December 31, 20214 yr Hot cross buns or something. One a penny, two a penny. Welp, I believe anvils, doughnuts, stale snacks and rr track anvil orientation. We can wait to see if we progress from cold shuts and metal breaking with what we have learned so far.
December 31, 20214 yr Author After some research digging through this forum, I decided to try and put some of the tips I picked up into practice. I welded up a stand for my RR track as well as some brackets to hold bricks to my forge. A buddy and I lit up the forge and jumped right into making a knife while I worked on some more leaves in between heats. I was able to make a successful leaf in that time as well as not form any cracks or other mishaps in the half-finished knife-blank. Thank you all for your helpful input! Here's some pics (minus the stale donuts)
January 4, 20224 yr One thing I have seen and am planning to do with my railroad track is to make the end into a die anvil (been awhile since I read on that I hope i got the name right) in other words you stand the track on end and use the round portion for your main striking face, and on the thinner portions you grind tools like a hot cut, maybe a bending fork, there's all different things you could do. Now if only i could remember where I saw that thread... And, as twistedwillow said, that is a very nice leaf!
January 4, 20224 yr That's not the one I was thinking of, but yes that's a similar idea. Personally I would have probably made a fuller and/or a hot cut instead of the "heel," but then again charles has a heck of a lot more experience than I. Thanks for the thread LOL.
January 4, 20224 yr Author On 12/31/2021 at 10:48 AM, TWISTEDWILLOW said: Nice leaf MLC! 5 hours ago, Nathan Kraft said: And, as twistedwillow said, that is a very nice leaf! Thanks guys!
January 5, 20224 yr There is a fuller on in the web on one end and a hot cut on the other. The flange one end is the small double horn bick wile the other is a pair of turning forks. The end of the head is a 1-1/2x3” anvil. About average for the Viking age. One edge has a measuring tape. Wile a small divot is groundt into the face to aid sraitining.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.