Sam Salvati Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=762488 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Cool video, I liked his stake tool...and also how they weld just that tiny little bit of steel on for the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Cool. I tweaked some hand-made scissors from Iran for an oriental rug place here in town. They were much more obviously hand-forged, but I still enjoyed getting my hands on them. They had a number of nifty blacksmith made tools for reweaving rugs, if I run across the pictures I'll share them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofafeather Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Great video! I always like to see Japanese craftsman work. Think it would kill my knees though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Cool video, Sam. He even gave step by step instructions, though I must admit that my Japanese is a little rusty to nonexistant! LOL. Thanks for sharing. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Thanks for the link Sam. I love watching people work. When the smith fluxed and placed the steel to be welded my download stopped to catch up and it took me a few seconds of wondering how long is that guy going to keep his fingers on the HOT steel? before I realized it was bandwidth NOT superhuman heat resistance. It makes me think about forging a pair of shears, then again I THINK about a lot of things. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 glad you guys liked it! if you dive around a bit on the other suggested videos you'll it some gold, Frosty I know your connection is molasses-ed, so i'll make you a list of vids that are worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I love the way they fairly simple technique to build up a very complex form. That is something that is lost on a lot of blacksmiths these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 That is fine video to watch, I really enjoyed seeing scissors hand forged, thanks! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcoffey Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Did anyone notice how he used a dab of water to test the temper draw? I assume that the speed of water evaporation indicates to him the correct draw. Does anyone here use this technique? Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Thompson Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I've never seen water used, some people gauge temps by charring a bit of stick on the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Both my Grandmother and Mother could tell pretty precisely what temp the iron (clothes) or griddle was at with a drop of water. I don't see one reason a person couldn't tell the proper tempering temp by watching water boil off with practice. Then again, he may have been removing scale. Not speaking Japanese I don't know. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Both my Grandmother and Mother could tell pretty precisely what temp the iron (clothes) or griddle was at with a drop of water. I don't see one reason a person couldn't tell the proper tempering temp by watching water boil off with practice. Then again, he may have been removing scale. Not speaking Japanese I don't know. Frosty the Lucky. Your right frost. I don't remember the temps ranges but the way water behaves on hot metal does give the temps. At different ceteratures water will act differently: do nothing but slowly steam away, boil off fast, dance around until it evaporates, or water will dance to/off the edge of the surface. Like i said I dont remember the temo ranges for each of these, but a little research on google will probably help find this info. I found this info originally about camping and cooking on a campfire with no thermometer of set the griddle temps you have to be able to tell other wasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I noticed a couple of things in my second watching, one was that the master smith sure chocked up high on the hammer handle and was thinking of all the times a kid when I'd get screamed at for doing that, another thing was that it doesn't take a huge anvil to turn out quality work. I don't know how much of that anvil is below grade but it sure didn't look like it was a big old huge 250# anvil but a high quality block of steel. I wonder how much a pair of those scissors cost? <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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