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Not bad at all. Heat up some steel and happy forging!

Well, I wouldn't exactly call The Isaacs naval gazing...

I don't think that woodwork either.

Yeah, a picture is a must. A lot of people post stuff like this, when there is NOTHING that needs to be fixed at all. (Except the fact that is isn't being used) From what you said, I think replacing the face is totally unnecessary.

There's nothing wrong with having swords for a goal, but like everyone else is saying, you need to start with the basics. A good s hook is in my opinion much more impressive than a really bad sword. If you want to be "good" at anything, you have to do something that others are not doing. If people could just go out and make a sword, than anybody with a DIY mindset would be making them. The thing that others are not doing is practice. That is THE reason that not everybody plays an instrument, not everybody cooks, and not everybody does blacksmithing. It doesn't matter how good of a teacher you have. You have to learn hammer control. You can't just have someone tell you to hold your hammer a certain way and all the sudden you have hammer control down. You have to PRACTICE! Kudos for having the determination to take on such a task. You'll get there if you PRACTICE! BTW, you can't say "I'm going to use if for chopping through brush" as an excuse for poor heat treating. Once I was using a cheap sword for that very job, and the minute it struck a fairly solid branch, it shattered into tree pieces.

What are you using for an anvil omegabrock? Just curious.

Great job! Definitely one of the better homemade forges I've seen. Only change I can think of is maybe cutting the edge out on both sides. Well, that and adding some light X bracing to the legs.

So nice!!! It's perfect! Where I live, a Hay Budden in that condition would easily sell for twice that.

Show us the stuff! Anvil, etc.

Beautiful! Love the guard. The handle is awesome too. The blade is sweet. I guess I like the whole knife!

Keep at it Dassy!

Count me in.

Plumbs are good quality. I bet you it's been rehandled more than once.

No I don't. Sometimes when I can't think of anything that's actually funny, I just get careless. One thing I like about you guys is that y'all care about things like that. It's awesome that on this forum, people take the time to stop sharpening their knives, and sharpen each others character. I truly want to be a sharpener on this forum. Not a dull blade. Thanks for calling me out on that one, Frosty! C-1

Mr. Gilbert = welding friend.

It's all about shot placement. People have done the job with a .22 LR.

Hey Dassy, while you're teaching him how to spell "yeah", can you teach him the difference between a zombie and a police officer?

I don't know Tc2. From what I've heard, .223 just bounces right off.

Mr. Gilbert.

Here's what I came up with for fullering the cheeks.

I didn't use Photoshop. I did it the old school way. I just printed both photos out and cut the knife out with scissors.

I guess if you wanted to think of it "practical", by law, you should be able to take it on a plane. I would love to watch someone try to convince the baggage checker that it was just a fancy strait edge! There's nothing like an actual knife, but at least it's better than a "tactical pen".

Purdy hammer. Do you know what brand it is?

If I can keep them, I would love to! My birthday is in January...