murphda2
Super Moderator and KD Blade Show Boss
Well, I finally did it!!! I forged my very first blade while at Batson's Knife Symposium this weekend. Man, you guys that have been doing this forever make it look easy. I wish it were just 1/10th as easy as many of you make it look. My forearm was TIGHT after pounding on that steel.
It doesn't look pretty, but it does resemble a knife. With any luck, I'll finish this up and bring it with me to Blade. I have two weeks to work in the shop (if my training schedule doesn't get in the way), so I'll try to get busy on this tomorrow after work. Hopefully I can bring a little better shape to it with a little help from the grinder.
Here it is..........
It doesn't look pretty, but it does resemble a knife. With any luck, I'll finish this up and bring it with me to Blade. I have two weeks to work in the shop (if my training schedule doesn't get in the way), so I'll try to get busy on this tomorrow after work. Hopefully I can bring a little better shape to it with a little help from the grinder.
Here it is..........