Loneforge

5160 blade steel with Nickle silver bolsters and Pakka Wood scales.

Very Cool

Cool

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and a pile of cool tools!

Nice work!

Thanks for the kind words Gents. I recently made a trip to the US to visit another maker. As you can see here I picked up a few skills. Now if I can just remember 1/10th of what I learned I'll be doing OK!

Nicely done....Neat touch with the chain maille handle. Never saw that before.

Nice knife and a cool tutorial. Well done!

I found the first few attempts I made yielded the same results. So step back and look at it. My problem was with the first strike. I didn't get it centred. So I found some scrap and started slitting and drifting until I could get close to centre. Then learn how to move the metal in the direction you want. ( Not easy) The after a few dozen more you'll be all set. Lots of fun though just the same. Or .....what Frosty said! Forge on!

Nice job. 

If I have crafted it I call it a tool....after I hand it you ...call it whatever you want, I don't make "weapons". Still a cool thread!

I think the point was to prove toughness of the tool. This indeed proves it's worthy and tough. High fives for putting your work to the proving ground! Not many would!

If you want more attention post when "Finished" and all gussied up. After finished to a fine grit and a handle on, this will gather more lookers! 

Cheers Darren

Beefy! Nicely done yet again! 

Make a pile of rings for big fingered people too! Just an idea!

Top shelf! Nice work Zigmund!

Addicted! 

Made a trip to visit another maker in the very recent past. Saw and learned a ton. Experience of a lifetime and a game changer for me, If I remember 1/100th of what I saw I will be doing good.

Nice knife!

Nice clean forgings. Looking forward to seeing them finished and many more please. 

Nice work!

Scott, I do finish with gun blue, The brownish tinge must just be hint of reflection. This was a piece of Ladder pattern. It was forged out thin so the pattern is distorted.

Thanks guys...15N20 and 1095. That combination I use a lot.

Nice

Indeed ....keep them coming