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Not sure how this got missed!! Awesome work.

Oooh I want it Beautiful sweeping lines, practical design, and incredible worksmanship!! This looks exactly like what I have been thinking about making. Love the style keep up the good work!!

Looks just like something forged for Sauron. Incredible

Its a MONSTER!! love the look! maybe a charred wood handle would go well with it?

Looks like a real beater! Can you post a closeup of the blade and tang?

Beauty!! Amazing work, let alone for your first! I hope to get there some day.... What are some of "the things that could be better"?

Very nice! I hope to try some cobras or regular snakes sometime with a 15ft piece of threaded rod i found on the side of the road.

Thanks guys, i will definitely flatten my future knives with a flatter to true everything up and smooth out the bevels. Then i'll file completely flat. Then i'll mark centre and set plunges with chainsaw file, then judicially file with the jig. I rushed that one a lot!! I will post the next knife and i guess we'll see how it turns out!

Sorry i just edited it

Ok, i thought this might be the problem. how do i retain a true flat grind without the grind going convex? Its easy to slip slightly. Would you reccomend drawfiling or normal filing?

So i wanted to make a knife for my mom to use in the garden. I opted for a tanto style just for fun. I forged it out of a coil spring, forged in bevels. Then i drawfiled it, making the nice partially unfinished knife here. Picture 1 and 2 Then i made this filing jig. Then i filed one side (sort of) to a flatish bevel (it came out of the drawfiling slightly convex) picture 3 Then, using the same bevel angle on the other side, i did a more thorough job. To my dismay, 1/4" deep of my edge had rolled over and was useless, leaving the blade shape below. I will have to start again...... picture 6 So i want to diagnose the problem. Some factors to consider. 1 the plunge line is far deeper on the second side i did, i removed much more material. (This could also be as a result of being shy on the filing near the plunge) *Picture 4 and 5 2 the knife was not completely straight or flat when i started filing, it still isnt. 3 due to the use of a plywood jig, the c-clamp accentuated the problem of non-flatness, so depending where the clamp sat, the blade was at a different angle. My working theory is that the bevel on the first side was not completely accurate, so when i did it on the other side it was too much. I think this was accentuated by the lack of flatness. What are your thoughts? I would like to not have this happen again. Thanks in advance!

It does look very similar to Alec steele's. Very nice!! It would be a shame to use it and get it all dirty and scratched

Fire brick is probably not the best choice, lots of thermal mass, and it will be eaten by welding flux, and it may crumble. A kiln shelf from a pottery supply store is quite tough. Whats the volume without the brick? As to the burner, This is where i get into deeper waters, wait and some real burner experts will come along. It looks good to me, but i dont know too much. So to clarify, you designed the burner?

Thanks TP, i will have to ask one of my buddies to come strike for me. I probably should get around to buying a sledge too. And making more tongs.... Lots to do!

Looks like a good start! It may be a little large for the one burner, what is the internal volume? What kind/design is the burner? This is essential to answer any questions I think end openings are more of a trial and error thing. They look good, but it really depends on how it works with the burner.