"The best knife is the one you have with you when you need it."

1.6.13

The making of - forging in progress

While i was working on a order of a customer (small mushroom knife) i had the privilege that Inge Tuinier, a great starting photographer,  made pictures of the whole  forging progress i would like to share with you.
Thanx for checking my blog, take care Igor.




First picking out the type of steel what i want to use
Then heat it up til orange and start forging the bar into shape


After roughly having a shape i cut the steel for the right lenght
Forging the point


Forging the handle (full tang) in shape
Checking out shape with the design on paper
Forging the shoulder of the knife

Hammering the finger guard
After cooling down, heath up again for stamping the mark


Placing the mark stamp
After cooling down, drill the pinholes for the scales

Before hardening grind some rough things away

Some fine tuning with a belt sander
Then heath again and harden the knife
Temper the blade






Finished for scales, sanding, polishing.

Picked out some nice tiger striped wood handle scales




Result before working it all out


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