Forge a Knife

Step 2 Tools

Safety gear:
Something over your eyes
(gloves are a personal choice. Yes, they keep minor scrapes and burns to a minimum but they limit what you can do. I prefer to just be careful.)

(Prep tools:
Angle grinder or hacksaw to cut metal to size
Fire to anneal steel if needed)

Forge
Anvil (big piece of metal)
Hammer
Tongs (or big pliers)
Fire tools
Quench tub (emergency burn first aid. Use something you are willing to put an open wound into : ) )
Hot cutter (edge of anvil will work, so would hacksaw or angle grinder)
File
Grinder
Fuel for forge

Comments

[oldanvilyoungsmith]

"all the tongs I make look funny"
I'm with you, I can't seem to get any good ones yet, I use a large pair of channel locks and some tongs somone else gave me.

[jtobako]

I don't like the bend in channel locks, but have used them.

[jadronx]

blacksmiths secret weapon, vise grips!!

[curvy77]

iv made some knives from the bottom of my dressar drawer( mid quality steel) and folded them over a few times. but after i forged they seem to rust more then before they were intrduced to heat. anyone know why? o and nice forge. alot better than mine.

[PastTheVoid]

Brick is mostly made of cement.

[jtobako]

Pavers are made from cement.  Brick are made from fired clay.  You can tell the difference by looking at the surface (sometimes you have to look closely), cement has a sandy and gravel texture, clay may have grog (pre-fired clay) in it but the texture is much smoother.

[kthompson-2]

do you mean fire bricks??

[usb key]

what are you using for fuel? Just plain wood, or is that (Char)coal underneath?

[jtobako]

All three : ) I have a limited supply of (mineral) coal that I'll use when I don't want to keep feeding the fire, but mostly charcoal from old campfires (scout campfire pits where the fires aren't allowed to burn out are good sources) and wood.