yesteryearforge

Copper and mild steel Really like resurrecting scrap into other things

It is approx 12 inches long and the shovel portion is approx 3/4 " wide x 1 " long

Its not copper , its mild steel ,but it has been treated with the old brass brush trick

Pat it started out as a small piece of 1/2 X 3 1/2 copper , the dish is about 4 inches in diameter and the whole piece is about 6 inches tall

Colleen it was forged hot from start to finish

Borntoolate We call that a leg vise :)

Don A It was Forged Hot

Had a some copper left over from machining some buss bars for a major power company . Couldn't pull myself to sell the drops as scrap

Made from scrap perfforated metal

Made from 3/8 thick copper

Die grinder with a small flapper wheel is what I used

My vises are mounted at several different heights Tall for filing and such ( im also on the tall side a 6' 6" I hava a seven inch vise mounted low for striking and ground Vs in the jaws for firmly holding hardy shanks on some of my tooling. All of the vises are mounted on 4 or 6 inch heavy wall square tubing somewhere between 4 to 5 feet deep in the foor in concrete. When I hit them they DONT move. I prefer dirt floors over concrete. My floors are dirt ,covered with about 4 inches of rock dust ( granite dust ) which is like crusher run without the little pieces of rock

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You can get iron mountain flux from centaur forge also Just Google iron mountain forge welding flux for other options too.

A lot of times the girls do better than the boys

They usually show up around 16 years old with the common sense and stamina of a 9 year old.

Y'all have entirely too much time on your hands !

Perhaps a diagram of a knife blade and a finished knife with the terminology so those who might not know what these names of parts can go to at a glance and refresh their memory --- ie, .ricasso , choil , etc.

Mcmaster-Carr

Here ya go ----

My shop floor is Dirt coverd with ROCK DUST ( about 2 to 3 inches thick ) rock dust is like crusher run without the little pieces of rock Around here its Granite dust. I have had 4 different power hammers on it. I also re-arrange my shop quite often. All of my post vises are mounted on 4 inch square heavy tubing at least 4 ft deep in concrete in the floor. I prefer this floor over any other .

My anvil is hard ( 59 rockwell ) and my 4 main forging hammers ( 1 1/2 thru 5 lbs ) are hard ( upper 50s rockwell ) If your anvil is the PROPER height for YOU and you hit it FAIR & SQUARE it should not leave any dings. That is of course if one first rules out Fatigue , too large of hammer , over zealous hammering etc.etc.etc.