Morning all
I've lurked here for a number of months admiring peoples work and machinery. Having just picked up my first anvil I felt it was time to come out of the woodwork.
Knife making brought me here. A few years ago I decided to try my hand at making myself a knife. I wanted to be able to do as much of the process as I could, including the heat treatment which meant that if I wanted to make a knife I needed to make a forge.
My knives were made out of O1 flat ground tool steel, but once you start on these things other ideas start popping into your head. I now want to have a go at forging blades myself.
I already had the forge, but needed an anvil. After a few months of hunting I found one (see the anvil section of the forums) and hope to start hitting things soon.
I am also greatly advantaged in knowing a local blacksmith who has offered to let me into his shop so he can show me a thing or two.
Anyway, I hope to get to know you over the coming years and will keep you up to date with how I progress.
Thanks :)
Mafro