Everything posted by Tempered Warrior
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First knives
I ment didn't know not don't know
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First knives
I know I have a lone way to go. At the time I bought the steel I don't know where to get good carbon steel so I went to home depot and picked up some cheap constructional steel to start. As for the heat treat I heated them up to a bright orange and quenched into water
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First knives
Here are my first 2 knives. First one is a hunter 2nd is a krambit (as you can probably tell p.s. I tried sharpening but the just wouldn't
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Steel
Does any one know of a steel mill near philidelphia that sells round and square stock or a blacksmith supply web site. P.s. sorry I wasn't sure what section to put this post in
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Rail road spikes
Yeah I'm pretty sure just grabbing them is illegal.
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Rail road spikes
So I want to buy some rr spike on ebay to make knives but i don' t know if they're legally obtained and how would I tell if they r. Thanks for any answer you guys can give I know it's probably hard to answer
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Blade worthy steel
It's hot rolled. Other than that I don't know
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Blade worthy steel
Is 1011 steel blade worthy. If not what is, and what's the difference between 1011 and 1012. I look for about an hour but couldn't find anything. Thx
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Temprature
Yes I light fires all the time. I just want to know if you think those bellows and blower will get it hot enough
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What do you think
Thanks
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Temprature
Well you didn't have to be mean about it. I only ask when i cant find the answer "IN THE FORUMS". I try to find an appropriate location but they just don't fit. And with the moderators they thought my "COAL" forge was a "GAS" forge. So back off!!!!!!!! You posted it to this thread and to reference material so dont blame us. http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/43417-building-a-gas-forge-am-i-on-the-right-track/
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Temprature
How hot do I need to get steel for knife making. And how hard is it to get. To that heat with a small blower and 2 small bellows
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New steel alloy
So Korean sientists have made a new steel that's "as cheap as dirt" but at least as strong as titanium. What r your thoughts on it for blade making. I think that it would be pretty good.
- bronze sword
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bronze sword
my friend wants to make a bronze sword and I was wondering how good it will be. how would it compare to steel. on a scale a 1 to 10 with 10 being how good steel is where is bronze
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Changed my plan
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Building a gas forge - Am I on the right track
I know I'm not very knowledgeable about this but I think it will work. I got this aluminum pipe red hot with out a blower
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Building a gas forge - Am I on the right track
I meant soda fountain. The coils are stainless steel, and have a slight hole for water. So I can use it for air transport. And it is deffinenty a blower
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Building a gas forge - Am I on the right track
Its a charcoal forge. The coils are from a sofa machine so they're ideal to get the air from the blower to the embers.
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Building a gas forge - Am I on the right track
Here's my forge. Just need to attach a pipe to the blower Mod: Since you have not already noticed, we have an entire section devoted to gas (?) forges, I will relocate this there for you. If you read the other posts there, you may find out why this is not going to work too well
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What do you think
I have some fire brick for the wagon
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What do you think
yeah I drilled a hole to general fit then hammered it in and gorilla glued it in
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What do you think
Coal or charcoal. And I was talking to my friend today. His dad has an anvil he doesn't use. What, Luck
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What do you think
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Etching
An you use any acid for ectching like viniger or do u need a special acid. Thx