What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

[Lorien]

 

[BladeCommander]

Custom work bench for my new grinder. Got the bench made Labor day weekend and installed the grinder yesterday. Got some steel on order to try it out.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

NICE!!!

 

[Michael Black]

Tried my hand at another twist on the brass bolster. I'm really digging the look of these. The handle is antiqued brass, black G10, and Elforyn ivory.

 

[jnaught]

Tried my hand at another twist on the brass bolster. I'm really digging the look of these. The handle is antiqued brass, black G10, and Elforyn ivory.

The combo of finishes here makes me think of T Templehound ’s work, which I have always admired. Beautifully done!

Here are some flat tang knives that I made the last passing months.
Blade steel is mostly 1.2443 (TNT Triple 6) an alloy with 1 % carbon and Tungsteen, Niob and Titanium with the content of 0.6 % each.
Very uncomfortable to grind and finish but for that remarkably edge holding.
Bolsters are made from construction steel and steel pinned and doomed antique bone and mammoth slabs.

Cheers

 

[Michael Black]

The combo of finishes here makes me think of T Templehound ’s work, which I have always admired. Beautifully done!

I haven't seen his work before, so thanks for sharing! I love that aesthetic, and I've always liked the combo of a refined piece that also has a lot of character and you're not afraid to get it dirty.

 

[Scotchmon]

Well let’s see. …. heat treated, tempered, and sharpened blade, fitted and glued up the Mesquite scales. In the mean time, I stacked and welded another billet. Still off of an original nine layer stack.

What fun!

 

[Richard338]

Changing course on this handle assembly. I was going to attempt a Japanese style wrap, but the wood looks too nice to cover up.

 

[ashwinearl]

Clip point straight jack in 14C28N and OD green micarta
SS bolster, pinned shield, mill relieved liners, pinched bolsters

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Clip point straight jack in 14C28N and OD green micarta
SS bolster, pinned shield, mill relieved liners, pinched bolsters

You've honed one impressive set of skills there. Nice choice of fonts btw.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

20-yard dumpster full of old forge is gone. Ready for fill dirt on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Roof panel joist installed.

My anvil is lonely. 1911 187# Hay Budden sitting on an antique 400# flat anvil. The Hay Budden was made for Maury High School when it was built in 1911. They offered blacksmithing classes in the school instead of todays "shop class". The flat anvil was made in 1887 and is a hybrid between a bridge anvil and an acorn table. To the left behind the anvil in the photo is Bill Moran's old Greenlee caulking vise. The anvil isn't as rusty as it looks in the photo. The anti-ring magnets on the side make scale stick to the anvil and the scale rusts. I need to wire brush it well. All my anvils/tools/vises will be cleaned and repainted as part of the new forge project.

Surprise lilies popped up and bloomed this week. They look like fireworks.

I got stung by a black hornet. Burned like crazy for a while, then itched for a day, whole hand stayed swollen for a couple days.

 

[DanF]

Dang, that lit you up!

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I make a wide variety of cutlery.
I'm always chasing the hamon.
I also do folders, hidden tang, full tapered tang, mono steel, San-Mai, Damascus, etc.
This is some of the latest out the door:

 

[Lorien]

 

[Lorien]

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Dumpster is gone. Truck arrived wit fill dirt. My friend who has the dump truck brought me wonderful screened fill.. It spreads and packs great.
I got on top of the pile and shoveled while my helper spread and raked. I'll grade it tomorrow and Thursday. I moved the whole 12 yards in 3 hours by hand. I might be going on 76, bit I'm a shoveling fool! While spreading te soil, a bunch of Spicebush Swallowtails dropped by for a visit. The feel on the minerals in the moist dirt to get needed nutrients.

Once I am done with the grading, I'll do some staining and paint, then start on the walls.

Hauling the old forge away.
Ready for the fill.
King of the mountain ... Me shoveling.
Visitor - there were several.
Fill spread , ready for final grading.
The pile when it was dropped off.

 

[oldschool45]

Lastest. a kid's "first deer" knife, crown antler, brass guard, W2 with hamon. Used a chunk of the same antler for the stand and its my own leather work.

 

[Scotchmon]

The first etch after forging and grinding, prior to heat treating. 85 layers of 1084 and 15n20.

 

[navman]

TAPERED partial tang in M398. In progress...why...because I have never seen one.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

I have some 1086 I really like so I did a kerosene weld of it for an intergral.
Desert Ironwood sets it off.