opaul
KNIFE MAKER
I started forging a blade this morning. I don't do a lot of forging but I would like to do more. I just have to get my shop set up and have it more convenient for that type of knife making. Here are the series of photographs I took while forging. I left the blade in the forge to cool off slowly at the end of the forging session.

I'm using a very old plow shear, which I believe is spring steel.

Drawing the tang out.

Tang getting there.

Just about where I want it.

Drawing the blade shape out.

About where I stopped.

This is the final shape and what I will be working with on the grinder.

I'm using a very old plow shear, which I believe is spring steel.

Drawing the tang out.

Tang getting there.

Just about where I want it.

Drawing the blade shape out.

About where I stopped.

This is the final shape and what I will be working with on the grinder.
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