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B-E-Autiful! i would choose this over a K-Bar Any day! 5 stars!
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i am going to cut a hole on top of the Barrell and a 2 meter long pipe that leads out of it... but in the mean time it just comes out of the cut out side... i just make sure i don't get in the way when im not picking up the metal:)
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haha! i guess i could! might just get me an egg tomorrow and try it:) and thank you
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This is my setup:) Brake disc forge and 50kg anvil. i put a barrel over the Forge because of wind and to keep the heat inside. i quite like this setup, didn't cost me anything but it's really small so i may have to modify the sides to get the heat to the middle of the blades im making. im using coke to fuel my forge. lucky me to have a aluminium smelting plant nearby so i can get as much coal/coke as i want for free!
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im Glad you started making knives again! these are beautiful! do me a favor and put photos on the forums when the other batch is finished:)
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Polish war axe (Czekan)
mrkiddi replied to Gerald Brostek_4263's topic in Axes, Hatchets, Hawks, Choppers, etc
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hello:) i have here three parts i would like to use for a forge but i have never made one before. so i want to be certain i can use one these or if i have to continue my search:)
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B-E-Autiful! -
looks more like a Kitchen knife than a Tanto if you ask me... but nice work
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Great looking knive:) very unique
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Nice work! i love How dark the blade looks. it looks like an antique knive.
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i used to watch purgatory ironworks and i agree. he has some great tips. i only need a good source for fire. when i get some free time and extra money i will make one:)
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i am currently talking to a man that has car springs. i hope he will let me take them this week. and since i don't have a forge yet i cant use a rebar
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im getting bored... i haven't had any material for knife making for over 2 months now.
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That is exactly what i want to do:) im going to get some Brass tomorrow and make a Cap and a guard i am also going to Put some lacquer on the Handle to make it darker. Hopefully i will have a beautiful knife by the end of the week! but about the Surface finish... i think it's just the Camera, i used a different one for the other photos.
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ok...so here it is after i put a Birch handle on my big knife! i think it looks good...better than taped up Rope. i was wondering what you think of the knife:P i would love to get some criticism:) it's made out of a Truck spring and the only thing i used to shape it and sharpen was an Angle grinder and some sandpaper:). im pretty new at this so it's not a beauty but it works well.
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hmm maybe i should play around with the Color of the handles...thanks:)
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I've made two knives out of Spring steel and they are both around that thickness. if you want it to be sharp just have the Edge high enough of the knife:)
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The handles on the Two daggers and the Indian knife is Actually Birch:) me and my father were taking down an old Birch tree and i decided to make something out of it. 2 days later i found two old Files and made the two Daggers. the Handle on the Indian one is about 2 years old. and thanks for the tip, my grandfather is a sculptor and uses wood Drift wood from Akureyri in his work:) maybe i can get him to make me a beautiful carved handle.
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It's actually Birch:)and the Big one with the Black handle is actually just some Green cord held together with electrical tape. I just made it to chop up trees at where i was working:) i just ordered Paracord online and got a local business to make the holes in the handle for me to thread it through and also for the Guard. and hopefully i can make it shiny and good looking in time.
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Here are some of my Ugly but Effective knives:) the only thing i use to make these is an angle grinder. since im living in Iceland and it's hard to get decent steel around here i used an old Car spring on the Big one but steel files on the 2 small ones with wooden handles, The Indian one was owned by my grandfather but i made the Handle since the old one was a little bit old and uncomfortable.
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using normal wood
mrkiddi replied to mrkiddi's topic in Solid Fuels: Coal, Coke, Charcoal, Wood, etc
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So...i live in a country where getting coal or charcoal is VERY hard...and a tank of propane is very expensive...so i thought, would i be able to use just plain wood? does it get hot enough? and if you know any ideas for cheap fuel i would really like to know... since i don't live in the states i am really xxxxxx off about how short i have gotten. i can barely build a descent forge... if you can help me please do:) greetings for Iceland