Re: I made myself a knife
I just used my driveway. The neighbors tend to gravitate over when they hear the pounding to check out what I was working on.
A weed burner (modified to be used as a burner for my forge, 10" steel pipe about 16" long lined with kaowool which is sealed with satanite and ITC-100 along with alumilite (if I remember the name correctly, it is for forge welding since flux will burn through the satanite and kaowool in a second)), a shop vac which provides the air for my forced air burner, a regulator and pressure gage (helped me to save propane and not burn up the steel), a drill and a tap for the tubing for my forced air setup, a hammer and something that you can use as an anvil. For basic forging I just used the propane burner and my forge and hammered out steel.
Forge welding some cable,
After the etch and before cleaning it up,
Trust me forging is a lot of fun!
I <span style="font-weight: bold">suck</span> at it and have only forged out a couple of blades, but I keep trying and I enjoy it. I plan on making a blade with my son which will be his first knife which I believe will be a great father son project!
My pride is the smallest cable blade that I made which has been the most useful little tool/scalpel.
I have to learn to make better handles! I like how you worked that!!!