Forging Four Knives With The Hammer I Forged

An all around wilderness fixed blade knife, two different approaches.
Forging techniques with hammer and anvil.
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[@stephenjohnson6841]

I really enjoy your format, your breakdown of your processes and your videos! Thanks again Elijah!

[@benabecker]

Really like and appreciate your videos. I’ve incorporated your tip forging technique into my latest blades and it’s been great. Keep up the good work!

[@FireCreekForge]

That's great, thanks!

[@toddvandyke1023]

You would never have to worry about breaking a tip cutting through a joint with that blade. The new hammer seems to work great. Great video. Be safe and God bless

[@MASI_forging]

Nice worj dude, Keep up the great work 👍👍

[@Metalheavenjockeolsson3653]

Great video👍

[@minnesotatomcat]

5.5 pound hammer is your everyday swinger? You damn savage!!

[@FireCreekForge]

Haha well it took me a long time to work up to that

[@polehenge8237]

Interesting content as usual.😉

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@mountainwolf1]

I typically forged my corners to or at forty five degree angles to avoid making fish lips. However you can grind them off like you said. I just hate to grind I personally forge as much as possible and grind as little as I can. But every smithy has their own way.

[@ronland1821]

Thanks for sharing. I absolutely love the 3 knives I have from you. Can’t wait to get some more here soon. Thank you 👊!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you sir!

[@brysonalden5414]

Thanks for another lesson. I feel your difficulty getting used to your new hammer; I started using a Brazeal style hammer a few months ago that's heavier than the daily driver I used to use, but once I got over the frustration of not hitting exactly where I wanted, I never use my old daily driver any more. Oh, and I agree that preforming is necessary in production mode!

[@minnesotatomcat]

I love your little giant, it seems to be a nice size for most knife making. Where did you find it?

[@FireCreekForge]

This one was in Midland, TX

[@collinbalko6600]

Ive been doing some looking and have been wondering, without an anvil, what would be the best alternative that'd be worth a damn to do some moderate forging? No crazy Damascus in my near future, just on a budget with a newborn and recently the sole breadwinner of the house.

[@jamesblakely6279]

I have a set of commercial plainer knives that I got from work would be interesting to see if you could forge something out of them

[@ClenioBuilder]

👏👏👏🤜🤛

[@billwoehl3051]

Elijah, for a survival/bowie about 10", how thick would you rough in the blank? And then finish for the spine?

[@FireCreekForge]

If it's a wider blade, like inch and 3/4 or 2" I would probably do it finish thickness of quarter inch at the ricasso with a distal taper, or maybe 3/16 if it has less of a distal taper. I guess it really just depends on the final weight and balance that you want in the blade.

[@billwoehl3051]

@@FireCreekForge not sure what weight I want, just made a canoe canister ending up about 1/2" thick about 1 1/2" wide, about 9" long, 1st knife I'm attempting, and no idea how much a regular bowie would weigh, although the balance I understand that around the ricasso is the norm?

[@HDBrown-wc9xt]

There is no such thing as a “ too big of a Blade” knife.

[@willardjames2685]

I can't find your instagram, where is it?

[@FireCreekForge]

No Instagram, just KZbin.