Remaking the Forged in Fire Talwar Part 3 The Hilt

[@MaxMinXX]

The first one you made looked great, but this one is hot!

[@jwgjrich300]

Great job and very interesting to see the steps, thank you for sharing. Congratulations once again for all you've accomplished!!! You're living proof that chasing your dream, with hard work and persistence, pay off. Thank you for being an inspiration!!

[@hartwinstein7434]

Brilliant!!!

[@rebellion7133]

Very nice,i like your work.👍

[@SGSINDIA-t5b]

Awesome work can you make indian basket hilt sword

[@NaveenKumar-ug7mg]

Wonderful Art👍

[@kalamtaj1064]

Very good beautiful sword

[@rajdeepmukherjee995]

Awesome sword.

[@johnwatson7]

Beautiful

[@udaygurav6113]

Can you sold this talvar and what is price in indian rupees

[@DIYWithBhairav]

That’s a great piece of work. What did you use to finish the hilt?

[@prajjwalray7030]

How did you get the handle blackish? Also, if you were to do koftgari (metal wire inlay) on this blackened steel and had a grind after that to make the surface smooth, would the blackness have gone with grinding ? Thank you

[@jordanlamothe8245]

I used Birchwood Casey's cold gun blue for this handle. Koftgari is smoothed by burnishing and not grinding, so the finish wouldn't be affected. Also, you could always apply the bluing after koftgari, as it wouldn't effect the silver or gold.

[@prajjwalray7030]

Thanks very much, the sword is extremely good looking. Another wild question, would you suggest forging swords in total absence of any kind of power tools ?

[@jordanlamothe8245]

@@prajjwalray7030 I recommend using whatever equipment you have available. Don't let the lack of power tools prevent you from making swords, but if you have access to power hammers and presses, by all means use them.

[@botplayerlee9241]

We need the sheath

[@ravirajbhosale6535]

Can you make indian khanda swards basket hilt

[@bibhuprasadroutray8344]

Traditional of Odisha and India

[@rastrabadideep4313]

I want to buy this.

[@shaktisinghbawari5897]

Price

[@EarningAdvisorPreet]

i want buy this sword.

[@rishabhsharma6112]

That's an unorthodox but a unique way to make hilt of talwar! And it looks amazing! But I think the blade is too much curved

[@l.h4652]

original tulwar hilts are cast?

[@rishabhsharma6112]

most of the talwars have a cast hilt especially after 18th century (wax casting) but traditionally they were forged the disc ,the pommel ,the handles and the guard being integral piece

[@l.h4652]

thanks...and do you know how is hilt attached to the blade? It doesn´t look like it´s peened so i guess some kind of adhesive?

[@rishabhsharma6112]

conventionally the tang was attached by a special tree sap ,but the tang was not loose and the sap only used as a stopgap tang and the hilts were designed to be a perfect fit and the tree sap only acted as second measure but this practice faded and sword makers of India used full tangs pinned to the hilt upto the pommel spike

[@farmer_blacksmith]

My understanding is that many talwar handles are hollow-formed from several pieces of sheet metal that are all brazed together. The handles of these are filled with cutler's resin (pitch) to secure the tang.

[@dakotasprose7290]

💗💗

[@MysteryHistery]

can i buy this from you?

[@farmer_blacksmith]

I do most of my swords on a commission basis. If you would like to order one, feel free to send me an email ([e-mail]) or contact me through my website.

[@subramaniammc]

@@farmer_blacksmith what material u r using?

[@a.williams4584]

Jordan you are extremely talented as a Bladesmith. I think Probably the best they have had on the show so far. I hope you used some of that 10k to upgrade you shop,as I see you having a very long and bright future doing this for a living. Good Luck to you!! I hope to see you on a Champions episode soon, as I don't think you have any [rpb;rm winning that one too. Very Impressed!!!!!

[@farmer_blacksmith]

Thanks!

[@kulveersingh3169]

bro it's talvar

[@c4dan]

I want one!

[@stevenplaskett7728]

Love the way u all cheat and some of these Master sword Smith's can't even fold metal properly to make actual swords. Just pound flat bar flat and sharpen it. The one guy that had to make a wavy blade sword couldn't even just bend a piece of steel into the right shape. He spent hours cutting and grinding a solid piece of metal into the curved blade shape. Most of you "blade Smith's" are a joke to actual old school black Smith and sword making

[@jackruggiero968]

When did you last forge anything? There isn’t a single Smith these days who can make a living blacksmithing without power tools. Traditionalist blacksmithing is awesome but if you think someone can hand hammer a 3 foot Damascus blade and sharpen it on a rock in 5 days you definitely haven’t taken the time to even forge a railroad spike knife yet.

[@farmer_blacksmith]

It sounds like you might benefit from doing some research on historical swords. Archaeological records, books by reputable historians, and museum collections (many of which are available online) are great resources. I think you will find that the corners that are cut by smiths on the show are not the ones you are talking about.

[@shahzadkhan4385]

Beautiful