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I like the design of the integral handle with the hawk instead of a hawk attached to a wooden handle. I have a lot of different sizes of 5160 steel, but not one piece is big enough to make a one piece hawk. Would it be possible to forge the head, then weld a handle on the head and grind down the...

I am looking at buying a heat treating furnace and need some suggestions. My budget is around $1200. I like forging bigger type blades, ie camp knives and zombie choppers :lol: Maybe eventually short swords. What furnace would you recommend? Paragon, Sugar creek, even heat...others?

I was reading in the $50 Knife Shop and Wayne Goddard discusses the 1/4" brass rod test. I tried it on my 9260, 5160 and 1095 blades and they didn't pass. Then I tested a Mora knife, Imperial M10 bayonet, Alabama damascus blade, 9260 Cheness sword, all did not pass. The only blade that passed...

I picked up some 1/4"x1" 9260 steel and forged a semi-skinner. I was told to heat treat it the same as 5160. The pyrometer read around 1525 in the rear of the forge, but since the blower is located in the center and somewhat tangent to the tubular forge, it is hotter in the middle than the rear...

I recently got my digital pyrometer to show me temps in my forge. I can choke down the flow to get fairly consistant readings ie 1525 deg for 5160 and 1475 deg for 1095, +/- 10-20 degrees. Will this suffice for heat treating high carbon blades or should I buy an electrial oven such as a paragon...

When forging out the bevel/belly of bigger blades, WIP around 11", the distal end keeps bending up. I tried forging the blade with the opposite bend, but the distal end keeps bending up and I had to forge it back to straight after each heat with the belly/bevel and then address and twisting of...

Does anyone use a pyrometer when heat treating in a forge or do most go by color and a magnet?

I made several knives around 8 years ago from 1095 and 5160 steel, heat treated with 130 deg transmission fluid. I have not made any since and decided to start the hobby again. From my reading on the internet, the quenchant to use is canola oil or a true quenchant oil like Parks. What are the...

about 5 years ago i bought an anvil from ? old world anvils. it looks like an Austrian with the exception of a pritchel hole. i bought it and never used it. since it has been a stump weight for 5 years, i decided to get back into knife making. actually i wanted to buy a browning crowell/barker...

Well sort of. About 5 years ago I filed my first knife. Then I made several by stock removal. Then I bought a forge and forged a very ugly camp knife. I haven't made a knife since.This really isn't neo tribal because I used my knife grinder because I like a convex edge. I used a anvil devil to...