JRigoni Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I haven't posted anything in awhile and I've wanted to do this project for a few years but never got around to starting it. Inspiration comes from the book: Historische Bestecke (Historic Cutlery) by Jochen Amme. This book is phenomenal if you get a chance to see it. Examples of cutlery from the stone age to modern day. Anyhow, here goes in the build. Fork is forged from a section of coil spring (5160). This is the design I came up with, seemed in keeping with many of the German and Dutch originals of the time. Knife pre-form is forged to shape. I had a 1" bar of O-1 in the shop, so this is from that. Some Whitework today. Drawfiling to final shape and cutting threads in the tangs. I machined the end caps/pommels from mild steel, and had a bear of a time cutting the internal threads, since they were so small. I ended up using three 1/4"x20 taps, standard, bottoming tap and one ground down to flush. All finished. Fork is forged from 5160 and knife from 0-1 steel. The handles are ebony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 OH! That is a beautiful reproduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing some in progress pictures. I always love seeing those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 OUTSTANDING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I hope to see that book in a couple of weeks ! Lovey set! (going to make a dozen?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1 hour ago, yesteryearforge said: OUTSTANDING I'd call that an understatement . Looks like the quality of work that most of us can only aspire to meet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Quint- Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Very Impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Very nice, did it take much more time than expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks! Ianinsa: the forging and shaping took a few days. The long part was coming up with a design I liked similar to the period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Beautiful work as always. Could you share your technique for making the tines of the fork? Split, forged & filed, or part off wheel to cut them out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 JME: if it was 2 prongs, I would have forged them out. With three, I wanted them to be exact, so I marked out what needed to be removed and cut most out on the bandsaw. The rest was on the belt sander and small files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascalou Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 High class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Book arrived for Christmas; will you be making the rock crystal and carnelian versions as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 ThomasPowers: I would like to try different styles from the book in the future, probably a longer set for serving, or maybe one of the spoons. I'm glad you picked the book up, it is a treasure trove for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I wish it had been available the last time I visited the Deutsches Klingen Museum; but it's been a while, most of my business trips lately have been to Mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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