Forging a knife from a coil spring

[@dwayneburbridge3283]

Excellent information for any smith looking to make their first knife!

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

beautiful knife

[@benfrederick3147]

really good clear advice. i made my first coil spring knife a week or so back and could have done with these tips! I learnt about working with coil spring at too low temperature making a few corkscrews. A few cracks and the set back is huge! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466]

I'm glad I could help! Coil spring can be a pain and depending on its source, you can run into a whole host of problems but it is a good steel to practice with and, well treated, it can make some perfectly serviceable blades. I think I've only had two ever fail- other than that, all coil spring blades I have ever made have worked brilliantly and have been good, durable knives.

[@BerserkerGang2019]

really nice channel. fellow blacksmith. ;)

[@xxthewarwithinxxo4946]

I think I might try to make something like this, I have a couple old coil springs laying around. Thank you for your knowledge!

[@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466]

You're welcome! Give it a try for sure- coil spring is a great material to practice on.

[@aaronoverby4830]

Excellent content!

[@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466]

Thank you- There will be more at some point!

[@aaronoverby4830]

@@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466 good deal!

[@jeffthecactus3461]

love the video mate, i'm wondering what oil you use when quenching your spring steel? and where would be a good place to buy some?

[@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466]

Hi there, I'm glad tou liked it! At the time I was using a mix of different oils in one quench tank and they were a tad too harsh for some of the tougher steels. Now I use rye oil which it's much better and can be purchased in different grades. I get mine from www.groundflatstock.com/

[@jeffthecactus3461]

@@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466 thanks for the advice, i'll be sure to check them out

[@cctvmanbob]

Hi mate , what size bloody hammer are you using there ? Don't think I could lift that ...

[@bigbeynonsblacksmithing466]

Haha its only 1.5kg. A very nicely balanced one too!