Here are the last two knives I finished:
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Custom Hunting Knife
Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, Forging, knifemaking, metalwork, Tool Making with tags Camping, custom knife, edc, forged, hunting knife, Knife on July 20, 2018 by JimA little hunter I just finished up with some progress pics. It is 1084 steel with a stabilized box elder burl handle and a brass guard.
Just off the anvil.
Forging done and profiled.
Ricasso flattened in preparation for laying out for grinding and for fitting the guard.
Starting to fit the brass guard with a guard press.
The guard slotted and rough shaped.
Laying out the blade on the handle material.
Thanks for looking – happy making,
Jim
Instagram hammer-in August 26th!
Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, Forging, knifemaking, metalwork, Tool Making with tags blacksmithing, bladesmithing, Forging, instagramhammerin, knifemaking on August 23, 2017 by Jim
Saturday August 26th, 2017 (1pm CDT) – four of us are going to do an Instagram hammer-in (#instagramhammerin) for you all to watch. We will each forge a knife of our own design, starting with the same sized stock, forge for two hours, and show a picture of the blade every 10 minutes or so.
There will be four smiths working ABS Mastersmith Lin Rhea, Forged in Fire contestant Robert Burns (Wilderness Ironworks) , blacksmith instructor Matt Jenikns (Cloverdale Forge), and me.
This is not a contest. No prizes will be awarded – it’s just for fun and hopefully the pictures will be an educational resource for new bladesmiths.
We hope you follow along, ask questions, and enjoy these great smiths (and me) showing us their forging step by step. Follow along by watching the hashtag #instagramhammerin
A Brut de Forge Dagger from 2016
Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, brutdeforge, EDC, knifemaking, Leather working, metalwork, Uncategorized with tags americanbladesmithsociety, blacksmithing, bladesmithing, brutdeforge, copper, dagger, handmade, joekeeslar, knife making, knife sheath, leatherwork, sterlingsilver on December 13, 2016 by JimI met Joe Keeslar this year at the ICCE knife show this year and I wanted to make a dagger in his style. Below are some photos of the process.
Here it the initial forging. I started with 1.5″ x 1/4″ 1084 steel:
Here is the forging complete:
Profiled and finish ground:
Then a mystery wood handle (rosewood or ironwood, not sure – it was a gift):
A handle detail showing the sterling silver and copper pins:
I etched my logo:
I also made the sheath:
And here is the entire package:
This was a really fun build – it pushed my abilities in both blade and sheath and I am happy with how it turned out.
Thanks for looking – keep making,
Jim
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