Rikadyn

First read the thread title on the front of the forum, and thought "if it's not on him, can't be that bad of a place" However this might be on the short list of worse places...

"Perfect axe for the French Lumberjack"

Yea, seems like a good idea, drops are only $1.10 or so a lb there and they have w2 drops. Mainly want to make fighting knives, so closer to Japanese than Camp knife

I asked cause Alro is the only supplier locally for metals, and they don't carry anything I commonly see mentioned around here for knives. Otherwise I'll have to start looking for scrap springs or order online...

Heat treating shouldn't be a problem, once I learn more about it. I plan on doing it all by heat and hammer so to speak.

looks like a Kilij

I don't think our yards (except for obviously the pick and pull autopart yards) sell to the public. Luckily our ex neighbor was a scrapper, and is by everyday almost to visit with my dad, just don't know how to describe for him what i need or what to ask for....

I need help choosing what steel to use from my local suppliers catalogue. I understand the basics of choosing the right steel, but none of the commonly discussed steels are offered by them. Alro Metals Guide

What size pipe should I use? The forge is a side blast, but not gonna do a water cooled tuyver on this forge till i build a more permanent forge, so It'll be consumed I know, but anyway. Going to use a hairdryer for air supply

pretty, i want to do something similiar when I get to sword making

A Good swordsman...

Eh? I'm looking at maybe a 6inx12inx18in or so piece it's like a 1.15/lb or so

I'm still contemplating making my own anvil. Would A2 be an acceptable steel for an anvil?

should post a picture of what you used to form the bowl :p

When in doubt, Everything can be used as a hammer.