Gibbo

G'day Andy and welcome aboard,start heatin and beatin and show us your projects, have fun

Cheers fellas no Larry the only pointers I get is of this great forum but I'll take that as a compliment

gday, my grandmas 80th was coming up so i thought id do her an everlasting rose,its all stainless i cut the petal patterns with the 5inch then textured in the forge made the stem from some stainless pipe and made it to curl around a tealight candle let me know what ya reckon cheers

This is my first try at a large sharp objec also my first drifting. I used a railway spike, upset the shaft, drifted then shaped, used a super quench due to probable low carbon content seemed to harden good enough for a hatchet . Handle is red gum Let me know what you think.... Cheers

Gday all,(chest puffed up)this is my first try at pattern welding ,all be it scrap steels its steel bandsaw blade from the cutoff saw at work and pallet strapping the one inch stuff i cleaned them both up cut em to lengths & tacked the ends & sides and welded on a rebar handle & prayed to the forge welding gods & went at it,the gods must have looked kindly on me ,fully welded found no inclusions 30 layers, left it random pattern for my first didnt want to test the gods too much,the slabs are homemade desert camo canvas micarta and im getting quicker at my leather work for the sheath , let me know what you thinkcheers

I agree drinking beer gets my creative juices flowing

Mate what can I say I've followed this from the beginning I've showed my wife every time you've posted your progress and both of us are amazed by your skill , I could have a go at copying what you've done if I had some drawings to go off but I could never have the forsight to bring something to life from nothing that is why you stand out here it's a great skill you have Taylor's parents will be stoked well done

Stunning, top job

Great stuff and good lookin blades thanks for the effort

Great stuff and good lookin blades thanks for the effort

Great idea looks good

Very nice

Cheers dale I was wondering how far along they were

Spewin I couldn't make it looks like yous had a blast I'm bookin in for next year gotta put some faces to these names

Blade shapes pretty good and that's a nice clean etch mark keep at it I wanna see updates

Cheers fellas your right Thomas because the beer lid Is so thin it tore around the top whilst shaping the top ,at first I wasn't happy but then remembered seeing plenty of old fellas out bush with there hats torn and to me they show that hats been through thick and thin and I bet they are comfortable ,so I left it like that

Un#######believable you have got a lot of patience and foresight every time I check in here and have look I'm floored keep up the great work scrappy

Awesome pattern mangler good job

Cheers switch when I had finished that one I almost didn't want to sell it

gday all, its my first post in this section but not my last just thought id show my first try at an akubra hat, its made from a beer lid i was muckin round with my mapp gas torch and made this and let the heat run a bit for colouring, its a little small for my head otherwise id be wearin it right now cheers for lookin

Gday to all,i have not posted in a while so heres what ive been up to,the first is my first try at forge welding its a concrete slab tensioning cable actually a few of them twisted together then welded.etched in vinegar overnight to bring out the pattern,this was given to my father inlaw he was happy so i was happy.the next is a kitchen knife i made for my first customer yep i sold one its 5160 leaf spring with red gum slabs and stainless pins my thinnest blade yet he loved the shape and comfort in hand and better yet not having to resharpen every day.this one here is my favourite its 5160 with blue jean homemade micarta slabs, stainless guard and pins and a pvc sheath with camo paint,cant wait to do some hunting with it its got 8"blade, overall 14", just under 1/4" at the thickest and shaving sharpand last of all this was for my second customer, its an old file rebirthed into a skinning knife with deer antler handle my first hidden tang also,i found some leather and made a sheath for it, the customer is wrapped with it and says the shape and size is very practical and the deer antler suits it waddya reckonthanks for lookin let me know what ya think.

I haven't heard of that Andrew but sound good I'll look it up and see ya there cheers

G'day to all Gibbo here,I've been on this site for maybe a year and I've only just found this thread I'm a bit slow on the uptake anyways I live in Sydney's west out near penrith ,I'm a backyard basher and all round tinkera ,made myself a coal forge bout a year ago and I'm hooked I'm currently doin a gas forge just have to put the kaowool an a couple of firebricks and she will be cranking.ive made a few knives now I love doin them each one I do I see my skill level increase but it's still a long journey to go, would love to catch up with a fellow steel basher who is close bye and have a couple cold ones and bash something hot Cheers Gibbo

Yeah I did dale and they said a couple more wouldn't hurt so sendin it off tomorrow cheers

Am I too late to send some leaves I would love to contribute