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looks good, Been hunting fore a deal like that currently. Best I found was 70 bucks with the bench mount and spring missing as well. So my machinist vice will just cop it for a bit longer lol You will feel better about the tool having fixed it up your self

look solid to me. A shorter pair can be handy for some jobs, depends on the size and type of your forge. Guess if you really wanted to you could use your blacksmith magic and weld on a little bit more metal on the handle :D

They looks great, especially if they were just going to be scrap off cuts. Looks like you have made plenty know to have it very well down pat. Love the minimalistic look of the blade, using the end of the handle to make the guard. Really looks like you could hold the blade well and put it to some hard work.

Guessing your digging bar anvil gets lower and lower as you use it. May be some trouble when it gets too bedding into the ground. If you can find a tree stump on the side of the road and pick up a sledge hammer head (useful later anyways) you would have something a bit more solid, think someone already mentioned this idea

Yes that is a very nice pile, thought it was a pile of artillery shells when I first saw the pile lol

Mate for a first knife, It looks like you ended up with a knife. First knife I did looked like a banana lol Nicely pinned handle too, keep trying different designs and techniques

Very hard with the limited information available. It seems to look around 200-300 Lb, but thats a random guess. Cant really see the face of it, but what you can see looks like it is in good order. Is it worth 600 bucks for a broken off heel ?? Your call on how much money you have floating around, but I would keep looking around or talk to this guy about a more serious price, or getting some more details, like weight and rebound of anvil and condition. Guy says it is steel anvil, but who knows what makes him say that, considering that he said nothing else about the anvil and took a bit of an odd angle shot on the anvil, kinda tells me this guy dont know anvils (who leaves a poor defenseless anvil like that tipped over on the ground) The guys phone number is listed on the add and from the looks of it he has not sold it in over a month of listing it (so it cant be a that good deal) I would keep looking around, the add next to it sounded promising if you cant smash this guys price down

looks good just got to attach the mounting to it for where it is going to go. I try avoid doming sheet metal so loud to do, really works the neighbors over lol

If that was the practice one Ill be hanging for the one you will do when you feel you have got the hang of it. Looks rather pro to me

Yes, thanks for sharing keith :D

looks good to me, solid. Just got to add the little flappy door at the bottom and a stand. I made a cheap stand out of 3 star pickets welded to a ring that worked well for me

I most likely not really get your method, But if your tip is simply going to be a bit of squashed pipe, not welder or anything I hope you do not intent on using it for long. I think if i understand what your doing correctly, will have an ok socket, may take more time to make then doing it the normal way. But I think your tip will lack material and not go very well. Just punch out the heads from a bit of 6 or 10mm rod, you will get fast at it after a few. . If you want quick and dirty, use a welder to put a head on a socket

That does make sence when you think about it, Iv just seem a fair amount of 'survival knives' that have everything in the handle. You have a valid point tho. Just seems like something good can be done with the socket. Nice concept either way and It looks very rugged with the para wrapping

Nice and rustic looking, maybe a green marble would have gone better for the day. Yeah I dont know about the copper wire on it either. Ruff hammer hits looked nice

Think you are going to have to show or explain your forge set up and fuel. Type of steel be handy to. Ruff guess your forge has intense hot spots and you need to move it around more. Total guess tho

Welcome mate. I am down on the central coast, should be a few anvils out your way. Where i got mine.

Thanks guys thought there had to be some functunal reason that it was done. Sorry about the the thread hijack. That hamer shows some nice forging technique.

Be interested to see what type of sheath you put with this nice piece to compliment it.

overall it is a really clean looking hammer, Looks almost store bought to me. Did a really nice job on cleaning it up and keeping the lines clear. Always puzzled why people remove the metal between the striking hammer face part and the handle hole. Only plus I can see is to lower the weight but keep a bigger hammer face. Looks solid with the two wooden wedges

Nice look to it, clean looking blade curve. What is the intended use for this knife? looks a bit thin for a survival type bush knife. How does the para cord handle go for grip? any dramas if it gets a bit wet? The knot work looks good on the handle, very uniformed.

A "knife chat" on arrow heads would be interesting, lots of odd head designs that are interesting to forge with the shapes. (broad heads and fire cages) Not a knife, but still pointy and sharp :D

Have a look what is around you, you might just have to put up with shoveling more and more charcoal into it. See if you have Coal or coke available around your area. Coke will last a lot longer then the charcoal does and still gives good heat. Just see what you can get your hands on and see how you go.

Looks alright. Think i remember seeing one a while back where they used a spike, slitted it in the middle along the main section then pulling these two sections create the cross section. Looked really nice all coming from the same piece. Coating your current piece is will make it look a bit more bedroomy. I see you have not integrated any way of hanging it to the wall, so you will need to find some hooks that work with it as well.

I gota make me some of those. How are you pumping them out so quick that two of them are still that hot?

just wondering, is the socket handle for one piece strength or so that it can be made into a spear if required? I do like the one piece design knives where the metal turns into the handle. and a socket is a good way of making a thicker handle to hold. Did you do the rope handle in a way they you would be hiding equipment in the hollow handle??? The rope handle does look nice, especially with the turkish knots