An Update

I've got a new knife design to work on, as well as a pattern to be etched into my bracer via acid etching.

Bracer is done!

This will serve as the post.

http://imgur.com/a/qf5WM

Open forge last weekend

I made a few things at the forge last weekend. First things first. Here are 4 of 6 anvils we have at the forge. The one farthest to the right is absolutely massive.

Here's a quick video of a bracer being forged.

Thing basically turned into a small flamethrower.

Right so I also got a commission for a knife. So here are some progress pictures. Grinding is needed still.

Here is a bracer/vambrace I made too.

Progress pictures here of the bracer, knife, and another knife.

So I made a knife

I couldn't find a fixed blade that I liked with a blade under 4 inches (Nim Cub II is nice but expensive) so I made my own. Specs: High carbon steel (leaf spring), 8" length, 4" blade, 5/16" thick.

Still need to temper it, add rosewood handle scales, and sharpen it.

Open Forge

Open forges start again next month and I'll be able to use the plasma cutter there to make a hole in some sheet metal for the firepot to fit into...

So my real forge is coming together. I have a lot of the required parts.

As you can see, I've got an anvil here; it's a little one, but it's certainly better than a rock.

I also have a hammer. It's a 1000g (about 2 lbs) Peddinghaus cross peen hammer. I really like it.

Here is the fire pot and pipe to the pot. Obviously the rest needs to be fabricated, but this is probably one of the most crucial parts of the forge other than the blower.

I found some really nice old knives in the basement. Among these is a 1897 Krag bayonet! A friend told me (He knows knives) that it could be worth $80-$800. That is pretty awesome, but I'm not selling it. Anyway, this is a picture of the best knives in my collection. From left to right, top to bottom: Ka-Bar USMC fighting knife, railroad spike knife, two unidentified knives, bayonet, decorative San Francisco knife with fake etched ivory inlays, Buck Lancer, Boy Scout knife, two more unidentified knives, Gerber Remix, another older Boy Scout knife.