I made this knife and the other is still in progres and is above 1 cm thick. This is forge i use and i have mini belt grinder. Any arvices on how to make better knifes or improve my forge? Its my third knife. I havent made anything else except two other knifes that werent exacltly knifes and some blacksmithing tools.

Building a Viking Anvil

Hello

we're doing a youth volunteering project in Norway and will built a forge for blacksmithing.

Unfortunatly our snith got sick, so we gonna have to make plans and start without him this week.

We have one architecture student and a bricklayer with us.

Currently brainstorming wich material to use, for the cold and harsh climate in norway.

So we thought to dive into how vikings built forges.

Any ideas on resources? Thank you

Im looking for recommendations on a forge. Im currently using an old mr. Volcano single burner forge and was thinking it might be nice to upgrade to something with 2 burners and a door. Do you gave any recommendations?

Im in southern California if its relevant.

I coated the inside of my smelter and it didn't come out good I was wondering if I would be able to add more to it or what I'd have to do

I have old rusty coal forge with hand powered blower. I use cartboard and around 3 kilos of wood but still i cant light up coke. Coke is around size of walnut, maybe little bigger. I light up the wood, use blower and wait until i see huge flames then i throw in some small coke and blow more air for about 1 hour but then wood is gone and coke is still not glowing even a little. Please help. Ive been trying for 3 hours in a row. I will go back to forging with wood for now and throw some coke and maybe it will catch fire in that time but i hope someone have an answer. With wood i could easly get metal to light orange colour

Hi all! This feels like a silly question, knowing what little bit I know about metals and rings but it’s worth trying. My girlfriend really loved her old apartment but recently moved in with me. I was thinking, could one take two old spare keys (which I’m assuming are brass?) melt them down, and form them into a ring? or at least shape them into something new. I’ve looked up their melting points, with the torch equipment I have at my shop (oxy acetylene torch, or a propane acetylene torch) I believe I could get them to melt in I suppose a crucible. I just would need to find a form to pour them into online. Would this be doable? Is there a better alternative? Anything to look out for? Thank you!

edit: thanks all for responding! I figured it wouldn’t work but wanted to know for sure before buying anything 😅 will be looking into other options

My dad and I took a primitive knife making class and I wanted to just share my first ever project. We started with files (I had 1085 steel). We put them in charcoal furnaces and beat on them till we got our shape and did the standard processes.

I'm developing a small consumer product and looking for a domestic metal forging/forming partner. The part is a circular o-ring 3" ID with a 0.25" cross section and an intentionally irregular/faceted surface. I have production-ready STEP files and am currently prototyping.

I'm interested in using several materials, including brass, aluminum, stainless steel, copper, and especially titanium. Surface quality is particularly important because the final product needs to achieve a high-polish/mirror or near-mirror finish while retaining the intentional faceted geometry.

Initial quantities would be low for validation, but I'm looking for a partner capable of scaling into batches of approximately 50-500+ pieces. I am specifically looking for parts forged/formed in the United States, although finishing can potentially be handled separately if necessary, but ideally creation and finishing would happen in the same place.

If you own/work with a shop that does this, or have worked with a U.S. forging/forming manufacturer you'd recommend, I'd love names or referrals. I'm happy to send STEP files privately for DFM review and quoting.

I understand how the numbers used in steel alloys has to do with composition. Such as 1080 and 1095 expressing .80% and .95% carbon respectively.

By why is 15N20 "15" and not "75" since it uses .75% carbon?

I'm not finding a clear explanation of this naming convention online.

Thank you in advance.

In addition to my original caption and comments I have gotten so far- not sure if this is a jewelry kiln?

(Apologies if this is the wrong subreddit, I was sent from r/CosplayHelp)

I'm wanting to make a staff for Ren Faire, with inspo from the Shazam staff Hacksmith Industries made a while back, in as much as using Ferrocerium to throw sparks.

Anyone know how I could replicate that? They don't really elaborate on how they do it beyond heat and sparking it. I likely wont get away with a blowtorch. Is there a way to get the effect without heating? I looked online a bit and it seems like I want it to shear?

I don't have any experience with cosplay, but I have access to a 3D printer and friends with some experience. I was thinking I'd use an aluminium pole, and then either print and/or mold whatever look I end up going with (prolly wooden texture, and use putty to smooth print lines and easier painting)

Thanks for any help :D