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blacksmiths knives - History - Bladesmiths Forum Board Hey guys I was wondering I think most of us have made a blacksmith's knife I have heard them refered to as a woman's knife, patchknife, utility blade etc You know, their one piece w a metal handle Some people turn the handles into strikers if its thin, others just leave the handle big enoug
Forums - Bladesmiths Forum Board North American Bladesmith and Blacksmith Directory 37 posts North American Bladesmith Blacksmith Directory Marketplace By Joshua States, October 9, 2024 Forges, Tools, Equipment and Materials Tools and Tool Making The tools of the trade and how to make them
A bunch of public domain blacksmith books on PDF I recently purchased 30 blacksmithing ebooks on eBay for $5 A little research and I came up with some details All of them are works published prior to 1923, so they are in the public domain The guy on eBay claims to have all resale rights, but he's full of it You can find the following
Simple Guillotine - Tools and Tool Making - Bladesmiths Forum Board We had a workshop at the Alex Bealer Blacksmith Association of Georgia and made about 20 of them I got a simi-truck set of leaf springs to make the tooling and sized the tool for the tooling to fit snuggly
Best gas forge for a serious home hobbyist? | BladeForums. com I have the two burner blacksmith forge by Diamondback Ironworks It works really good for general bladesmithing It is a great size, easy to use, and is very portable; Dennis makes a quality product and has quick shipping I have also done other projects in it, I like the blacksmith model because it has the side door to put larger items in I haven't been able to get it hot enough to forge
A knife from 1045 - BladeForums. com I was at a blacksmith meeting last week when one of the smiths handed me a round bar of 1045 asking "can you make a knife from this? I said let's give it a try thinking it would never harden enough I hammered out a small crude knife, normalized and quenched it in water and didn't think it
Tire Hammer Plans by Clay Spencer - BladeForums. com Ray Clontz Tire Hammer Plans by Clay Spencer These plans are for a 50 lb power hammer that uses the rear axle and hub from a front drive car and emergency spare tire and weighs about 700 lbs It is powered by a 1 hp, 1750 rpm electric motor, 120 or 240 volts, runs about 250 blows per minute
Metal Colour Indication - temperature guide - Beginners Place . . . I'm a little confused - I've been reading "The Backyard Blacksmith" as well as "The Complete Bladesmith" (referred by this forum) and both authors refer to the most effective "temperature colour indication" for mild steel However, Lorelei Sims says "forging is most effective when the metal has t
Vises - a leg to stand on | BladeForums. com Here it is referenced in a letter to the editor of American Blacksmith where the author is making a point of work being done by anvil is faster than with drop-forge Pretty interesting The Foreman Blacksmith of General Electric Co is the one writing the rebuttal So I guess that Columbus Forge and Iron Company were producing at least anvils then