I have bought a small coal forge, with a hand crank Buffalo Forge blower, and I guess I will try to forge some blades soon. My questions are, what is a good size of round stock to start with, to make small blades say 1/8" thick and 1-1/2" wide? Also what about a flat stock size for the same blade size?
Enco has oil hardening and water hardening steel in rounds in various sizes, would this stuff make a good blade? They don't list any specs for it that I can find, and it is cheap. I am sure that I will have more questions when I actualy get into trying to forge a blade. I hope this is not going to be another knife addiction
Dale
Enco has oil hardening and water hardening steel in rounds in various sizes, would this stuff make a good blade? They don't list any specs for it that I can find, and it is cheap. I am sure that I will have more questions when I actualy get into trying to forge a blade. I hope this is not going to be another knife addiction
Dale