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Step 5And a little bit on the handle area
Now that I can see where the blade will be, I'm going to outline where the handle will be.
The metal will bend in funny ways. The art of blacksmithing is to figure out what is going to happen and work with it.
Save your heat. Don't put a crooked piece of metal in the fire, use the last (red) heat to get ready for the next trip to the anvil. Plan what you want to do BEFORE you put the metal back in the fire, don't waste heat figuring it out later. Hot metal moves under the hammer a lot easier than cold, and that anvil will suck the heat out of your metal super fast.
Push the tip of the knife past the hot spot in the forge. I'm trying to heat just the handle area. work it flat, then reheat. Take it out and put the top edge of the handle on the edge of the anvil and hit it with the hammer half on and half off the anvil.
You will notice that the rusty surface has mostly disappeared : )
The metal will bend in funny ways. The art of blacksmithing is to figure out what is going to happen and work with it.
Save your heat. Don't put a crooked piece of metal in the fire, use the last (red) heat to get ready for the next trip to the anvil. Plan what you want to do BEFORE you put the metal back in the fire, don't waste heat figuring it out later. Hot metal moves under the hammer a lot easier than cold, and that anvil will suck the heat out of your metal super fast.
Push the tip of the knife past the hot spot in the forge. I'm trying to heat just the handle area. work it flat, then reheat. Take it out and put the top edge of the handle on the edge of the anvil and hit it with the hammer half on and half off the anvil.
You will notice that the rusty surface has mostly disappeared : )
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