inuroku842 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 hey, I want to make a good bowie/skinning knife for a friend, but I have no idea how to forge in a clipped point, I don't want to grind one in. Any pointers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 How much forging experience do you have? If you forge a blade out and forge down the front end some before you do the beveling the beveling will swing the tip up some. This can usually be reduced by using a wooden hammer on it when hot to not mess up the blade but to shift the blade around. You could also hot cut the blank or started blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 hey, I want to make a good bowie/skinning knife for a friend, but I have no idea how to forge in a clipped point, I don't want to grind one in. Any pointers? I believe that you should rethink your approach. The advantage of having a clip point is that it makes your knife tip sharper with a well defined point that will stab effectively. It accomplishes this by being ground from both top and bottom leaving a very sharp pointy tip. By forging the shape you are likely to finish with a more rounded point on the knife... thus eliminating the main advantage of the clip point shape (or you'd end up grinding out enough to sharpen the tip as it should be... but then what would have been the point of making the forging harder when a ground finish would result anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I think a combination of ther previous two answers wil fit your needs, forge it to a rough shape and then grind the point to a sharp tip. as for how to forge the tip, thomas has the right idea. good luck, post plenty of pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuroku842 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 well i managed to figure it out on my own. It occurred to me that a clip is merely a dip in the metal since the actual blade part is straight, so I stood the bar on it's side and kept it level with the anvil and pounded a tapered dip into the top of the bar. This created the clip effect and then I formed the blade on the other side from there. Worked pretty good, just needs practice now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuroku842 Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 here's what it looks like. Not at all going to become an actual knife, but was the best one i did last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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