This channel is a showcase for techniques and outcomes of the smiths at Dragon's Breath Forge in Wolcott, CT. Our smiths are: Peter Swarz-Burt, Forged in Fire champion Jamie Lundell, Forged in Fire champion Matthew Parkinson JS, Forged in Fire champion Michael Coffey, Forged in Fire finalist
Thank you so much. I love your approach on the scabbard instead of other videos I've seen where they carve the wood which seems painful. Did those 2 extra pieces of wood you glued on the sides added an extra 1/4" to give you a total width of 1/2" for the scabbard after using the planner? Also, I wanted to thank you because I was going to use 1/2" poplar which would have to be reduced later on with a planner which adds extra work, so I am going now with 1/4" thickness instead of 1/2".
This is the worst video I've ever watched,. Aside from the 5000 "ahs" and strutters, his explanation is illogical and confusing. I'm a very experienced knife maker....take my advice and don't waste your time watching. It's pure garbage.
What I love about this anvil is the enormous girth of the waist of the avil! This gives the requiered inertia for me to less effortlessly hammer out my work. The horn is not that important than the bulk in the centre!
Thank you for sharing. I have some questions: 1. What were the dimensions of the steel stock you stated with? 2. Why didn't you flared the heel of the knife until you had already forged your bevels?
165lb Kanca from Centaur Forge. Cant beat it. I also have a 165 that I bought used and it is just steel cast. The Kanca has a top that is 65'ish Rockwell hardness.
Question - you made a point of not aiming the point of the blade "upstream" on the belt - why do you not do the same with the edge? All of your edge grinding was pointing the edge up, but I'd think you'd have almost the same issue there.
I am pretty sure that just about everyone who has attempted pattern welded damascus has had at least 1 attempt that they just want to give up on and use as scrap. I wouldn't consider there to be any shame inherent to failure.
Like previous comment, love the simplicity. I have been free handing mine for a long time. This will take guess work out. After 400 grit, do you switch to hand sanding vertically on the blade? From tang to tip or do you keep it same direction as the wheel?
11:00 How can i heat treat a piece of steel like this (if i can at all) ? Also if i am not sure which kind of steel it is? Would it still make sense to buy a big enough piece fort a good price? Would also be great if someone could weld a hardened plate on that steel pipe if that is senseful.
I appreciate this video👍 I am looking forward to obtaining one to start out. I've learned how to make charcoal from my late grandfather and im looking to become a blacksmith.👍
You make it look easy. I would have gone thru half a tank of propane, and stock reduced handle/ricosso transition w a grinder, and it would still b a turd compared to the lovely bullet you just created
Hey my friend great vid. Just saw it the other other day. I’m gathering comments together for a high and low temperature sword treat tanks. Lov’n your generosity with intel. We do the same. Could you send me in the direction of what salts you are using. Thanks Jeff
this is the only video ive seen on RU-vid where somebody has fully melted steel. this is unbelievable. you've more than deserved a sub... have you ever considered recreating the puddling process? the last frontier for hobbyist (even though you can't really be called a hobbyist, it's just that you don't have an entire factory worth of machinery at your disposal) foundry work is melting malleable or low carbon iron, which requires even higher temperatures than steel. could this be done with your setup? also, where did you learn all of this about how fuels behave? ive never heard of your commentary about luminosity in flames.
Could you set up a hopper with pulverized coal and use that instead of diesel? I'm always afraid of blowing stuff up but i know pulverized coal burners work in industry. could i just build a hopper full of coal and let it flow into the tube like you're doing with diesel?
Pulverized coal would be more prone to exploding than diesel. Diesel isn't very volatile, while it is pretty easy to create a cloud of coal dust. Literally anything that can burn becomes a fairly significant hazard once it is pulverized, flour and sugar are both also fairly significant explosion hazards if they are ever mixed with air
@@garethbaus5471 It's moreso that I don't think it can reach high enough temperatures. But I know coal can. And powdered coal burners in industry can get Extremely hot. I want to be able to actually Cast steel, not just make wootz.
I'm a boilermaker doing my weld pressure vessel inspector stuff and I had a trainer who was a doctorate it metallurgy try and explain this to me.... I didn't understand any of it..... Yet here you are explaining it it simple terms and fuck me it all clicked haha thank you I love u
Other youtubers I have seen forging Wootz seem to go much more gently to begin with, in and out of the forge multiple times and going easy with a hand hammer before moving to a press or power hammer and really start putting the squish to it to prevent the ingot cracking or crumbling.
