Forging Carver

I'll take a pict. The coal is great and burns hot! Only issue is that I didn't realize how much bituminous made smoke first starting out. I was afraid the fire depth was gonna come or a neighbor was gonna complain! But it's much better than anthracite. Will antler work for a throwing knife handle? Deers ram their heads in trees all the time, so I must be strong. Thanks. Here's the coal and what the Coke looks like and how hot it was! What do you use as a air flow cause I think my hair dryer is too much. Thanks

Size of the knifeand? The knife around 6-7inches

Nah I'm the master at heating only one end. Only when I just got my new coal I could heat one end!

I'm not sure which to do. Some say to leave untreated but others on blade forums say to heat treat.

Won't have any progress updates until next Saturday because I can't go to my class this Saturday.

Oh that's a good tip of advise thanks

What about handles, any ideas for a throwing knife handle cause I know wood might break.

14 minutes ago, Michael said:

I'd leave a throwing knife dead soft annealed, you'd rather it bend than break if it hits a rock on the ground. Throwers don't really need an edge, just a point.

So do you mean let it air cool or cool it in sand. Maybe do it a few times? Thanks

Ok thanks. Great I hope this wasnt case hardened should have tested. I read something that it wasn't. I broke the piece of the file by hitting it with a hammer over the edge of the anvil, not sure if thats a good sign? Thanks

So I decided to get knife making out of the system today. It is going to be a throwing knife. I made it from a piece of a Bellota farrier rasp, if i remember how to spell it correctly. I think it turned out ok for a first go. I started to grind it and now I think it is ready for heat treat. Anything you think I should do grinding before I heat treat it? Also, what is a good color to temper it to since it will be a throwing knife? Thanks

alright cool. Nice lures by the way.

oh yeah sorry let me get the video. So just my anvil horn, for some reason when I hear bick I think of a stake anvil with a smaller horn.

Ok, for now I suppose it will just leave it because fine details can be a bit hard to carve. Yeah for some reason my pictures are always upside down.

ok thanks, so a smaller horn or the horn on the anvil? ALso in this video at 3:40 is what I think you mean. I want to get one like it but I am unsure where to find it. Thanks

On 9/29/2015, 3:14:36, Joel OF said:

 

A bick meaning using the smaller horn or face?

  Thanks

Thanks for the help everyone. Now that you say that DSW, I always clean my anvil every heat but never brush the piece till the end. Whats a good word of thumb to wire brushing the piece? Also, do you guys use a block brush or a welding brush?

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Hi,

  So now that I am starting to post a lot of pictures, I need to find a way that makes them look halfway decent. I know that this isnt really blacksmithing, but I suppose in a way can fit in. The ones I have been taking are pretty dark even though I have a bright lamp shining over it. I usually use my phone to take them, and I know some pictures some of you took on your phone that doesnt look too bad. Any tips on making the pictures look better? Maybe taking them in sunlight? Thanks

Here is the raw lumber pictures and some progress. Sorry that they are upside down, I am not sure why this site does that. I also need to find out how you guys take such good photos!

Blackfrog I might try and do the same thing but instead make it a wall hanging opener and then put my brothers fire house shield badge on it.

Ok thanks. They told me $12.50 for 100 pounds which is pretty cheap compared to what I was paying. Pallet crate is a good idea thanks.

Nice!

I will post a pic or the raw lumber. Basswood is the species. We use it because it is pretty soft and easy to carve, but we use some other woods at times too. 

Im goin to People's on friday. I will probobly only be able to get a couple of bags since I don't have too much cash or a place to put a ton. Thanks for the help

Thanks for the help

Nice opener! Always was thinking of making a damascus opener once i get better! Great work! Also the forums work now!

Hi,

  I'm heading up to the Allentown area in Pa with my dad who's dropping off a clock to some guy. We are coming from NJ on 78. Anyone know of a place I can find bituminous coal or smithing coal in that area that's not too far out of route? I can only find anthracite hear, and from my web search I can only find anthracite dealers. Thanks

some stuff wont be able to be in the carving like all the tongs cause they are small and hard to carve but i will add a few. I thought of the same thing of putting a hammer on the anvil. I'll post pictures each time I carve it.