Hi all.
After having watched a few threads on here, about the amount of equipment one needs to make blades, i just wanted to show the antithesis.
I`ll admit that i don`t know much about knifemaking, and as such my experiments are just that. Experiments.
Still, i just wanted to show what`s possible in a more primitive setting.
My setup for forging. (Or in this case, heat-treating.)
And, yep. I quench in water, and i use a plastic bucket.
(Usually i use brine, but my dad always pours it out, so i stopped using it.)
The grinding-setup. (With two preforms to make two more of the knife-shape i`m currently making.)
Overview of my tools. (And various other sundry stuff.)
And no, i don`t have a "proper" anvil.
Close-up of the buckets in the pics above.
My flywheel-press, some of my dads stuff ontop of my press, and my precious sheet of precious 15n20 steel.
(1/8" inch thick. Really nice stuff.)
And, atlast. A closeup of the newly quenched knife, which is currently spending some cozy-time in the kitchen oven,
at 175C / 350F. (It`s been in there three or so hours now.)
Now then, please be gentle with me. Or not, your call.
Just thought ya`ll would like to have a look at how this crazy Norwegian does things.
Now i`m gonna go back to my glass of whisky.
After having watched a few threads on here, about the amount of equipment one needs to make blades, i just wanted to show the antithesis.
I`ll admit that i don`t know much about knifemaking, and as such my experiments are just that. Experiments.
Still, i just wanted to show what`s possible in a more primitive setting.
My setup for forging. (Or in this case, heat-treating.)
And, yep. I quench in water, and i use a plastic bucket.
(Usually i use brine, but my dad always pours it out, so i stopped using it.)
The grinding-setup. (With two preforms to make two more of the knife-shape i`m currently making.)
Overview of my tools. (And various other sundry stuff.)
And no, i don`t have a "proper" anvil.
Close-up of the buckets in the pics above.
My flywheel-press, some of my dads stuff ontop of my press, and my precious sheet of precious 15n20 steel.
(1/8" inch thick. Really nice stuff.)
And, atlast. A closeup of the newly quenched knife, which is currently spending some cozy-time in the kitchen oven,
at 175C / 350F. (It`s been in there three or so hours now.)
Now then, please be gentle with me. Or not, your call.
Just thought ya`ll would like to have a look at how this crazy Norwegian does things.
Now i`m gonna go back to my glass of whisky.
