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Fiddlers Green Forge I am a beginning blacksmith and want to exhibit my works and demonstrate the processes used to make them.

This was made after a question that my son asked. He wanted to know if I could make a triangular blade. It took a bit of...
10/17/2015

This was made after a question that my son asked. He wanted to know if I could make a triangular blade. It took a bit of thinking and a bit of fork to make the tool I needed but I was able to do it. Now it just needs a bit of clean up work and I may twist the handle just to add some character to it. But I think it turned out fairly well.

This is a horse shoe heart that my son made after seeing it made at last months Mississippi Forge Councel's demonstratio...
10/17/2015

This is a horse shoe heart that my son made after seeing it made at last months Mississippi Forge Councel's demonstration. It is a little lopsided because he didn't start the bend dead center but all in all I think it is great for a first attempt for a 13 year old.

These are a few of the punches and chisels that I made last weekend at the class given by The Mississippi Forge Council ...
10/17/2015

These are a few of the punches and chisels that I made last weekend at the class given by The Mississippi Forge Council and Lyle Wynn. It was a great class that covered not only proper shaping but also heat tempering. I also learned how to forge hexagonal pieces. I just wish I could have made this weekends demonstration on making hinges but family obligations prevented it.

Today was a very informative day. I attempted to cast a brass hilt on to a railroad spike knife that I made. I used a mo...
09/18/2015

Today was a very informative day. I attempted to cast a brass hilt on to a railroad spike knife that I made. I used a modified lost wax technique. I built the hilt out of wax on the knife and then poured plaster around it to make the mold. It took more than 4 hours in the oven to melt the wax out of the mold once it set up. Then I melted scrap brass and poured in the mold. I made a ladle out of sheet steel and realized while I was pouring that I made a bit of a mistake. The ladle was not heated evenly and as I started to pour, the brass cooled and stopped mid pour. So my next investment will be a crucible The fine detail did not show up because it was not an even pour. I had braided rope on the top and bottom of the hilt as well as on front and back of the blade. I am just going to sand it down make it a standard unadorned hilt. The good thing is that the hilt is fastened tight to the knife. I learned a lot today and am looking forward to my next attempt.

I learned a very important fact today. Apparently the mixture of bees wax and used cooking oil that I used to quench my ...
09/18/2015

I learned a very important fact today. Apparently the mixture of bees wax and used cooking oil that I used to quench my blades makes a very attractive snack to the local raccoon population. I left it out over night and it didn't survive the night.

This is a knife I made from a rail road spike for a Marine friend of mine. The first picture is of it and another knife ...
09/04/2015

This is a knife I made from a rail road spike for a Marine friend of mine. The first picture is of it and another knife right after I finished with them in the forge. The handle is a turks head woven of red and gold paracord (Marine colors) done by my wife. The sheath is full grain cow hide and double hand stitched and the inside is lined with Kidex so that the leather is protected from being cut.

This is a leaf spring that I tried to fold over and make into an ax for a friend of mine. I was attempting to hammer wel...
09/04/2015

This is a leaf spring that I tried to fold over and make into an ax for a friend of mine. I was attempting to hammer weld the leaf spring into a solid piece but I was only able to get about the first 1/2 inch to weld. And I never got the handle to weld in either. After doing some extensive research I found out part of what I did wrong and I think I know how to do it know, I am just not sure if I can save the work I have done already.

This was my second attempt and it came out much better. One design problem that I did not consider. With all of the ax b...
09/04/2015

This was my second attempt and it came out much better. One design problem that I did not consider. With all of the ax blade below the handle attachment point it creates a severe pivot point and the ax head moves no matter what I do. I considered drilling a hole or two through the head and handle and pinning it but that would be only a temporary fix, it would break the handle in only a few swings. On the good side the hammer end works well having the force in a straight line with the handle. I may try another one and keep the blade of the ax more in direct line with the attachment point. Just as soon as I get an idea how to do it.

This was my first attempt at making an ax from a rail road spike. I stretched the metal too far and made it too thin for...
09/04/2015

This was my first attempt at making an ax from a rail road spike. I stretched the metal too far and made it too thin for the handle, so I abandoned this attempt. Another for the scrap pile.

The knife on the left was one that my son made. He had a few deep hammer marks in it but they came out nicely as you can...
09/04/2015

The knife on the left was one that my son made. He had a few deep hammer marks in it but they came out nicely as you can see on the right photo. The sheath is made of Kydex and riveted. The handle is a turks head weave of paracord done by my wife.

The first knife I made from a rail road spike. One mistake that I made is I lost about 20% of the length of the handle w...
09/04/2015

The first knife I made from a rail road spike. One mistake that I made is I lost about 20% of the length of the handle when I twisted it.

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