Forging Class with Forged in Fire....

Self Made Knives

Self Made Knives

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Video below. Here's a look at the class I took a couple weeks ago. I've been a stock removal guy only so far and this is an awesome way to get your feet wet with forging. Class was a blast, Billy is a great teacher. You make a complete knife in about a day and a half, which would be way faster than I normally get one done. Granted, there is no hand finishing, all done on the grinder, but the point here is learning, not putting out a perfect blade. If you can find a class like this in your area, it'll save you a lot time getting started in this hobby.

 
Great video...amazing shop! At one point you had the hammer blows matching the music perfectly...lol...Intentional?

The base he built for his lathe is VERY nice.

Thanks you for the video Anthony....excellent as usual.
 
Really enjoyed that video! Looks like y'all had a lot of fun.

Here's a question: When it came to forging the ricasso area, first you guys did a buddy system where one held the hammer face on there while somebody else smacked the hammer. Then you moved to that guillotine looking device. What is the purpose behind the two-man operation first? If you were working alone, how would you accomplish that part of it? Or conversely, if you didn't have the guillotine device, could you just hammer out the ricasso using some sort of peg in the Hardy hole of the anvil?
 
Smallshop said:
At one point you had the hammer blows matching the music perfectly...lol...Intentional?
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Yeah, I tried to pick music that had a good stand out beat and then slowed the video to match. It's hard though, because when you're hammering your rhythm only stays consistent for short periods. Some blacksmith youtubers, like Alec Steele are really good at putting hammers to music.
 
John Wilson said:
Really enjoyed that video! Looks like y'all had a lot of fun.

Here's a question: When it came to forging the ricasso area, first you guys did a buddy system where one held the hammer face on there while somebody else smacked the hammer. Then you moved to that guillotine looking device. What is the purpose behind the two-man operation first? If you were working alone, how would you accomplish that part of it? Or conversely, if you didn't have the guillotine device, could you just hammer out the ricasso using some sort of peg in the Hardy hole of the anvil?
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Yeah, John, when we buddy'd up to set the ricasso, that was the first stepdown from the edge transition. The guillotine thing put a second step down farther back to isolate the tang and get a spot for the guard roughed in. If you look at the image of it laying on that brick during a normalizing cycle, you can see the two steps. He said normally he doesn't have a striker and when he does it by himself he has an L shaped device that goes in the hardy hole to accomplish the same thing. It was a fun class! It's hard to capture the "fun" of it in a short video. I probably had close to 20 hours of footage between 3 cameras that I had to cut down to 15 minutes.
 
I love the video a man can pick up some, wow I have been doing that the hard way!! Anthony that is time well spent. A class like that could benefit many of us! Two thumbs up!
 
Self Made Knives said:
Yeah, John, when we buddy'd up to set the ricasso, that was the first stepdown from the edge transition. The guillotine thing put a second step down farther back to isolate the tang and get a spot for the guard roughed in. If you look at the image of it laying on that brick during a normalizing cycle, you can see the two steps. He said normally he doesn't have a striker and when he does it by himself he has an L shaped device that goes in the hardy hole to accomplish the same thing. It was a fun class! It's hard to capture the "fun" of it in a short video. I probably had close to 20 hours of footage between 3 cameras that I had to cut down to 15 minutes.
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You did your usual great job on editing. It was engaging to watch and short enough to be entertaining. I think you did well enough that people will be interested enough to attend his class in the future. I certainly would if I was in that part of the country.
 
Saw this on Facebook and still have to watch this one,I watched some of your other videos (sawmill ) and immediately subscribed we have a mill on our homestead.Anthony you need to come to Alaska and hang out ! You had me cracking up with the video on the camera slide thing.I gotta go watch this one now and I'm sure it will be a enjoyable video to watch.
 
C Craft said:
I love the video a man can pick up some, wow I have been doing that the hard way!! Anthony that is time well spent. A class like that could benefit many of us! Two thumbs up!
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The two guys in the class were brand new. I told them that they would be months ahead of the game with this class. Sure, the class has a price, but the time it saved them is worth it. For me, I can make a knife, just no knowledge of the forging aspect. It was great to see more than kind of forge, someone else's shop, grinders, tools, etc. I got a lot out of it too.
 
AkWildman said:
Saw this on Facebook and still have to watch this one,I watched some of your other videos (sawmill ) and immediately subscribed we have a mill on our homestead.Anthony you need to come to Alaska and hang out ! You had me cracking up with the video on the camera slide thing.I gotta go watch this one now and I'm sure it will be a enjoyable video to watch.
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Ha! Glad to have you along! I get into all kinds of stuff and youtube has became a hobby of its own.
 
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