Long time, no post, but lazy I have been not. Apart from having to clean up a ruin at the ironforge with virtually no help whatsoever, and generally having a shitty time at work to boot, I even managed to get in some forging, mind you! ;-) I like this style of knife. It requires little energy to make (which is fine to date...); I find it is aesthetically appealing, doesn´t look aggressive and handles well. The blade is all spring steel with 0,55-0,6% carbon in it, carburized in the forge and selectively tempered.
The leaf structure is made with the peen of my new hammer.
Due to the added chunk in the handle, the design performs way better than typical blacksmith´s knives.
Blade has a high convex bevel to zero, which makes it an able cutter. I like it and will make a sheath for´t in winter ;-)... why is it always winter that´s passing so fast? ;-)
I tried out a new recipe with Cornelian Cherry, which are quite abundant this year. They are pretty tangy in flavor, with a nice balance bet...
At my recent visit to Solingen I also dropped by the Otter knives booth. Now they were very persuasive;-) and I got this beautiful tradit...
This is part of my not exactly tiny collection of German hunting knives, representatives of a very distinct and ancient style of knife. Y...
On a crafts fair ages ago I had forged a knife from titanium, an old piece of material from a prothetics corporation, 6AL4,5V. Fact is, I ...
Yesterday, on a ride from a really shitty appointment, I came across some linden trees full of seeds. Took them to the kitchen, cleaned,...
I have come to like that steel. Made a blade from an old machining hacksaw from HSS. The steel might not be a great choice for longer blad...
It has been a while coming, and it drove me mad somehow. That knife was sitting on the bench and I just could not make up my mind how t...
I was rummaging through my attic-turned-home to create the illusion of a start of tidying and cleaning up;-) for there has to be one, and I...
