inuroku842
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single edge, but I'm working on a piece of rail iron for an anvil. I used a piece of leaf spring for blade material. I don't really know how to forge a tip onto the blade, I don't want to have to cut away any material in order to put a tip on it, partly due to the fact that I don't have the hardware required to do it (aside from cutting it on the edge of the anvil, kind of a pain sometimes).
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Okay, I am completely new to this and am in the process of making my very first blade, ever. I have a rough shape of the blade and have the right thickness that I want and everything, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to put a point at the tip. It looks more like a golf club than the end of a knife. Can somebody please help?
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Hey, are there any smiths here in Louisiana? I'm in the Fort Polk area, so if you're nearby, maybe 50 miles give or take, let me know. I would like to learn a few things in person and actually see what's going on, I've been having to play guess and check for the past few months since I started, haha. Thanks.
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Hey guys, thanks for the input. For the time being I will have to work on the ground, unless I happen upon a stump or something like that. I can't stand my rail iron on end, not tall enough and the other side is all jacked up, really worn out. Think I could probably grind a new surface onto it? If you say it can be done while sitting on the ground with enough practice, then I believe you and will work in this fashion until I can get up on my feet. I work on my porch on the second story so I don't think digging a pit would quite work, though a good suggestion, hadn't though of that.
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I am working with a forge that I made out of a bucket, however, the entire shop sits on the floor, so I am having to kneel over the forge, the anvil (a piece of old rail iron that I flipped upside down), the whole works. I have only been doing this (blacksmithing, not just the shop setup..) for about 2 months now, but I have recdently noticed that my work gets really marred up when I am working it. I think it may have something to do with the fact that I am having to kneel over the work. Am I right in assuming this? Also, I am kind of a small framed guy, so could it just be that I can't control the hammer very well? Any tips or advice?
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hey, i'm a new member and a new smith, and i'm trying to get an effective forge going. i saw one of your posts from an '05 thread so i thought id ask you. right now, all i have is a pale insulated with some fireplace mortar with a black iron pipe running through the bottom of it with some holes drilled for air. it gets the job done, for the most part, but i can't forge weld in it. if i go about using a firepot, do i have to fill the firepot to the surface with coal, or do i shove the work into the pot to heat, im really not understanding how to work with a firepot, ive only ever worked with coal at the surface level of the forge, not sunken down into it. please help.