Steve Sells

Knee mail sent Stan

Welcome to I Forge Iron. Swords are not a good place to start, especially when you are looking at any contact. even controlled. Stating with basic smithing skills, then small blades such as knives you can get to swords after a while. Also plan to stop in for our live knife chat at 10pm Eastern time every Friday night here in our IFI chat room. we have some beginners as well as advanced blade makers there, and the chats are edited for off topic content then re-posted in the knife section of the forum with a tag including the date of that chat included in the thread title, so those that miss a chat, can read and post comments about it later.

Welcome to I Forge Iron, We do have a few IFI memebers within a short drive of you, also an active IBA chapter. Glad to have you aboard.

ok, since the point of welding a billet is to get the flexibleness of lower carbon steels in the middle of a blade and higher carbon hardness on the outside, would it work to have the center of the billet mild or like a spring steel and the outside a very hard tool steel? just would like to know.

Read up on Carbon Migration. There is not much of any truth in the higher lower carbon statement just made. More false Myths made from assumptions rather than lab testing. Carbon migrates very fast at welding temp's, while a San-Mai construction may actually have a portion of the carbon differences remaining, its not much if at all, the old link is dead, but there is a paper on the web showing even one forge weld, with no folding made, the test of a203e and 1095 had homogeneous carbon levels.

IF you want to date it, ya should start slow, try asking it to dinner and see where that goes...

Sorry I had to after reading the title... Looks to be in good shape. I have no idea of the current resale value, But I have seen them go for a few $$ around here, and that does look to be in great condition.

welcome to I Forge IRon, The coal is sticking because you have not coked it up yet, Green coal sticks also dont get very hot. Read the getting started information off the main page to learn more. Glad to have ya here

there are quite a few anvils in our IFI tailgating section now.

Thanks everyone. I am getting around ok but I am not doing anything in the Dojo for a while, I am a broken Master Even the white belts now have a good chance to knock me down lol.

Funny you said that, as my supply of Osage comes from a bow maker. When he spilts the tree that grows on his property, if it has knots or non straight grain, he wont use it for a bow. lucky me.

This seems to love oil finishes and has nice colors. I like the red and brown splashed throughout the orange.

Glen posted $225 for a 100#. I will use this as an example of rental fees, if I use that for only 2 years that is less than $10 a month to rent an anvil. Isn't that a good deal ?

Add in the fact that I get to keep it after those 2 years. Also add in that I can sell it later to recover some or even all of that rental fee, maybe even make more than my initial payment. I can use that cash as a down payment on a larger anvil later, or kep it as a spare, all for less than $10 a month.

Fantastic. Keep at it Ruairi

Can we by-pass the "dying from getting hit on the head" thing, at least until the staples are out of my skull? :)

Billy Mays passed away in his sleep Sunday morning.

An infomercial guru, maybe you remember one of his big "Oxy Clean" sales pitches? His TV presence was entertaining, and a no holds bared BUY THIS NOW attitude was strong sales, but we didnt mind watching him try to sell to us! Rest well Billy.

its the theory we use in the Martial Arts about weapons, so I agree completely.

What does Aflack pay for blowing one self up ?

Yes, I know the "legal" regulations... And the "safety" stuff.

your statement make this look sarcastic, like you don't take it very seriously. Please get professional help with this project before you kill someone.

As a part time EMT I also teach a few courses for the Red Cross. I have brought my son along many times to kids/youth classes, and Scouting sessions to use as a training manikin, so he knows the procedures and has been in more training sessions than most adults. But if he cant get past the fear of blood, I cant see how he could really help, til he gets past that.

I am sure that may have bothered him also. Poor kid knowing what to do, but being unable to move and assist me made him very sad.

And Thomas, what is wrong with accepting an opportunity to get more unusual steels to use. I was already cut, and I cant reuse stitches. These staples may be can-welded into a mosaic at Stans Hammer in :D

G'day and welcome to I Forge Iron, we have a few members from your island, Glad to have some more here.

If I were going to use stainless for a blade I would use 440c. It heat treats like 1095.

Excuse me ? Some Stainless requires long soak times,  most stainless steels are air quench, even 440C: while 1095 needs oil quench or some use water,  How can you say heat treat is the same as 1095?

 

 

addition  jan 2014:  I forgot to mention in thin sections many standard rules about quenching mediums for normal smithing sized items can change.  For example 440-C  an oil quencch may be prefered, but can air harden also. Also after researching I now agree mostly with the statement about we can treat 440C like 1095. with a few exceptions.

I have never had one last 6 hours but I press into them to get er Done.

Vibrations are not good, changing speed can normally resolve that, OR you may have a bearing problem. Swap a belt and see if another belt vibrates, if it does you may have to change a bearing, but most likely a belt and/or speed change

Sweet Rich

Thank you for sharing this post.

Looks like you are in business now, Happy forge welding Tom !!!

You never stated what kind of sword? a Rapier or Foil? never. Type X viking broadsword? Maybe as a wall hanger, Don't even think about a long Claymore in 440.

At risk of annoying those that think otherwise 440 is not very good for swords, except for wall hangers as its too Brittle for that large of a blade. I have made 1 from 440c (rebuilt actually) and had to really lower the hardness to get any realistic flex, and would never advise someone use it for anything except to hang on a wall, as this one was intended

There are many better steels available and a simple 1050 is great for most styles.

I am home from ER, A dropped sheet metal HVAC duct attacked me, but only got the back of my head, so no lasting harm done The end got me and cut deep enough to get to the skull, and that can be a real annoyance.

I found out the hard way that my 13 yr old son Sean cant deal with the sight of blood, he is still freaking out. He is the one I am worried about. He was helping me when it got dropped on my head and knocked me down the stairwell, The 12 or so staples in my head should be able to come out in a week or 2.

Bad way to start a Sunday.

3.1.0 is 364 in Cwt,
3.0.10 is 346 in cwt
310# in US
take yer pick :)