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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2008 19:31:26 GMT
My real forge is not ready and I don't really have all the things needed to forge but I just had to do some forging. So I made a forge out of some bricks and had a fan to power it and used an I girder as an anvil. And so I forged some yesterday and the rest today, and the result is not the best but I'm pretty proud to have shaped a railroad spike in to at least a dagger/knife looking thing. Here is the pic of the dagger: I will start the grinding tomorrow, and then try to "hamonize" it(lol), an if you are wondering what the hell it's supposed to be, well i don't really know, but I was thinking double edged dagger while forging it. Oh and the hammer in the picture is the one I used, 1,5 kg, pretty light, but I still had trouble keeping the grip, I need to work out my forearms. I have now grinded the dagger in shape, straightened it some and now the "edges" are about 3mm thick. Here's a pic: Back to grinding . The dagger is now ready for the heat treatment, the edges are 1mm thick. The shape of the dagger is convex. Here is two pictures of it, before it get heat treated tomorrow. The black spots on the blade are marks of the hammer that were to deep for me to grind without making the dagger to thin.
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Post by slav on Apr 20, 2008 21:24:01 GMT
Hey man that's way cool! +1K!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2008 21:54:24 GMT
Thanks slav .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 0:07:29 GMT
Looks good, not bad at all for a first. I think the hammer you are using is a struck tool, like a punch or drift not a hammer at all, but if it works for you.
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Post by Dan Davis on Apr 21, 2008 3:12:24 GMT
nice first piece. Hint on the hamon - dip the blade straight down into the quench, tip first
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Post by randomnobody on Apr 21, 2008 3:13:55 GMT
You did that with a railroad spike, eh? Interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 8:59:19 GMT
Sam: thanks, yes I told my father that it could not be a BS hammer but he insisted, and I did not have a better hammer to replace it with either. Dan: Aye I will , I just need to find something to use as "clay" if anyone has some ideas it would be appreciated. Random: Yep , will be grinding away the whole day so more pictures to come later today.
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Post by swordboy bringer of chaos on Apr 21, 2008 9:06:12 GMT
Dan: Aye I will , I just need to find something to use as "clay" if anyone has some ideas it would be appreciated. refractory cement and coal dust mixed into a thick paste
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 9:34:05 GMT
What is refractory cement? Thanks swordboy.
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Post by 293master293 on Apr 21, 2008 14:52:41 GMT
For you're first forging, you did a hell of a good job.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 17:53:08 GMT
Thanks Master
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Post by Matt993f.o.d on Apr 21, 2008 18:38:16 GMT
Magnificent job! I like your unique take on a railroad spike knife. I find the regular style that everyone seems to do terribly dull.
How do you plan to hilt it?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 18:51:45 GMT
Thanks matt, I have no idea what to do with the hilt I think I will go with a small guard of some material, I have some brass lying for the guard and I have some meters of 1-2mm thick copper thread(?) which would be cool to use on the handle.
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Post by slav on Apr 21, 2008 19:11:28 GMT
Holy crap, that's awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 22:20:19 GMT
Go straight into cold water, if it was a RR spike it should handle it just great.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2008 0:06:54 GMT
+1 amazing work!!! wish i had the set up to do stuff like that!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2008 7:56:24 GMT
SamS: Alright . Darkslyde: Thanks, and I don't really have a set up, all I have used is some bricks(7-9) to make a forge, a fan, an I girder, a hammer, some wood and a belt sander that I gave 45$ for.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2008 1:44:30 GMT
looks like all im missing is an I Beam......and some really annoyed neighbors
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Post by Matt993f.o.d on Apr 24, 2008 17:49:30 GMT
Get yourself down to a trainyard or scrapyard and try to find an old section of railroad track. Much better than any I beam. I beams and girders make poor anvils, really. Although anything large, solid and heavy will technically do, it is much nicer to have a solid block that will 'answer' back your hammer blows.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2008 21:56:56 GMT
Aye matt, that I girder was really the lowest thing one can use as an anvil, but this dagger was only something I had to do before getting my real things. I will be getting a real anvil the weekend after the coming one. And my "real" forge will hopefully be done by that time to so in the future you will see some nicer blades from me . And an update on the dagger to: The carbon content of the RR spike was to low, or I did not get it hot enough in the heat treat(which I doubt since it was glowing orange) because there was no hamon and it didn't really harden much. So the dagger has been scraped, but I'm not unhappy about it, I learned a lot in the process of making it so next time I will have better things to work with(better steel, a better anvil and a better forge) and hopefully the result will be better .
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