5.5 pound hammer is your everyday swinger? You damn savage!!

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

Haha well it took me a long time to work up to that

I really enjoy your format, your breakdown of your processes and your videos! Thanks again Elijah!

Great video👍

Nice worj dude, Keep up the great work 👍👍

Interesting content as usual.😉

I typically forged my corners to or at forty five degree angles to avoid making fish lips. However you can grind them off like you said. I just hate to grind I personally forge as much as possible and grind as little as I can. But every smithy has their own way.

You would never have to worry about breaking a tip cutting through a joint with that blade. The new hammer seems to work great. Great video. Be safe and God bless

Thank you

Really like and appreciate your videos. I’ve incorporated your tip forging technique into my latest blades and it’s been great. Keep up the good work!

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

That's great, thanks!

I love your little giant, it seems to be a nice size for most knife making. Where did you find it?

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

This one was in Midland, TX

Ive been doing some looking and have been wondering, without an anvil, what would be the best alternative that'd be worth a damn to do some moderate forging? No crazy Damascus in my near future, just on a budget with a newborn and recently the sole breadwinner of the house.

Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love the 3 knives I have from you. Can’t wait to get some more here soon. Thank you 👊!

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!

Thanks for another lesson. I feel your difficulty getting used to your new hammer; I started using a Brazeal style hammer a few months ago that's heavier than the daily driver I used to use, but once I got over the frustration of not hitting exactly where I wanted, I never use my old daily driver any more. Oh, and I agree that preforming is necessary in production mode!

I have a set of commercial plainer knives that I got from work would be interesting to see if you could forge something out of them

👏👏👏🤜🤛

Elijah, for a survival/bowie about 10", how thick would you rough in the blank? And then finish for the spine?

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

If it's a wider blade, like inch and 3/4 or 2" I would probably do it finish thickness of quarter inch at the ricasso with a distal taper, or maybe 3/16 if it has less of a distal taper. I guess it really just depends on the final weight and balance that you want in the blade.

@billwoehl3051

7 ай бұрын

@@FireCreekForge not sure what weight I want, just made a canoe canister ending up about 1/2" thick about 1 1/2" wide, about 9" long, 1st knife I'm attempting, and no idea how much a regular bowie would weigh, although the balance I understand that around the ricasso is the norm?

There is no such thing as a “ too big of a Blade” knife.

I can't find your instagram, where is it?

@FireCreekForge

7 ай бұрын

No Instagram, just KZread.

That hammer looks extremely difficult to use. it's so offf shaped