Tat2edangel Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 First one out of the coal forge. Poor little piece of rebar. Went from a fire poker to this on one bored night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 That's cool. Nice work. Now to cure the boredom with some nice HC steel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah! You are wasting your talent doing such nice work with rebar! Not that I haven't done the same... but make that out of an old mower blade or file and heat treat it nicely and you'll have a FINE knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nice work, an attractive variation on a blacksmith's or viking knife. My own first knife attempt (from a RR spike no less) was far more laughable that yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolish Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Thats really nice looking, blade looks clean, The re bar gives it a nice look along the handle, Extra grip i guess. When you change up to better materials you will be able to harden the blade too making it look alright and perform alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Very nice first knife. I remember my first knife........thats why I don't make knives. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tat2edangel Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Thank you for the kind words. A few process pictures. That poor little re bar had no chance. I know its tiny. But the thought process was to stay small and not get discouraged doing it all hand file. I am reading "The Complete Bladesmithing" he mentions how he don't know if any body really has a natural talent for file work but I will say, I LOVED IT! My knife making tool box: Dewalt grinder with a very worn flapper wheel Bench grinder (half a stone) buffer wheel on the left (no rouges yet) Four files (half round/cross cut, rat tail, small three side, small round and a brass rod) Lansky set, a few small wet and dry stones and lots of sand paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratstomper Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Well, like others mentioned above, it probably doesn't have the material characteristics for knife work, BUT it looks like a good size and shape for a VERY cool lookin' letter opener... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Rebar isn't good nife or tool steel by any ones estimant, but it usualy has enugh carbon to make serviceable tools. As a lot of high carbon steal has entered the scrap stream, and code is demanding better materials for roads and buildings it's turning in to fair if inconsistent material. Just try making a shoe out of the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCotton89 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 This knife has bout got my mind ruined. I like it so much that I want to make them but the rebar just isn't suitable. I like this design so much that I am contemplating trying to build a rolling mill to reshape round stock to look like rebar so I can make some of these knives. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I would be more inclined to make a set of swages rather than try to involve gears, drums and framework for a rolling mill, maybe even a set of faux rebar dies for a guillotine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Smith Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I would be more inclined to make a set of swages rather than try to involve gears, drums and framework for a rolling mill, maybe even a set of faux rebar dies for a guillotine :) I was thinking swages too, or make a knife out of normal rebar and just weld in a bit and make it San Mai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCotton89 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I like the swages idea. the only reason I was thinking rolling mill was so I could do a lot at the time but I guess for the price difference it would be smarter to make a set of spring swages or something of the sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 spring swage may be the way to go, or set up your guillotine dies (if you have one) with a stud sticking out somewhere and set up a compression spring underneath it so your die will stay raised up between strikes, that or make the dies with enough angle on the edges so you can just pull/push the stock through and have everything slide. or, even simpler :) the pattern has a rib left down the length of both sides, leave the dies at a steep angle, forget any kind of spring return, just strike to set that groove, give it a quarter turn (the rib on the side will push the die back up) slide forward, quarter turn back, strike, repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCotton89 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What I think I might do is make a spring swage type deal that just sits closed and does the top and bottom at once so basically if I decided to make it for 1/2" round stock it would be a roughly smaller than 1/2" opening so that the stock holds it open a little bit then I can hammer it till it's closed and that should do it. I might make a "multi-swage" to make the ends of my tang uniform for threading and get my rebar swage and maybe one more if I can come up with one.... Sorry to hijack your thread like this, I just felt inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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