Jorgensen

Why do you wrap your Anvil with a chain?

I use the chain as a "hold down tool". One end of the chain nailed to the anvil stand. Place the object to forge on the anvil, the chain over the anvil/object and your foot on the "loose end" of the chain on the floor.

A picture of me, forging at a local fair.

So, based on the pics, is there any advice any1 can give me for my next pair.

A bit longer could be nice.

Divermike

Very cool!

Trevligt med fler svenskar p

Here is my first try...
Forged from an RR-spike, the head of the sike is the axe blade. Works pretty well to throw but there is no steel inlay for the edge. That will be the next projekt I belive.

OK, I guessed that the folding wouldn

A new try on some sort of damascus, mild steel and metal saw blade. etched in FeCl.

I guess my style is "poorly welded damascus jewelery", at least untill i get the hang of it.

I question for the moore experenced damascus makers: Is it of any good to try and fold the billet more times? Is there any chanse to close som of the earlier made poor welds?

It

Her is a picture of it when re-etched in ferretic cloride.

Character, is that the polite word for looks like s***t

But I agree, it surly looks a bit special. And one thing I recomend is to complete the first one you start. Even if you discover stuff that isn

It has two feautres that might make it worth showing: Its my first, and its finished

Made from a renault coil spring, with aluminium and oak handle.

There is two translations of faststeel in swedish. One is "snabbst

Last weekend I bought a "new to me" anvil, 188kg (414lb).

I hav a small telwin MIG and has been using it for some years now. It has worked fine, but I have not so muche experience from other brands.

Generally I

This is my first try on damascus forging. It is three pices, two mild steel and one Cr,Ni,Mo alloyed steel, forgewelded together and twisted and folded once. Not much of a pattern but I

Aha, "grillspett" in swedish if anyone is interested.....

also do Meat Skewers (about 6 heats, do 5 or 6 at a time

Maybe a doumb question, but since english isn

I have my first forge welded ring as a key fob (or key ring perhaps is the more correct english word?), not so nice looking but still my first forge weld

I

Hello!
Since the board notice keeps reminding me that I have not made any post yet it migth be time for an introduction of myself.

I live in sweden, in northen europe. In the forrest outside a town called Link