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i used to use motor oil it works good. but i started using peanut oil for hardening, it works good and it smells alot better then burnt motor oil

so i didn't know where to put this so i thought here would be good.
i am working on a knife and i want to use some brass that i have laying around and i don't if i can forge it. is it possible, how hot and all that good stuff. if some one can give me some info that would be greatly appreciated. (:

this is fantastic man!!

yeah, the best way to get great deals is to do some work for some old farmers and they will know of one somewhere and you can get a good deal. you just gotta look.

i know it was good and i got a double burner propane forge brand new for another 100 bucks, i already have one so know i have 2
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i got this anvil about a week ago for 100$ i thought it was pretty good deal. its a jhm, pretty good anvil for a 100 bucks

how did you get the metal to look like that?

yeah i forgot to talk about that haha

i forged this knife from an old buck saw blade, it has a 3 inch blade elk antler handle and mosaic pins. its just a little skinner knife with some forged scale still up to give it some character to it.

i love this knife man

so i was wondering where would i get a custom made metal stamp for my work? or would it better just to acid etch it?

id say try to get the seax a little straighter in the handle. but other size really good work man!

very nice work! is all that file work?

thank you all for the complements! i really do like the sinew wrap, i didn't know what to do there so i just did that and it turned out pretty good.

the hardening and tempering- all i did was just heat the blade up to dull red and dip it in motor oil. and the tempering i put it in a oven at 400 degrees f.

XXX XXXX man looks great! I'm working a a sword now too that i really shouldn't be doing but it so hard to resist it.(:

here is the first knife i forged and fully finished. the blade is made out of a railroad spike hardened and then tempered. for the handle i used a deer antler then raped some sinew around the hole for the blade and put some fletchers glue on it to harden it.