removing hammer marks..

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Angelus1781

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Is there a way to remove hammer marks? I've tried sanding, and drawfiling. The blade is smooth but I can still see them. Or should I consider this just another learning blade.


Is their a place to buy blade blanks? I don't mean tempered blanks, something to help me with the shape. Cause I can't draw for ****.

Also wondering where I can find rusted up, or dinged up knives to practice hand rubbing, and such.
 
The only way I have found to remove my many hammer marks is to keep on grindin' until they are gone.:D

As for finding rusted knives, you could look at goodwill or any local thrift shops for old carbon steel kitchen knives.

Matt Matlock
 
Sanding, grinding, and filing are pretty much the only ways to remove hammer marks. With practice forging the hammer marks won't be as deep and will be more even. so it will become easier. Until then if you don't like a forge finish you can forge your blades thicker to have enough meat to remove while leaving enough for your blade.
 
I was not happy with these marks too. At first it needs too much filing and sanding, but after I used to use "flatters" after forging, these marks are not so much trouble anymore. You can find cool instructions about forging techniques on A. Bealer's "Art of blacksmithing". It a good source for forging and pretty fun to read.

Emre KIPMEN
 
A flatter looks like a really flat faced hammer, but it's actually one of those tools that you put down on the steel then whack with a real hammer. Since the face isn't domed and the edges aren't radiused as much as a real hammer, it'll leave nasty marks if you try to just hammer with it. I've thought about those but I'm not good at the 3 handed thing and I don't have anyone to be a striker, so I decided against one for myself.
 
Just wondering what kind of steel you are useing. I have seen some marks in 5160 that could be(and have been ) confused for hammer marks.....but they are really fissures in the steel. The ones I have seen show up at about 240 grit during hand finnishing..........and the DONT come out. :mad: (little bastids)...............
If they are hammer marks just keep ginding away. :D No one said it was easy.
Good luck
Mace
 
ill just get some thick stock, and grind something for the hardie, and HT the other end thats shaped like the flatter. i never get to have a helper:( thanks for the help
 
"the art of blacksmithing" is a good read, but there is some incorrect information in there, especially in the area of knife-making so don't take it to be the gospel of iron work.

Tony
 
Quick easy flatter.
Go to the chinese tools store and buy a Cheap 3lb engineers hammer. Grind one end flat and draw temper (deep Blue) on the other end, (the striking end) so you don't get little slivers in your body. Stick the handle back in.
About $4.oo american and an hour of playing around
 
ill just get some thick stock, and grind something for the hardie, and HT the other end thats shaped like the flatter. i never get to have a helper thanks for the help
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I'm not sure if it would work as a hardy tool. The anvil side is already flat enough, it's the hammering side that needs the flatter, if you hammer to a flat hardy tool you'll still have hammer marks. Hmm... you could possibly make a flatter that hooks over the top and uses the hardy hole just to steady it, that might work.
 
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