A couple recent knives finished.

[Dale Allen Raby]

They look great!

I am, among other things, a hobby blacksmith and have a forge similar to yours. I never really got into knives. Basically, a knife is just a flat piece of metal with a point on one end and one or two tapered edges, hardened and tempered... which boosts the scrap ratio considerably. I always considered them kinda boring to make. Hooks, kitchen implements, and some tools were always more interesting... though making a cannon worm at a renaissance fair was certainly fun.

I suppose I could make a knife though. Got some coil spring fragments I salvaged from the roads around Green Bay and I think I got a piece of ebony for handles.

Not gonna try my hand at engraving a knife blade though. Scrap ratio will be high enough with just the hardening and tempering.

Summer is coming...

 

[A Wyatt]

Nice looking knves! Do you sell these anywhere on the internet?

Not at the moment. I may make a few extra this spring and put a couple in the classifieds though.