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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
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
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
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
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
First attempt at Great Bellows - Bladesmiths Forum Board Hey guys! Not sure if this is the right place to put this but hopefully it fits in here (I am a total newbie after all!) I've just finished making a set of Great Bellows for my first forge, and thought I'd put up a few pics and some info on how I made 'em I couldn't find a whole lot of informati
Blacksmiths Supply - Beginners Place - Bladesmiths Forum Board Can't help you on the local supply house, but Centaur Forge or Kayne Son are good places to order blacksmith equipment online Note, however, that you don't have to wait for "real" blacksmith equipment to arrive before you can begin work Many of us started by using long-handled channel lock pliers as tongs and sledgehammer heads as small anvils