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