Shainarue Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Love it Les. Dragon (but with scales along handle) was what I was designing. Doesn't look likely that I'll get it done before this challenge's "official" deadline but I'm still gonna do it... eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Thanks to all for the positive comments, it was a fun project and showed me that I have to make some more tools the proper size for the project before I start it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Very nice Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Thanks Rojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTownForge Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 First thing I've ever forged at home and I'm pretty happy with it. Fresh out of the forge to! (I used the Mr. volcano two burner gas forge to make it and I would TOTALY recommend it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Very very nice Nate!!! What material di you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Les, love the dragon. Nate, cool first home forging. I like the way the handle meets the blade with the almost bolster there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Thanks Billy Good job Nate, I agree with Billy about the transition from handle to blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Murray Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 My entry, heavy duty letter opener, 48 layers of wood band saw blade and strapping metal off skid of bricks.quenched in brake fluid (only clean oil I had),tempered in gas BBQ at 425 for one hour. Didn't really need to harden it wanted to see if the welds could survive a quench. Hickory and copper handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Hey now that’s pretty slick Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Beautiful job Dave. I really like the pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Oooh, so pretty! It gives me another idea to file away - in combo with the dragon head - not sure if this would work: Have the dragon head at the bolster with open mouth facing toward blade. Forge remainder of handle with scales - maybe even a curled tail. Forge blade out of damascus to get the cool pattern so it looks kind of like the dragon is blowing fire. I'm guessing the entire piece would have to be damascus but am I assuming correctly that the pattern only really shows if you etch it? So you could just not etch the bolster/handle portion so the pattern was less visible there? Fun thing about knowing nothing about what's possible is that it makes it easier to think outside the boundaries, lol. Unfortunate thing is the same, lol, as sometimes the ideas aren't really feasible. But anyway, that's what I'm adding to my notes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Dave i like that, simple and elegant. Shainaru, I think making the dragon head more like a guard, seperate piece, and a through tang. The handle can be forged then drilled for the tang. Attach it with a fancy nut. Also if you want the blade to look like fire from the dragons mouth i would go with a Kris design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 That's really nice Dave! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostTownForge Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 16 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: What material di you use? I used the handle off of an old Ferrier horseshoe nail puller 8 hours ago, BillyBones said: I like the way the handle meets the blade the side that you cant see is completely flat so it cuts letters better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Shainarue, I agree with Billy on how to make it. You have plenty of time to finish it and we’ll be waiting very impatiently for the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 my entry scrap leafspring piece from the shop a little scrap of oak i traded for and some brass pins tempered with a butane torch for pattern. sending to grandparents in Germany for Christmas. blade is 4" OAL is 7 7/8" thanks for the challenge or i wouldn't have made it M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 MJL, Looks awesome! Glad you joined in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Great job MJL, the colors came out good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I love the tempering pattern. Really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Lots of stunning work.. It's really neat how many people picked daggers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just something I threw together at the end of the day: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 That squiggly line is fun! How did you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I learned the technique from a Black Bear Forge video, but I'd seen it previously in some Yellin ironwork. I've made two small improvements to the process: first, instead of using a ball-end punch and a round fuller, I modified a hand fuller to have a round edge as well as a round end, rounding over the corner where they meet into a quarter of a sphere. This means that instead of punching the round divot with the ball-end punch and extending it with the fuller, I can do both operations at once. Second, for this most recent version, I used the fly press rather than messing with the hand fuller and a hammer. It went very quickly and fairly precisely, but I'm still getting the hang of the press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Very nice John!! I haven’t seen that video from black bear I’ll have to check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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