Thanks everyone.
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Originally Posted by ApprenticeMan  Looks great you little upstart  .
Haha seriously, loving the forged in fuller, I gotta make one of those jigs up soon. it's coming along really nicely I have one similar waiting for me to figure out a way to heat treat it hehe. |
Sam, firstly... I am not little
Secondly... don't start something you can't finish (like a knife or sword
). Heheh, just kidding. I have a similar problem when it comes to forging something out and letting it sit in the shop for a long long time. This sword was like that, had it about half way rough forged out almost a year ago, then didn't touch it. Finally thought it would be a good idea to try and finish it up.
As to fullering tools, spring fullers work alright, but I think that a guillotine type tool is a better idea, and probably what I will make in the future. Something like the one Mike donated on the first page would work perfectally. The guillotine style is more versitile, you can use it on more than one sized stock and dont have to worry about things not lining up when you drop the hammer on it. Plus, more efficient. The spring on the spring fuller can absorb some of your blow, but not with the guillotine.
After I get this beast rough ground I am going to set it aside and build a much needed long HT furnace. After I get that up and going I will probably try and shift my focus more towards swords and less towards knives... or, better yet more towards swords and knives.
Nick, the fuller was forged in, then cleaned up by hand with a file, and then some on the grinder (had to devise an attachement speciffically for cleaning up the fullers after I did one of them by hand).
Thomas, not sure on the current weight. I still have to do a decent amount of grinding which will probably lighten it up a bit, so havent bothered checking yet. I can tell you however, it weighs quite a bit less than the 4 lb sledge I drew it out with though
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