the punch ( think pritchel hole). The punch is used to create half faced opposing notches to isolate the tang material from the riccasso/blade. Useful for forging hidden tangs in a production mode.
 
Thank you jorasco!



Where will folding knives be 30 years from now? This may be a bit impractical, but I love the mechanism he's come up with...

[video=youtube_share;Vn-_lMwpBQM]http://youtu.be/Vn-_lMwpBQM[/video]
 
I got a lot of inspiration from this video.

[video=youtube;qol5Ey3sImQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qol5Ey3sImQ[/video]
 
Wow, being a carpenter I know how hard it is to trust another person to swing a hammer near yourself. Open toes all the way around, don't drop anything.
 
[video=youtube_share;zXZSBE53XvU]http://youtu.be/zXZSBE53XvU[/video]

[video=youtube_share;kUFYU3cTm3I]http://youtu.be/kUFYU3cTm3I[/video]

I've recently started forging a Bowie Knife. It started out as a boat knife for my brother in law, but I changed my mind before I got too deep into it's profile. While I'm an American, and know of "Jim Bowie" I've never understood the relationship between the man and the knife... What a story! It solidifies my affinity for forged blades and the true grit of our American past.
 
For those of you poor in the knife making front, I ran across this inventive little jig for using an angle grinder to grind knives.. HOW ingenious! Considering most angle grinders these days are ambidextrous with the handles threaded for both lefties and righties this little contraption might work wonderfully in place of a belt grinder... or at least allow one to do some light file finishing...

http://myhome.mweb.co.za/~20022586/jig.htm

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Special thanks to Langdon Wilson for this work of awesomeness!
 
http://sterlingsculptures.com/wp/?page_id=721


This is one of the many blogs I'd followed prior to BF. Artistic creativity is an overwhelming challenge I have to stare down every waking moment of the day. I know what I like, and I have a specific vision in mind, but when it comes to transferring said idea into form through a step-by-step process; I usually end up forging a magnificent turd-like object. I usually mean mug the piece and shove it into some dark corn of the shop, or punish it by letting it rust in the elements under a bushel of dog fennel. As of late, I've come around and am starting to make things that aren't blanketed by internal chuckles or cursing. I think overcoming the struggle encompasses the conquest self, knowing and understanding the limitations of your workable medium, and just doing... The Knife is truly a one of a kind canvas; I just can't see an end to the amalgam of possibility...
 
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