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Scagel Inspired Hunting knife

Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, brutdeforge, Forging, knifemaking, Leather working, metalwork with tags Brute de forge, custom knife, hunting knife, Scagel on January 2, 2019 by Jim

Here are the last two knives I finished:

From paper to blade!

Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, brutdeforge, design, design sketch, knifemaking, metalwork, template making, templates with tags bladesmithing, custom knife, design, design sketch, Forging, knife design, knife pattern, knifemaking, make stuff with your hands, patternmaking on June 28, 2017 by Jim

Video, video, video, I made another video.

This shows how I take a rough forged blade, try several different final designs for it on paper, and transfer the best design onto the blade for accurate grinding.

It’s funny, but it took me a year to figure out this really simple way to transfer the paper pattern onto the steel easily and accurately.

Happy making,

-Jim

Video – Forging a pocket knife blade

Posted in Blacksmithing, bladesmithing, brutdeforge, metalwork with tags blacksmithing, bladesmithing, edc, Forging, pocket knife on June 17, 2017 by Jim

I posted a video this morning show how I forge a fixed blade pocket knife

I hope to follow up with further videos showing all the steps till the knife is done. This one is forged from 1084 steel (1″ x 1/4″)

Thanks for stopping by,

-Jim

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 Jim

I 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:

hotdagger

Here is the forging complete:

finishedforgingdagger

Profiled and finish ground:

finishgrounddagger

Then a mystery wood handle (rosewood or ironwood, not sure – it was a gift):

finisheddagger

A handle detail showing the sterling silver and copper pins:

daggerhandle

I etched my logo:

daggerwithsmalllogo

I also made the sheath:

rattlesnakesheathcloseup

And here is the entire package:

daggerinsheath

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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