my first expiriance

[avigdor]

hi

i had my first forg expiriance last saterday and i thoght to share with you.
it was a lot of fun , especially becuse it was with my son .
sorry ther is only one picture
i will send more pictures later with progress



avi

 

[David Wesner]

looks good avi :thumbup:

Are you going to draw the tang out a bit more as a stick tang or are your intentions to make a full tang knife ?

Whatever the case.......... nice work.

 

[JasonSCarter]

yup great work! wondering about that wasp waist though?

Jason

 

[Patrickknives]

nasty looking blade for your first, cool

 

[CliveJericho]

it looks like you forged from a file. that would look nice as a full tang.

 

[avigdor]

thanks
it is a file , and i did not had any plan for it gust wanted the experience
and this came out of it ,unfortunately i run out of gas and had to stop the work
i do think of a full tang , hope to find time for it soon

avi

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Good for you and your son.

Some advice:
When you forge the next one follow this basic procedure-
Forge the profile from the file/bar ( the silhouette shape of the knife), and forge in the distal taper ( decrease in thickness from tang to tip).
Forge the blank downward into a banana shape...like a kukri.
Forge the bevels in. As you forge them the blade will rise up and become straight. If it starts to go beyond straight ( like it did with your blade) , just curve it down again.
Once all is right, give it a going over in every direction to make it straight and flat.

Once the blade is done, normalize it, then grind/sand it smooth and do the HT.

The reason Mountain Man skinners are shaped like yours isn't because they work better...it is because the primitive smiths didn't know how to control the curvature while forging.

Stacy

 

[avigdor]

thanks stacy
i will try your advice

avi