franga dragos

hello everybody, the t spine is a characteristic of the turkish saber named kilic, but it can be found in other types of blades. i-am a beginner ''bladesmith'' and my experience with forging is limited, i order to give a blade a t spine-i believe-that is important to heat just the part of the blade you intend on ''t spine'' - the back of the blade. other than that i have no idea how to proceed on making a t spine.

Hi everybody, i am new here, as i am into blacksmithing, but already i have many things to tell about burning my hide. This spring while forging i forgot to wear my eye protection ( actually i was just lazy ) and a flying scale landed on my eye, i could feel it cooling in my tear. Fortunately it was a small piece and not very hot but I cannot forget the feeling of a hot thing cooling on the surface of my eye ball. Sice then I always wear eye protection when forging ( hope i never forget to ). And off course there are those times when you start dancing suddenly because your feet are on fire, you all know them don't you ?