Thread: Who forges their own knives?

Love the Damascus and the smaller knife. Big fan of the tear drop handle shape!

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Me too....

But only in a secret place... deep in the heart of Texas.

Pete <:-}

Never done a knife. I have done some attempts at razors with old files in a charcoal chimney lighter with an air mattress inflator for annealing and heat treating but not really forging as such. I say attempts because I found that the files I had at least we're too thin and I didn't have an anvil to work them on. I really want to though.
Yours looks really good. Well done!

My first grinder was a belt sander clamped upside down in my vice. I prefer to use known steel any more. Use cooking oil instead of motor oil or transmission fluid. Have fun with it!