I thought i would share what i have learned at the hammer-in in old washington Ark.
I did this the sunday after the hammer-in
3/16 steel 1 1/4" bar stock
A big Thanks to Lin Rhea


Now it took me about 2-3 hr. to get it to this point, not to bad for my first one.
the next picture is after the grinding, total time about 4 hr.


I thought everything went fine, but then i though about the steel and where i had got it from, sure enought a piece of (homedepot steel) that was left over from making my knife vice,
All i can say is, it was very good practic.

Some of my new tools
My new forge( thanks Kevin Evans)

My new knife stamp press (thanks Karl Anderson)

My new knife vice

My little shop

For all the new guys(like me) find a hammer-in and go, you will learn alot.

Hope everyone enjoys
dana

Dana, great job on the forging and grinding!  I love the blade profile!

Nice shop and equipment,  thanks for the tour!

Steve
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IN GOD WE TRUST

A hammer-in can save you weeks or months of trial & error when you're learning to forge.

Great shape on the blade! Now get yourself some 1084 (relatively simple to heat treat)& make the real McCoy!!

Larry

Great job Dana,    
They will get easier as time goes by  
Great shop and neater than mine,just keep adding those tools,looks to me like what a guy needs never ends  

Dana,
    That's a good forging job, especially for your first. I took a few pictures of the Hammer In, but I saw you taking some too. Are you going to post some in another thread? Lin

Lin, i did take some,and i can put them up, but you might do some also, i only have 4-5 pictures,
I"ll start a new thread and you can add some pictures to it
thanks for all the nice words about my new forging
dana

JR Cook



This Dr Jim Batson, BR Hughes, and his wife Carolyn.

 

Nice work!  What make is that blade vice????

does anyone ever have a hammer in around ny

lamey
the maker of the vise is me, i looked at some pictures and tried to do the best i could and it works good    i just used the stuff laying around the garage.
dana

Guys
could some of you guys post pictues of a forged knife before you grind it. any and all pic. are welcome
thanks
dana

I'l do better than that. Let's start a "before and after" thread. This will show the rough forged blade and the final product. Lin