Hammers I’ve recently forged
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First two attempts at forging an axe. Both are 2.5lb boys axe. 28 inch hickory handle.
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BBQ fork I made. I need to use maybe 1/4 instead of 5/16 stock next time. So it’s a bit lighter. But it looks kinda neat still.
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Anvil brackets
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Small axe I forged from 1045 on a 16” hickory stick
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Finished my first sword during my time off from school
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Had some fun making a braided handled fireplace rake tonight. I followed a video by blackbearforge for the handle
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My first attempt at a wood chisel. Wrought iron and 52100 edge. 60 hrc. 52100 is super smooth. Wrought iron is nice and deep etched for aesthetics
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Dirty wrought iron leaf bottle opener.
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Just finished my Siberian Yakut knife on my day off from school. Forged from a old Nicholson file and handle is crotch/feathered oak.
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Mini burl
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Treadle hammer experiment I threw together out of scrap today
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Ugly as heck but it’s functional. Rounding hammer I made from 4140. 4.75 lbs. hand forged without a power hammer or press. Hickory handle.
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My third pair of tongs I’ve made and my first I’ve made in over a year. Other than some hammer eye tongs
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Fresh coal has pretty flames
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Nailed it
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I got a new 2.5 lb rounding hammer from whiskey turtle forge and I love it. He also sent me some goodies. Some stickers a bit of wrought iron and a bar of 1045. Small Viking hammer from the wrought iron with 1045 faces is on my to do list now.
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I’m a 15 year old blacksmith and occasional knife maker. I just finished a new friction folder :)
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The semi traditional forging of a small Viking style hammer from wrought iron and 1045
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I ground away most of the scale to see the pattern and do a test etch on this scrap pile Damascus knife 33 layer twist pattern! I’m happy with it
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From splitting maul to 9lb striking hammer
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Little less light makes a huge difference
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Trying to improve my tong making. Here are two I finished today. Ugly but they hold the stock securely. Bolt jaw tongs for 1-1/4” and the other hold 3/4”
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Kinda cool
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Swedish pattern 2 lb cross peen work in progress. Peen has the 1045 face forge welded on. Main face will get it next but it got late. That puck of 1045 to the left will become the face.
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My Scrap knife. Wood was some walnut pallet wood. I think it’s a burl or something funky. Pins were cast brass sanded round and to 1/8” steel is 1095 from old Nicholson files, something similar from rasps, and 5160 leaf spring. How did I do?
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Improving
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I made First draw knife. Mild steel with carbon steel edge and lilac w/ copper for the handles
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Cool
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Scrapmascus finished! It got dark so I took pictures inside so not great quality. Twist pattern. It was fun. For being a 15 year old and this being my hobby I don’t think I did too bad. Not perfect but not horrible
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Am I the unreasonable one? I was forge welding a pattern welded knife and holding the handle of the bar with a glove on to protect my hand
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New swages and a 5 lb hammer billet! The swages are ductile cast iron and the hammer is 4140
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Inspired by Torbjörn Åhman’s recent video I made rivet tools for making and using 3/8” rivets. Far from perfect but they should work. Just need to get some bar stock to test them. Heat treated and tempered to blue/purple 1” round 4140
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It works it works! I made my first real handled hammer eye punch and it’s so much better than my old punch was.
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Did some stuff today
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Forged a New hardy cut off so I don’t have to use my Walmart axe welded to a tapered rod anymore. Also a small 1.5lb dogs head hammer and a straight peen in progress but my drift cracked so I’m making a new better one
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Test etch On my first friction folding knife. Made from a chunk of 3/4” high carbon steel cable. I’m excited. Forged by hand
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My first sword very very roughly forged out in about 3.5 hours. Forged from a leaf spring. 24” blade length.
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My beginner ish setup
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A pallet broke and the wood is beautiful. Knife scales it is. About 1/4 of the pallet is like this. Walnut I believe
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Just finished my first hammer! 1.5 lb soft face hammer with a hickory handle
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My first leaf in over a year. Went ....okay
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I broke my old fire rake and I’m liking the new one I just forged much more than the old one. What do y’all think of it?
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I finally etched my first folding knife! Also my first time making Cable Damascus
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New guillotine tool from uncle bucks forge!
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Russian olive wood is just beautiful. Soon to be knife handles
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V shaped bending fork for the anvil. ( I know my welds are bad)
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it’s the end of the year so here are some of my favorite projects over the course of this year. I look forward to seeing what this next year brings. Not all the nicest looking things ever but they are my favorites be it for l
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Corn works surprisingly well as forge fuel. I managed to forge weld with a little effort. Not a good weld but it’s possible. Smokes a lot and acts like bituminous coal.
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It’s leg vise time! Just gotta clean 70 lbs of grease off it
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Scrapmascus year etch to see contrast
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I bought the kershaw leek today. Fantastic little knife
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Finally starting to get the tong rack filled. 3/4 of my kens custom iron tongs finished and ready to finish the last one. Took a brake to forge the pick up tongs I previously posted but this brings my tong count up to 6 total. :)
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Matching fire place tools I just finished up
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progress on my first friction folder. I’m getting close and my excitement is building. Padouk with a brass stop pin and stainless steel decorative pivot. The spaced on the handle will be cocobolo with brass pins and the blade is cable Damascus
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Made this hammer after school today. 2lb 2oz straight peen hammer from 1080 and a American hickory handle held in by a wood wedge and two metal. It’s not coming off anytime soon
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Big ole hammer eye tongs from 1”x1/4” bar stock. Not perfect but they work so that’s good enough for me
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Messed up some kens custom iron bolt jaw tongs so they are now ugly but functional rr spike tongs.
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